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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2010
Hiromasa Anma, Kanagawa, JP;
Haruyuki Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenjiro Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Hajime Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Yukuo Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuo Kotaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Keisuke Matsuo, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Kitabatake, Kanagawa, JP;
Eiichiro Shimizu, Hong Kong, CN;
Hiromasa Anma, Kanagawa, JP;
Haruyuki Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenjiro Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Hajime Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Yukuo Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuo Kotaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Keisuke Matsuo, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Kitabatake, Kanagawa, JP;
Eiichiro Shimizu, Hong Kong, CN;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid container detachably mountable to a mounting portion of an ink jet recording apparatus, and which includes a liquid chamber, a light emitter, an electrical contact which receives a signal for light emission by the light emitter, and a display portion which directs emitted light from the light emitter toward an outside of the liquid container. A latch lever is elastically deformable and has a latching portion spaced from a first side of the liquid container, the first side being between the latching portion and the liquid chamber. A liquid supply port is disposed at a second side of the liquid container. The electrical contact is disposed at a position which is between the latching portion and the liquid supply port as seen facing both of the first and second sides, and the display portion is disposed adjacent to an upper portion, in use, of the first side.