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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2012
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, the liquid container including a casing defining a liquid containing chamber, an electrical contact, a light emitter, a display portion for directing emitted light to an outside of the liquid container, and an information storing portion for storing information relating to the liquid container. First and second engaging portions are engageable with respective first and second locking portions of the mounting portion, and are disposed at opposite first and second sides of the casing. A latch lever displaceably supports the second engaging portion away from the second side. A supply port is provided on a third side of the casing between the first and second sides, the electrical contact is disposed at a corner between the second and third sides, and the display portion is disposed adjacent an upper portion of the second side.