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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2016
Takeyuki Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomomi Katoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryoh Idehara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoichi Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinori Uchino, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeyuki Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomomi Katoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryoh Idehara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoichi Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinori Uchino, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid container includes a first chamber and a second chamber to contain liquid to be supplied to a head and a liquid path to connect the first chamber and the second chamber so that liquid communicates between the first chamber and the second chamber. Each of the first chamber and the second chamber has a flexible wall. The first chamber includes a first spring inside the first chamber to press the flexible wall of the first chamber outward. The second chamber includes a second spring inside the second chamber to press the flexible wall of the second chamber outward. A pressing force of the first spring is greater than a pressing force of the second spring. A first feeler disposed outside the first chamber and in contact with the flexible wall of the first chamber, and the first feeler is displaced according to a movement of the flexible wall of the first chamber.