18889898. INK REPLENISHMENT CONTAINER (SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION)
INK REPLENISHMENT CONTAINER
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Tadahiro Mizutani of Shiojiri-shi JP
Tadashi Watanabe of Matsumoto-shi JP
Yuta Koike of Matsumoto-shi JP
INK REPLENISHMENT CONTAINER
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18889898 titled 'INK REPLENISHMENT CONTAINER
Original Abstract Submitted
An ink replenishment container that replenishes ink into a printer includes: a container body; and an ink outlet forming portion including a tube portion, in which the ink outlet forming portion includes a spring valve including a valve body mounted in the tube portion and a spring biasing the valve body toward an ink outlet, and a sealing member mounted in the tube portion and having a valve sealing portion in contact with the valve body in a valve-closed state, the sealing member has an inner circumferential wall and an elastic portion extending from the inner circumferential wall toward a center of the sealing member, and the elastic portion has slits extending in a radial direction from the center toward the inner circumferential wall, a plurality of small pieces divided by the slits, and a bent portion positioned between the plurality of small pieces and the inner circumferential wall.