INK REFILL CONTAINER AND INK REFILL SYSTEM

Abstract: an ink refill container configured to refill an ink tank with ink and an ink refill system. an ink refill container includes a container main body having an ink chamber; an ink outlet forming portion provided at an edge of the container main body including an ink outlet configured to allow ink to flow out from the ink chamber; a valve provided in ink outlet forming portion and configured to seal the ink outlet in an openable and closable manner; and a positioning structure configured to abut on part of the ink tank and position the valve relative to ink tank when valve is opened. the positioning structure has a positioning surface located on an opposite side to a container main body side where the container main body is located, across the valve and extends in a direction intersecting with a center axis of the ink outlet.

Inventor(s): Tadahiro MIZUTANI, Taku ISHIZAWA, Noriyuki FUKASAWA, Naomi KIMURA, Shoma KUDO, Manabu AKAHANE

CPC Classification: B41J2/17506 (characterised by ink handling {(cleaning by driving a fluid through the nozzles to the outside thereof ; for treating before, during or after printing or for uniform coating or laminating the copy material before or after printing )})

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