| US 7,559,638 B2 | ||
| Liquid container with a waste liquid storing portion | ||
| Hitotoshi Kimura, Nagano-ken (Japan); Yasuto Sakai, Nagano-ken (Japan); Satoshi Shinada, Nagano-ken (Japan); Michinari Tsukahara, Nagano-ken (Japan); Masanori Kobayashi, Nagano-ken (Japan); and Taku Ishizawa, Nagano-ken (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 09, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/836,461. | ||
| Application 11/836461 is a continuation of application No. 10/892811, filed on Jul. 16, 2004, granted, now 7,452,062. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2003-199035 (JP), filed on Jul. 18, 2003; application No. 2003-204686 (JP), filed on Jul. 31, 2003; and application No. 2004-092012 (JP), filed on Mar. 26, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0036831 A1, Feb. 14, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. B41J 2/175 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 347—86 [347/85] | 4 Claims |
| 1. A liquid container comprising:
a face;
a case main body forming a first part of the face;
a lid case fitted to the case main body to form a second part of the face and to define an interior between the case main
body and the lid case, the lid case having a waste liquid collecting port;
a circuit board mounted on the case main body;
a plurality of positioning holes disposed on at least one of the case main body and the lid case;
a waste liquid storing portion disposed within the interior and in fluid communication with the waste liquid collecting port;
and
at least one liquid storing portion having a bag portion disposed within the interior and a liquid flow-out port in fluid
communication with the bag portion, wherein
the liquid flow-out port and the positioning holes are disposed at the face, and
the circuit board is disposed at a position recessed from the face toward the interior.
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