US 11,701,888 B2
Container for liquid replenishment and liquid replenishment structure
Masataka Nagai, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/210,267.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-062943 (JP), filed on Mar. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0300049 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B65D 5/74 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/17506 (2013.01) [B65D 5/74 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container for liquid replenishment for replenishing liquid in a liquid ejection apparatus, the container comprising:
a container body capable of containing the liquid;
a spout fitted to the container body and having a front end section including a front end surface and a liquid outlet for allowing the liquid to flow out therefrom;
a lid member attached to the spout to cover the spout in such a manner that the lid member can be removed for liquid replenishment; and
a liquid absorber fixed on the spout, the liquid absorber having a front surface on a side opposite to a surface fixed on the spout such that the front surface is exposed when the lid member is removed;
the liquid outlet being open in the front end surface of the spout;
the liquid absorber being arranged at least on an area of the front end surface not occupied by the liquid outlet.