INK REPLENISHING CONTAINER

• Main Authors: YAMAGUCHI MANABU, MIZUTANI TADAHIRO, KOIZUMI YOSHIHIRO, OYA SHUN, NAGASHIMA TAKUMI, WATANABE TADASHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 11.04.2023
• Subjects: CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

To reduce dripping of ink when an ink replenishing container is removed from an ink inlet channel member.SOLUTION: An ink replenishing container which communicates with an ink tank of a printer, and replenishes ink to the ink tank via an ink inlet channel member includes: a container body; an ink outlet formation part having a cylindrical part; a spring valve having a valve body fitted in the cylindrical part, and a spring for urging the valve body toward an ink outlet in a direction of a central axis of the ink outlet; and a seal member fitted in the cylindrical part and having a seal end contacting the valve body in a valve-closed state. The seal member has a cylindrical inner peripheral wall, and an elastic film part extending from the inner peripheral wall toward the center, and the elastic film part is formed with a slit-like gap passing through a central part including the center.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 10 【課題】インク補給容器をインク入口流路部材から脱抜するとき、インクの垂れを減少させる。【解決手段】プリンターのインクタンクに連通し、インク入口流路部材を介して、インクタンクにインクを補給するインク補給容器であって、容器本体と、筒部を備えたインク出口形成部と、筒部内に装着された弁体と、弁体をインク出口の中心軸の方向にインク出口に向けて付勢するバネとを備えたバネ弁と、筒部内に装着され、閉弁状態で弁体と接触するシール端を有するシール部材とを備え、シール部材は、円筒状の内周壁と、内周壁から中心に向けて延びる弾性膜部と、を有し、弾性膜部には中心を含む中心部を通るスリット状の隙間が形成されている。【選択図】図１０