Liquid container

摘要

In the liquid container which includes the detection member having a liquid outlet, a contact portion, and an input receiving unit, the liquid outlet and the input receiving unit of the detection member are provided at a position apart from each other on the same bottom surface, and the contact portion is provided in the opposite side to the side where the input receiving unit is provided. It is possible to suppress foreign substances from becoming attached to the input section by providing the input receiving unit at the position apart from the any one of the liquid outlet and the contact portion since the liquid outlet and the contact portion have a section where foreign substances (liquid and chips) are easily generated.

主权项

1. A liquid container configured to be detachably mounted in a liquid consuming apparatus having a liquid acquisition needle, the liquid container having a bottom surface facing downward, a first side surface intersecting and extending upward from the bottom surface and facing in a first side direction, a second side surface opposite the first side surface, intersecting and extending upward from the bottom surface and facing a direction opposite the first side direction, the first side surface and second side surface defining a longitudinal direction from the first side surface toward the second side surface and a sideways direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, the liquid container comprising:
a liquid accommodating unit accommodating liquid in the liquid container; a liquid supply unit formed on the bottom surface at a location closer to the first side surface than to the second side surface and having a liquid outlet that is configured to receive insertion of the liquid acquisition needle and permit liquid from the liquid accommodation unit to flow out of the liquid container; a sealing unit formed on the bottom surface at a location closer to the first side surface than to the second side surface and in the vicinity of the liquid supply unit, the sealing unit configured to abut the liquid consuming apparatus when the liquid container is mounted therein; an elastic member formed on the first side surface, configured to engage with the liquid consuming apparatus and to be biased in a direction from the first side surface toward the second side surface; a contact portion which is located on the first side surface and adapted and configured to become electrically connected to the liquid consuming apparatus when the liquid container is mounted in the liquid consuming apparatus; a prism having a light transmission surface located on the bottom surface at a position closer to the second side surface than to the first side surface, the prism adapted and positioned to receive light from the liquid consuming apparatus at the light transmission surface and to contact the liquid accommodated in the liquid accommodation unit; a protrusion located on the bottom surface at a position closer to the second side surface than to the first side surface, the protrusion configured to contact the liquid consuming apparatus when the liquid container is mounted in the liquid consuming apparatus; wherein the light transmission surface of the prism is located on the bottom surface at a position closer to the second side surface than to the liquid supply unit; and wherein the protrusion is located on the bottom surface at a position closer to the second side surface than to the light transmission surface of the prism.