Fluid storage container

摘要

A fluid storage container enables the easy removal of recovered fluid and reuse of the container without incurring the added costs of disassembly and replacing an absorbent material. In one exemplary embodiment, an ink cartridge 17 can have an ink storage unit 45 that stores waste ink, an ink inlet/outlet 55 disposed in a frame part 52 that can be the outside wall of the ink storage unit 45, an ink path 53 of which one end 53a communicates with the ink inlet/outlet 55 and the other end 53b is disposed opening into the ink storage unit, wall parts 54 that divide the ink storage unit 45 into an upper air chamber 61 and a lower fluid chamber 62 that communicate with each other through a communication path 58, and an outside air channel 87, of which one end 87a communicates with the air chamber 61 and the other end 87b enables communication with the outside at a position further from the air chamber 61 than the fluid chamber 62. Other embodiments of fluid storage containers are also disclosed.

主权项

1. A fluid storage container detachably connected to an apparatus comprising:
a body; a first opening disposed on the body; a fluid storage unit provided in the body and configured to store fluid fed through the first opening; a recess formed in a portion of the fluid storage unit; an air path having a first end that communicates with the fluid storage unit and a second end that communicates with an outside environment; and a fluid path disposed within the body along an entire length of the fluid path extending between the first opening and the fluid storage unit, the fluid path communicating with the first opening and the fluid storage unit, wherein the fluid path is defined by a first wall and a second wall, the first wall being located closer to the first end of the air path than the second wall is, a terminal end of the first wall being positioned with the recess, and the second wall being shorter than the first wall.