Container for liquid to be ejected

摘要

A container (10) for containing liquid to be ejected includes a negative pressure producing member accommodating chamber (34) for accommodating a negative pressure producing member, said negative pressure producing member accommodating chamber being provided with an air vent (12) for fluid communication with ambience and a liquid supply portion (14) for supplying the liquid to a liquid ejecting head; a liquid containing chamber (36) substantially hermetically sealed except for a fluid communication path through which said liquid containing chamber is in fluid communication with said negative pressure producing member accommodating chamber; a partition (38) for separating said negative pressure producing member accommodating chamber and said liquid containing chamber, said partition being provided with an ambience introduction path for introducing the ambience into said liquid containing chamber from said negative pressure producing member accommodating chamber, said ambience introduction path forming a capillary force generating portion. <IMAGE>