Patent ID: 11932020
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A liquid container comprising:
a case having a liquid introduction port through which liquid is introduced and a storage portion that stores the liquid; and
an absorber stored in the case and configured to absorb the liquid, wherein
the absorber includes
a plurality of absorbent resins that swell by absorbing the liquid and
a substrate that supports the absorbent resins and allows the liquid to permeate therethrough, and
when the absorbent resins swell by absorbing the liquid, at least some of the absorbent resins are spaced apart from the adjacent absorbent resins, wherein
the absorber includes
a first substrate having a plurality of the absorbent resins supported therein and
a second substrate having a plurality of the absorbent resins supported therein,
the first substrate and the second substrate are stacked on top of each other in a stacking direction in the case, and
in plan view in the stacking direction, the absorbent resins supported in the first substrate and the absorbent resins supported in the second substrate are positioned such that at least some of the absorbent resins supported in the first substrate do not overlap at least some of the absorbent resins supported in the second substrate.