Patent ID: 11932022
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An ink bottle configured to supply ink to a printer through a connecting tube disposed in the printer, the ink bottle comprising:
a container body portion configured to contain ink;
an ink outlet forming portion having an ink outlet that allows the ink to flow out; and
a valve disposed in the ink outlet forming portion, the valve having an elastic valve body with a slit formed therethrough, the slit configured to be open by the connecting tube pushing the valve body through the ink outlet and to be closed by taking off the ink bottle from the connecting tube,
wherein the container body portion has an external appearance of a rectangular parallelepiped, and has two first side walls opposed to each other and two second side walls opposed to each other, the first side walls intersecting with the second side walls, a first distance between the first side walls being shorter than a second distance between the second side walls, and
wherein the ink outlet forming portion is disposed within the first distance.