Patent ID: 11878534
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A supply unit to which at least one liquid container storing a liquid is configured to be attached and detached, the supply unit comprising:
a support member configured to support a bottom of the liquid container, extending along a guiding route crossing a vertical line and including a distal region in which a starting end of the guiding route is positioned and a proximal region in which a termination end of the guiding route is positioned;
a pivot shaft that is arranged in the proximal region and that has an axis crossing both the vertical line and guiding route; and
a liquid inlet that is arranged below the support member and that is configured to be coupled to the liquid container, wherein
the support member is configured to pivot about the pivot shaft between a guiding position in which the at least one liquid container is guided along the guiding route and a coupling position in which the at least one liquid container is coupled to the liquid inlet.