Patent ID: 9340030
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: B41J

Claim Text:
1. A liquid container having a liquid storage chamber configured to store a liquid, the liquid container being configured to be removably mounted to a mounting portion of a liquid consuming apparatus that includes a guide rail having a guide surface that guides insertion in an insertion direction and removal in a direction opposite the insertion direction of the liquid container and a movable lock portion that locks the liquid container to the mounting portion when the liquid container is inserted and mounted to the mounting portion, the liquid container comprising: a first surface that has formed therein a liquid supply opening through which the liquid can flow from the liquid storage chamber to the liquid consuming apparatus, and is on a leading side in the insertion direction during insertion of the liquid container into the mounting portion; a second surface that opposes the first surface; a third surface that intersects the first surface and the second surface and has formed therein a groove portion configured to engage with the movable lock portion, the groove portion located closer to the first surface than to the second surface; a fourth surface that opposes the third surface; and a positioning portion that is provided on the third surface at a location closer to the second surface than is the groove portion, and the positioning portion is configured and adapted to be positioned by the guide surface of the guide rail of the mounting portion when the liquid container is locked in place in the mounted condition by engagement of the groove portion with the movable lock portion due to the liquid container moving in the direction of insertion into the mounting portion and the portion of the third surface having the groove portion is closer to the fourth surface than is the portion of the third surface having the positioning portion.