Patent ID: 9403371
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: B41J

Claim Text:
1. A liquid jet apparatus comprising: a liquid storage container, wherein the liquid storage container includes: a liquid storage section configured to store a liquid; a liquid inlet portion connected to the liquid storage section and configured to receive the liquid into the liquid storage section; an air communication port communicating with the air; and a communicating passage through which the air communicating port and the liquid storage section are communicated to each other, the liquid inlet portion includes an inner end open to the liquid storage section, an outer end open to the outside of the liquid storage section and a side wall extending from the inner end to the outer end, in an using state in which the liquid jet apparatus consumes the liquid, a communication port connecting the liquid storage section with the communicating passage is located above the inner end, the liquid storage container further includes a cap, which is configured to close the liquid inlet portion in a state that the cap is inserted from the outer end into a space surrounded with the side wall, the liquid storage section includes an upper region that is located above the inner end in the using state, the communication port is provided in the upper region in the using state, and the upper region has a volume greater than a volume of a portion of the space in which the cap is inserted.