Patent ID: 9586409
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: B41J

Claim:
1. A liquid-consuming apparatus, comprising: a tank including a liquid chamber, an upstanding wall facing a particular direction, and an inlet formed in a surface of the tank, the upstanding wall defining the liquid chamber and being configured to allow liquid in the liquid chamber to be visually confirmed from an outside; a liquid-consuming unit configured to consume the liquid stored in the liquid chamber; a cover configured to rotate between a covering position where the upstanding wall is covered with the cover and an exposure position where the upstanding wall is exposed, around a rotation axis extending in a further direction, wherein the cover includes a transparent portion and a main wall that is parallel to the upstanding wall when in the covering position; and a casing including an engaging target part and configured to support the tank, the liquid-consuming unit, and the cover, the engaging target part being configured to hold the cover in the covering position, wherein the cover includes an engaging part and a tab, the engaging part being configured to engage with the engaging target part in a state that the cover is in the covering position, the tab being subjected to an operation of releasing an engagement between the engaging part and the engaging target part, the engaging part and the tab are arranged to intersect with an identical virtual plane orthogonal to the further direction, the engaging part and the tab are arranged in a central portion of the cover in the further direction, and the transparent portion is arranged further in the particular direction than the engaging part and the tab in the state that the cover is in the covering position.