Patent ID: 9604463
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: B41J

Claim:
1. A cartridge case comprising: a case body provided with a bottom wall, a support portion, and a pair of side walls, the bottom wall being configured to support a liquid-holding container containing a liquid, the bottom wall having a first end portion and a second end portion at opposite ends of the bottom wall, the support portion being provided in the first end portion and configured to support a hollow vent plug provided in the liquid-holding container, and the pair of the side walls facing one another from opposite sides of the bottom wall; a shaft portion extending in a first direction, the first direction being the direction in which the pair of the side walls face one another, the shaft portion including a shaft support portion and engaging with an end portion on a second direction side of an elastic member, the second direction being a direction from the first end portion toward the second end portion and orthogonal to the first direction, the shaft support portion being coaxial with the shaft portion and projecting toward the pair of the side walls, the elastic member extending in the second direction and being energized to generate a restorative force in a third direction, the third direction being the opposite direction from the second direction, and the shaft portion being configured to be moved in the third direction by an energizing force of the elastic member; a first support portion provided on at least one of the pair of the side walls, the first support portion extending in the second direction and being configured to support the shaft support portion; a second support portion provided on the opposite side of the shaft support portion from the first support portion, the second support portion and the first support portion being configured to hold the shaft support portion between the second support portion and the first support portion; and a switching member having the second support portion, the switching member being configured to switch a position of the second support portion between an operating position and a released position, the operating position being a position where the second support portion and the first support portion hold the shaft support portion between the second support portion and the first support portion, and the released position being a position where the second support portion has moved away from the shaft support portion.