Patent ID: 8272720
Filing Date: 2012-09-25
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A storage device for storing a first liquid container and a second liquid container, the storage device comprising: a first case and a second case configured to receive the first liquid container and the second liquid container therein at a first and second mounted position, respectively, wherein each of the first case and the second case has an insertion opening and an insertion path formed therein to allow the corresponding one of the first and second liquid containers to be inserted from the corresponding insertion opening in an insertion direction to the first or second mounted position through the corresponding insertion path; a first lever and a second lever attached to the first case and the second case, respectively, wherein each of the first lever and the second lever is configured to move between: a first protruding member and a second protruding member provided at the first case and the second case, respectively, wherein each of the first protruding member and the second protruding member is configured to move between a protruding position in which that protruding member protrudes into the corresponding insertion path formed in the corresponding one of the first and second cases to restrict an insertion of the corresponding one of the first and second liquid containers into the corresponding one of the first and second cases at a particular position before the corresponding one of the first and second liquid containers is inserted into the first or second mounted position, respectively, and a refracted position in which the protruding member is retracted from the corresponding insertion path formed in the corresponding one of the first and second cases to allow the insertion of the corresponding one of the first and liquid containers up to the first or second mounted position; a first link member and a second link member provided at the first protruding member and the second protruding member, respectively, wherein each of the first link member and the second link member is configured to change a position of the corresponding one of the first and second protruding members from the protruding position to the retracted position when the corresponding one of the first and second levers moves from the first position to the third position; and a first allowing/preventing member configured to allow a positional change of the first lever from the first position to the third position when the first liquid container is inserted into the first case, and to prevent the positional change of the first lever from the first position to the third position when the second liquid container is inserted into the first case; and a second allowing/preventing member configured to allow a positional change of the second lever from the first position to the third position when the second liquid container is inserted into the second case, and to prevent the positional change of the second lever from the first position to the third position when the first liquid container is inserted into the second case.