Patent ID: 7992984

Claim:
A liquid container for supplying a liquid to a liquid consuming apparatus, the liquid container comprising: a liquid containing section that contains the liquid; a liquid supply section that supplies the liquid to the liquid consuming apparatus; a liquid flow section that connects from the liquid containing section to the liquid supply section; a sensor that is provided in the liquid flow section and used for detecting presence or absence of the liquid at a corresponding position thereof; a stirring member that stirs the liquid, the stirring member provided at a position between the sensor and the liquid supply section in the liquid flow section; and a buffer chamber provided in the liquid flow section at a position between the sensor and the liquid supply section; wherein the liquid container is mounted in use on a mounting portion which is provided in the liquid consuming apparatus to reciprocate in a predetermined movement direction, the buffer chamber includes a movement direction flow section in which the liquid flows along the movement direction, and the stirring member is disposed in the movement direction flow section of the buffer chamber and stirs the liquid in the buffer chamber.