Patent ID: 8177341

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a liquid container storing a liquid, the method comprising: providing the liquid container which is detachably mounted on a liquid consuming apparatus, and which comprises a liquid containing portion, a liquid supply portion connectable to a liquid ejecting portion of the liquid consuming apparatus, a liquid guide passage for guiding the liquid stored in the liquid containing portion to the liquid supply portion, an air communicating passage supplying the liquid containing chamber with air, a liquid detection unit provided in the liquid guide passage and for outputting different signals between in a case where the liquid guide passage is filled with the liquid and in a case where the liquid guide passage includes air entered thereinto, and a bubble trapping passage provided in the liquid guide passage between a detection position of the liquid detection unit and the liquid containing portion to trap bubbles in the liquid; boring a hole in order to form an injection port communicating with the liquid containing portion in the air communicating passage; injecting such amount of the liquid that bubbles in the liquid passing through the bubble trapping passage can be trapped by the bubble trapping passage through the injection port; and sealing the injection port after injecting the liquid.