Patent ID: 7367663

Claim:
A liquid container holding a liquid to be supplied to a liquid-consuming apparatus, comprising: a liquid pack including a flexible pouch formed of a flexible material and holding the liquid; a container body for containing the liquid pack; an expandable-and-contractile stirring chamber formed with the inner surface of the container body; and a pressurized fluid supply passage for supplying a pressurized fluid into the stirring chamber; wherein at least a part of the stirring chamber is formed of a low-rigidity member having a low rigidity, and the low-rigidity member is deformed by supplying the pressurized fluid into the stirring chamber through the pressurized fluid supply passage to press and deform the flexible pouch of the liquid pack by the low-rigidity member, and wherein the low-rigidity member of the stirring chamber presses and deforms only a part of one side of the flexible pouch of the liquid pack.