Patent ID: 8197047

Claim:
A liquid container mountable in a liquid ejecting apparatus, the liquid container comprising: a liquid storage section that stores liquid; an air communication section that allows the liquid storage section and an outside of the liquid container to communicate with each other; a bubble separation unit that separates bubbles from the liquid; a communication path that allows the bubble separation unit and the liquid storage section to communicate with each other and has at one end thereof an exit connected to the bubble separation unit and at the-other end thereof an entrance connected to the liquid storage section, the exit having a cross section whose area continuously increases toward the bubble separation unit; a liquid supply unit through which the liquid is supplied to the liquid ejecting apparatus; and a detection unit that is connected to the liquid supply unit and the bubble separation unit and detects an amount of the liquid stored in the liquid container; and wherein the bubble separation unit is provided at an upstream side of the detection unit and the detection unit is provided at the upstream side of the liquid supply unit.