Patent ID: 8333189

Claim:
A liquid medicine reservoir used for an ink-jet inhaler that supplies liquid medicine to a liquid-medicine discharging portion by discharging the liquid-medicine by utilizing a discharging principle of an inkjet method via a communicating portion, the reservoir comprising: a cylindrical body configured to hold the liquid medicine therein; a first sealing portion to which the communicating portion is connected, the first sealing portion sealing the cylindrical body; a second sealing portion configured to seal an end of the cylindrical body opposite the first sealing portion; a discharge inhibiting member containing a substance configured to inhibit discharging of the liquid medicine stored in a space in the cylindrical body that is on an inner side of the second sealing portion; and an area member connected to the discharge inhibiting member and the first sealing member that is configured to regulate an area occupied by the discharge inhibiting member in the cylindrical body, wherein at least one of the first sealing portion and the second sealing portion move relative to each other in accordance with an amount of the liquid medicine.