Patent ID: 7293864

Claim:
A liquid container that can store therein liquid to be supplied to a liquid consuming apparatus, and which can be removably mounted onto a container mounting part of the liquid consuming apparatus, the liquid container comprising: a container body formed with a liquid supply port through which the liquid to be supplied to the liquid consuming apparatus flows outward; and a container-side fixing structure which releasably regulates movement of the liquid container in an outward pulling direction in cooperation with an apparatus-side fixing structure provided for the container mounting part in a state where the liquid container is mounted onto the container mounting part, the container-side fixing structure comprising; a guide groove into which a fixing pin of the apparatus-side fixing structure can be inserted, and which guides the fixing pin in mounting and removal operations of the liquid container to and from the container mounting part; the guide groove including a fixing part which engages the fixing pin to regulate the movement of the liquid container in the pulling direction in the state where the liquid container is mounted to the container mounting part, the guide groove having an entrance-side guide path leading the fixing pin from an entrance part to a fixing part, and an exit-side guide path distinct from the entrance-side guide path and leading the fixing pin from the fixing part to an exit part; and a slanted entrance surface located at the entrance part of the guide groove, which slanted entrance surface slants so that a groove depth decreases in the movement direction of the fixing pin that relatively moves in association with an inserting operation of the liquid container into the container mounting part.