Abstract: There is provided a tank including: a casing; a liquid chamber including first and second chambers; a communicating channel configured by first, second, and third communicating channels; a liquid inlet port; a first communicating port; a second communicating port; an atmosphere open port; a liquid outflow port; and a gas-liquid separating membrane provided in the third communicating channel and blocking flowing (distribution, circulation) of liquid in the third communicating channel. A first end of the second communicating channel is communicated with the second chamber, and a second end of the second communicating channel is communicated with an end of the first communicating channel. A first end of the third communicating channel is communicated with the second end of the second communicating channel, and a second end of the third communicating channel is communicated with the atmosphere open port.

Abstract: A tank set includes: tanks arranged in a predetermined direction, each of the tanks being composed of a casing including: a liquid storage chamber defined by mutually opposing two surfaces and configured to store liquid; an inlet provided to inject the liquid into the liquid storage chamber; and a liquid outflow port through which the liquid flows out from the liquid storage chamber to a liquid-consuming unit. Each of the two surfaces extends in a direction intersecting the predetermined direction, and is at least partially composed of a film.

Abstract: An inkjet printer includes a printer body and an ink container provided in the printer body. The ink container includes an ink containing portion, a frame portion and a cover portion. A top portion of the ink containing portion includes a port. The cover portion is pivotally connected to the frame portion and pivotable between an opened position, in which the port is exposed, and a closed position, in which the cover portion covers the port, with respect to the frame portion. The cover portion includes a sealing member provided corresponding to the port on an opposing surface of the cover portion. When the cover portion is in the closed position, the sealing member seals the port, and when the cover portion is in the opened position, the sealing member is separated from the port.

Abstract: A liquid container includes a liquid chamber defined by an upper wall, a lower wall, and a peripheral wall, a refill port, a liquid outlet port through which ink is supplied from the liquid chamber to the outside, and a first longitudinal partition extending upward from the lower wall and configured to partition the liquid chamber into a first liquid containing portion and a second liquid containing portion in a horizontal direction. A first lateral communication passage is positioned between an end portion of the first longitudinal partition in the horizontal direction and the peripheral wall. The liquid outlet port is disposed in one of the first liquid containing portion and the second liquid containing portion.

Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus, having a housing, a first tray for storing a printable medium, a second tray for storing a printable medium, a liquid discharging head, and a first waste liquid storage, is provided. The second tray is located at a position lower than the first tray. The liquid discharging head has nozzles for discharging liquid. The first waste liquid storage is demountably mounted in the housing. The first waste liquid storage is configured to store waste liquid being the liquid discharged from the nozzles of the liquid discharging head. The first waste liquid storage is located between the first tray and the second tray.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharging apparatus including: a housing; a head having a nozzle configured to discharge a liquid to a printing medium; and a waste liquid box configured to store a waste liquid of the liquid. The housing has a first opening configured to eject the printing medium, the first opening being arranged in a front-surface of the housing. The waste liquid box is configured to be inserted into and drawn from the housing via the front-surface of the housing. In a state that the waste liquid box is installed in the housing: at least a portion of the waste liquid box is positioned in front of a printing area in which the nozzle of the head is arranged.

Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus, having a main housing, a liquid discharging head with nozzles, a container to store a printable medium, a waste liquid storage located at a position to at least partly overlap the container and lower than the container in a vertical direction, a mountable compartment, in which the waste liquid storage is demountably mountable, is provided. The mountable compartment is formed on a sideward face of the main housing on one side in a widthwise direction being a scanning direction of the liquid discharging head. The mountable compartment is open at a position frontward with respect to a connector, which connects a power cord for receiving external power supply to the main housing there-through, in a front-rear direction being a conveying direction to convey the printable medium and toward which the printable medium is ejected from the main housing.

Abstract: An object of this invention relates to provide a macroencapsulation immunoisolation device that can be easily removed, does not break, and is suitable for improvement in the diffusion efficiency of a physiologically active substance required for transplantation while maintaining an immunoisolation effect. The present invention provide an immunoisolation device comprising an embedding chamber for a material to be transplanted, the embedding chamber being covered with an immunoisolation membrane.

Abstract: A tank set includes: tanks arranged in a predetermined direction, each of the tanks being composed of a casing including: a liquid storage chamber defined by mutually opposing two surfaces and configured to store liquid; an inlet provided to inject the liquid into the liquid storage chamber; and a liquid outflow port through which the liquid flows out from the liquid storage chamber to a liquid-consuming unit. Each of the two surfaces extends in a direction intersecting the predetermined direction, and is at least partially composed of a film.

Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus, having a housing, a liquid discharging device configured to discharge liquid, a first waste liquid collecting device and a second waste liquid collecting device for collecting the liquid discharged from the liquid discharging device, an intermediate tank having a first waste liquid reservoir and a drainer, and a waste liquid tank having a second waste liquid reservoir, is provided. The first waste liquid reservoir stores the liquid received from the first liquid collecting device and the second waste liquid collecting device. The drainer drains the liquid stored in the first waste liquid reservoir outward from the intermediate tank. The second waste liquid reservoir stores the liquid drained from the drainer. The waste liquid tank is demountably mounted in the housing.

Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus, having a sheet conveyer path, a liquid discharging head including nozzles for discharging liquid, a cap configured to cover the liquid discharging head, a liquid receiver located at a position different from the cap and configured to receive the liquid discharged from the liquid discharging head, and a waste liquid tank demountably mountable in a housing of the liquid discharging apparatus and configured to store the liquid received by the liquid receiver, is provided.

Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus, having a housing, a liquid discharging head, and a waste liquid tank for storing waste liquid, is provided. The waste liquid tank is demountably mounted in the housing through an opening formed on a sideward face on one side in a widthwise direction, which is parallel to a nozzle surface of the liquid discharging head and intersects orthogonally with a conveying direction to convey a sheet. The opening is formed between a first position and a second position apart from the first position in the conveying direction. The waste liquid tank is mounted in the housing in an arrangement such that a length in the widthwise direction is shorter than a length in the conveying direction. The waste liquid tank is mountable in and demountable from the housing along the widthwise direction of the waste liquid tank.

Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus, having a sheet conveyer path, a liquid discharging head including nozzles for discharging liquid, a maintenance unit configured to remove the liquid from discharging head, a waste liquid tank demountably mounted in a housing of the liquid discharging apparatus and configured to store the liquid received from the maintenance unit, and a waste liquid flow path for transporting the liquid from the maintenance unit to the waste liquid tank, is provided. The waste liquid tank is located opposite to the maintenance unit across the sheet conveyer path in a horizontal direction, which is parallel to a nozzle surface of the liquid discharging head.

Abstract: An object of this invention is to simultaneously achieve, in long-term transplantation of a macroencapsulation immunoisolation device using a porous membrane or the like, improvement in the diffusion efficiency of physiologically active substances released from a material to be transplanted, improvement in the diffusion efficiency of nutrients to cells and the like, which are the material to be transplanted, and uniform and efficient dispersion and fixation of cells and the like encapsulated as the material to be transplanted in the macroencapsulation immunoisolation device, while maintaining an immunoisolation effect. The present invention provides a hydrogel for embedding a material to be transplanted, comprising a polymer crosslinked by visible light, and water.

Abstract: An inkjet printer includes a printer body and an ink container provided in the printer body. The ink container includes an ink containing portion, a frame portion and a cover portion. A top portion of the ink containing portion includes a port. The cover portion is pivotally connected to the frame portion and pivotable between an opened position, in which the port is exposed, and a closed position, in which the cover portion covers the port, with respect to the frame portion. The cover portion includes a sealing member provided corresponding to the port on an opposing surface of the cover portion. When the cover portion is in the closed position, the sealing member seals the port, and when the cover portion is in the opened position, the sealing member is separated from the port.

Abstract: A tank set includes: tanks arranged in a predetermined direction, each of the tanks being composed of a casing including: a liquid storage chamber defined by mutually opposing two surfaces and configured to store liquid; an inlet provided to inject the liquid into the liquid storage chamber; and a liquid outflow port through which the liquid flows out from the liquid storage chamber to a liquid-consuming unit. Each of the two surfaces extends in a direction intersecting the predetermined direction, and is at least partially composed of a film.

Abstract: An inkjet printer includes a printer body and an ink container provided in the printer body. The ink container includes an ink containing portion, a frame portion and a cover portion. A top portion of the ink containing portion includes a port. The cover portion is pivotally connected to the frame portion and pivotable between an opened position, in which the port is exposed, and a closed position, in which the cover portion covers the port, with respect to the frame portion. The cover portion includes a sealing member provided corresponding to the port on an opposing surface of the cover portion. When the cover portion is in the closed position, the sealing member seals the port, and when the cover portion is in the opened position, the sealing member is separated from the port.

Abstract: A tank set includes: tanks arranged in a predetermined direction, each of the tanks being composed of a casing including: a liquid storage chamber defined by mutually opposing two surfaces and configured to store liquid; an inlet provided to inject the liquid into the liquid storage chamber; and a liquid outflow port through which the liquid flows out from the liquid storage chamber to a liquid-consuming unit. Each of the two surfaces extends in a direction intersecting the predetermined direction, and is at least partially composed of a film.

Abstract: There is provided a tank including: a casing; a liquid chamber including first and second chambers; a communicating channel configured by first, second, and third communicating channels; a liquid inlet port; a first communicating port; a second communicating port; an atmosphere open port; a liquid outflow port; and a gas-liquid separating membrane provided in the third communicating channel and blocking flowing (distribution, circulation) of liquid in the third communicating channel. A first end of the second communicating channel is communicated with the second chamber, and a second end of the second communicating channel is communicated with an end of the first communicating channel. A first end of the third communicating channel is communicated with the second end of the second communicating channel, and a second end of the third communicating channel is communicated with the atmosphere open port.

Abstract: A liquid container includes a liquid chamber defined by an upper wall, a lower wall, and a peripheral wall, a refill port, a liquid outlet port through which ink is supplied from the liquid chamber to the outside, and a first longitudinal partition extending upward from the lower wall and configured to partition the liquid chamber into a first liquid containing portion and a second liquid containing portion in a horizontal direction. A first lateral communication passage is positioned between an end portion of the first longitudinal partition in the horizontal direction and the peripheral wall. The liquid outlet port is disposed in one of the first liquid containing portion and the second liquid containing portion.