Abstract: A printer includes: a first ink tank; a second ink tank, both mounted on an X-Y plane; and a window that enables a liquid level of each of the first and second ink tanks to be visually checked from an outside of the printer, the window being disposed in an X-Z plane or a Y-Z plane. The X-Y plane, X-Z plane and Y-Z plane are defined by X-, Y-, and Z-axes, which are mutually orthogonal to. Each of the first and second ink tanks includes a first segment and a second segment, the first segment for arranging the first ink tank and the second ink tank side by side in a direction along the Y-axis, the second segment positioned out of alignment with the first segment in the X-axis direction. At least one of the first segment and the second segment has a visual check section facing the window.

Abstract: The present invention provides a vaccine for preventing and/or treating infections with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The present invention relates to a lipid particle encapsulating a nucleic acid molecule capable of expressing the S protein and/or a fragment thereof of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), wherein the lipid comprises a cationic lipid represented by general formula (Ia) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent a C1-C3 alkyl group; L1 represents a C17-C19 alkenyl group which may have one or a plurality of C2-C4 alkanoyloxy groups; L2 represents a C10-C19 alkyl group which may have one or a plurality of C2-C4 alkanoyloxy groups or a C10-C19 alkenyl group which may have one or a plurality of C2-C4 alkanoyloxy groups; and p is 3 or 4.

Abstract: A cartridge includes a cartridge side terminal electrically coupled to a device side terminal, a liquid supply portion that is coupled to a liquid introduction portion and that makes a liquid flow to the liquid introduction portion, a terminal positioning portion that performs positioning by receiving a device side terminal positioning portion to regulate movement of the cartridge side terminal with respect to the device side terminal, and a supply portion positioning portion that performs positioning by receiving a device side supply portion positioning portion to regulate movement of the liquid supply portion with respect to the liquid introduction portion. A first direction is a direction intersecting a second direction, the first direction being a direction in which the terminal positioning portion extends, the second direction being a direction in which the supply portion positioning portion extends.

Abstract: An ink replenishment container includes a container main body, an ink outlet forming section, and a valvehaving elasticity. An exterior of the valve is circular in plan view and has two or more slits that extend from a center toward a circumference so as to be joined at the center, two inclined surfaces toward the slit are formed for each of the slits so as to interpose the slit therebetween like a valley when viewed from the ink outlet side, and when a pressure difference positive in a direction from an inside of the ink replenishment container to an outside thereof acts on inner sides of the two inclined surfaces, the slits are closed, and when a pressure difference positive in a direction from the outside of the ink replenishment container to the inside thereof acts on outer sides of the two inclined surfaces, the slits are opened.

Abstract: There is provided an ink replenishment container for replenishing ink into an ink tank via an ink inlet flow path member, the ink replenishment container including a container main body, an ink outlet forming portion having a tubular portion, a spring valve having a valve body mounted in the tubular portion and a spring for urging the valve body toward the ink outlet, and a sealing member mounted in the tubular portion and having a sealing end configured to contact with the valve body in a valve close state, in which the sealing member has a cylindrical inner peripheral wall and an elastic membrane portion extending from the inner peripheral wall toward a center, and the elastic membrane portion is formed with a slit-shaped gap passing through a center portion including the center.

Abstract: There is provided an ink replenishment container for replenishing ink into an ink tank via an ink inlet flow path member having a plurality of flow paths, the ink replenishment container including a container main body, an ink outlet forming portion, and an outlet valve unit. The outlet valve unit includes a valve housing mounted to provide a gap with an inner peripheral surface of a tubular portion in the tubular portion, a sealing member, and a valve body movable between a valve close state in contact with the sealing member and a valve open state separated from the sealing member. The valve body has a partition contact portion capable of contacting a partition of the ink inlet flow path member. The valve housing has a through-hole that communicates with the gap, and the through-hole communicates with the ink inlet flow path member in the valve open state.

Abstract: An ink supply bottle from which ink is to be supplied to a printer includes: an ink bag that contains the ink; a bottle unit that houses the ink bag and that has a bottleneck with an exit opening; and an ink conduit member disposed in the bottleneck of the bottle. The ink conduit member is in contact with an inner side of the ink bag and seals an opening of the ink bag to form an ink outlet. The ink bag is made of an elastic or stretchable material.

Abstract: A cartridge includes a liquid container and an adaptor. The liquid container has a liquid storage containing a liquid to be supplied to a printing apparatus, a liquid supply section configured to supply the liquid contained in the liquid storage to a liquid introduction section, and an adaptor mounting section. The adaptor is mounted on the adaptor mounting section and has a terminal placement section in which a cartridge-side terminal electrically connected to an apparatus-side terminal is disposed and an insertion aperture through which the liquid introduction section passes. The adaptor mounting section is provided with a mounting mechanism for mounting the adaptor, which has a predetermined constant shape.

Abstract: The cartridge includes: a liquid containing portion, a liquid supply portion, an arrangement portion having the liquid supply portion arranged inside thereof and having a bottom wall facing a distal end of the liquid supply portion, in which the bottom wall has an opening portion through which the liquid introduction portion is inserted at a position facing the distal end, a first liquid absorbing member arranged inside the arrangement portion, of which a part of the first liquid absorbing member is exposed from the opening portion, and a second liquid absorbing member arranged inside the arrangement portion and coming into contact with the first liquid absorbing member.

Abstract: The cartridge includes a liquid containing portion containing a liquid, a liquid supply portion, an arrangement portion having a bottom wall in which an opening through which the liquid introduction portion is inserted is formed, and a film peelably attached to the arrangement portion while covering the opening portion, in which the arrangement portion further has a mounting element cooperating with the printing apparatus, and the film is arranged at a position where the film is interposed between the printing apparatus and the mounting element when a mounting process is performed in a state in which the film is attached to the arrangement portion.

Abstract: A cartridge includes: a liquid containing body including a liquid containing portion containing the liquid and a liquid supply portion; and an adapter attached to the liquid containing body and including a terminal arrangement portion which is located on one end side of the adapter in a longitudinal direction and in which a cartridge-side terminal electrically coupled to the apparatus-side terminal is arranged, and an insertion opening portion through which the liquid introduction portion is inserted, in which the adapter has a notch located between the terminal arrangement portion and the insertion opening portion in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A cartridge includes a casing that demarcates a liquid chamber used for storing a liquid and that is hollow, and a liquid supply section that communicates with the liquid chamber and supplies the liquid in the liquid chamber to a printing apparatus. The casing includes a concave/convex portion.

Abstract: A cartridge includes a liquid containing portion and a liquid supply portion that includes a cartridge side valve mechanism, the cartridge side valve mechanism includes a cartridge side valve seat in which a cartridge side valve hole is formed, a cartridge side valve body that stops the cartridge side valve hole and has a tip surface positioned adjacent to the supply opening, and a cartridge side urging member that urges the cartridge side valve body in a direction toward the cartridge side valve seat, and the cartridge side valve body has a protrusion that protrudes from the tip surface and pushes the device side valve body to open the device side valve body.

Abstract: In a state in which a cartridge body is not inserted in a cartridge receiving section provided on a printer side, an electronic component mounting section is held at an initial position to the cartridge body. The cartridge body is linearly inserted into the cartridge receiving section of the printer along a first direction, which is an insertion direction of the cartridge body, to a second position before a first position in which the cartridge body is in a mounted state in the cartridge receiving section. By the cartridge body being linearly inserted from the second position to the first position along the first direction, the electronic component mounting section is moved from the initial position in a second direction different from the first direction to couple the electronic component to electrical coupling portions provided on the printer side.

Abstract: A cartridge includes a cartridge side terminal electrically coupled to a device side terminal, a liquid supply portion that is coupled to a liquid introduction portion and that makes a liquid flow to the liquid introduction portion, a terminal positioning portion that performs positioning by receiving a device side terminal positioning portion to regulate movement of the cartridge side terminal with respect to the device side terminal, and a supply portion positioning portion that performs positioning by receiving a device side supply portion positioning portion to regulate movement of the liquid supply portion with respect to the liquid introduction portion. A first direction is a direction intersecting a second direction, the first direction being a direction in which the terminal positioning portion extends, the second direction being a direction in which the supply portion positioning portion extends.

Abstract: An ink supply bottle from which ink is to be supplied to a printer includes: an ink bag that contains the ink; a bottle unit that houses the ink bag and that has a bottleneck with an exit opening; and an ink conduit member disposed in the bottleneck of the bottle. The ink conduit member is in contact with an inner side of the ink bag and seals an opening of the ink bag to form an ink outlet. The ink bag is made of an elastic or stretchable material.

Abstract: A cartridge mountable on a liquid ejection device is provided. The liquid ejection device includes a mounting section, an air supplying portion including an air supplying passage, and a detection section configured to detect an error when a predetermined air pressure is not reached even if air is supplied from the air supplying portion. The cartridge includes a case including a communication portion and a first leakage limiting portion that limits leakage of air supplied from the air supplying portion into an atmosphere. The communication portion includes a second leakage limiting portion that limits leakage of the air supplied from the air supplying portion into the case through the communication portion.

Abstract: In a state in which a cartridge body is not inserted in a cartridge receiving section provided on a printer side, an electronic component mounting section is held at an initial position to the cartridge body. The cartridge body is linearly inserted into the cartridge receiving section of the printer along a first direction, which is an insertion direction of the cartridge body, to a second position before a first position in which the cartridge body is in a mounted state in the cartridge receiving section. By the cartridge body being linearly inserted from the second position to the first position along the first direction, the electronic component mounting section is moved from the initial position in a second direction different from the first direction to couple the electronic component to electrical coupling portions provided on the printer side.

Abstract: A cartridge has a terminal disposition wall portion where a plurality of cartridge side terminals are disposed so as to form an inclined surface facing a direction including a components in ?Y and +Z directions. The terminal disposition wall portion includes a first protruding portion and a second protruding portion provided further in the ?Y direction than a second wall constituting a pressurization chamber, a first extending portion extending in the ?Y direction from the first protruding portion, and a second extending portion extending in the ?Y direction from the second protruding portion. A first cartridge side contact portion configured to come into contact with a first apparatus side contact portion is provided in the first extending portion. A second cartridge side contact portion configured to come into contact with a second apparatus side contact portion is provided in the second extending portion.

Abstract: In a state in which a liquid storage body is installed in a liquid ejecting apparatus, at least part of the upper edge of a liquid storage section and at least part of the lower edge of the liquid storage section are in contact with a case and a first inner surface of the liquid storage section and its second inner surface opposite to the first inner surface are separated from each other. The liquid storage section is structured so that as a liquid is supplied, the first inner surface and second inner surface gradually approach each other and, at the same time, come into contact with each other from top to bottom, forming, at the bottom of the interior of the liquid storage section, a liquid flow path through which the liquid flows from the liquid storage section to the liquid supply section.