Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090009556 | FLUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS - A fluid discharging apparatus including a head that has a nozzle which discharges fluid from the nozzle and a sheet shaped wiping member for wiping a nozzle surface of the head. The wiping member is moved relative to the nozzle surface so that portions of the wiping member are sequentially in contact with the nozzle surface in order to wipe the nozzle surface. | 01-08-2009 |
20100020126 | LIQUID SUPPLY DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid supply device is provided in a liquid ejecting apparatus which includes a liquid ejecting head and a cleaning section. The liquid supply device includes a liquid supply section that has a pump in the path of a liquid supply flow channel for interconnecting a liquid supply source and the liquid ejecting head and a pair of unidirectional valves on upstream and downstream sides of the pump. The liquid supply section supplies the liquid to the downstream side with a suction drive that suctions the liquid from the liquid supply source and a discharge drive that discharges the suctioned liquid. A valve section in the path of the liquid supply flow channel on the downstream side is maintained in a valve-closed state by the suction force applied to an ejection port, and is opened by a liquid supply pressure generated by the discharge drive in the valve-closed state. | 01-28-2010 |
20120056938 | TANK UNIT AND LIQUID EJECTING SYSTEM HAVING TANK UNIT - A tank unit includes two or more liquid accommodating containers disposed in a row. Each of the liquid accommodating containers includes a main body having a concave shape defining a side opening and a film that blocks the side opening. The main body and the film at least partially define a liquid accommodating chamber for accommodating a liquid. The main body includes a facing wall that faces the film across the liquid accommodating chamber and has a wall larger than the side opening. The liquid accommodating containers are disposed such that the film of at least one of the liquid accommodating containers is covered by the facing wall of an adjacent one of the liquid accommodating containers. | 03-08-2012 |
20120147102 | CARTRIDGE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A cartridge includes: a liquid container adapted to contain a liquid; a filler port provided to fill the liquid into the liquid container; a supply port connected with a liquid supply tube provided in the printing device; a connection port provided to communicate with the liquid container; a liquid detection chamber adapted to vary volume according to inflow or non-inflow of the liquid through the connection port; a flow path arranged to connect the liquid detection chamber with the supply port; and a member provided to have the filler port, the supply port, the liquid detection chamber and the connection port arranged on one identical surface. The surface of the member has the supply port and the filler port arranged on one direction side relative to center of the surface, and the connection port arranged on an opposite direction side to the one direction side relative to the center. The liquid detection chamber is located between the connection port and the supply port. | 06-14-2012 |
20120195158 | LIQUID STORAGE CONTAINER MOUNTED ON LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid storage container which is mounted on a carriage of a liquid ejecting apparatus ejecting a liquid while reciprocating the carriage on which an ejecting head is provided and supplies the liquid to the ejecting head includes a liquid storage chamber configured to store the liquid therein, a stirring member has a stirring surface and provided in the liquid storage chamber in a state capable of being swung by the reciprocation of the carriage, a support member that supports the stirring member, and a first buffer member is provided between the support member and the stirring member. | 08-02-2012 |
20120200646 | CARTRIDGE - A cartridge includes a casing, a printing material containing portion, a printing material flow path and first and second insertion holes formed in a front face of the casing. A rod used for detection of the out-of-printing material state is inserted into the first insertion hole, and a printing material supply tube is inserted into the second insertion hole. The first insertion hole is located on the front face at a middle position between a first side face and a second side face of the casing. | 08-09-2012 |
20120212526 | LIQUID DETECTION SYSTEM, LIQUID CONTAINER, MOUNTING MEMBER, AND LIQUID SUPPLY SYSTEM - A liquid chamber receives liquid flows from a liquid receiving unit. A first urging member urges a deforming portion of the liquid chamber. A lever provided on the liquid container side increases the displacement of the deforming portion. A sensor detects the displacement. A transmitting member transmits the increased displacement to the sensor. A second urging member provided on a liquid consuming apparatus side urges the transmitting member. When the liquid container is installed in the liquid consuming apparatus, the transmitting member comes in contact with the lever member due to the urging force of the second urging member, and the lever member is pushed against the deforming portion. In this manner, it is possible to divide the liquid detection system into the liquid consuming apparatus side and the liquid container side. | 08-23-2012 |
20130083141 | CARTRIDGE AND PRINTING APPARATUS - An ink cartridge has a label portion on a wall surface of one periphery of a case forming an ink accommodating unit. The label unit has a lamination structure in which a plurality of layers with different properties and states are laminated, and includes an optical functional layer that allows light (first wavelength of light) with a predetermined wavelength to pass and an optical reflective layer that reflects the first wavelength of light, and the optical reflective layer is a surface side of the case. When the optical reflective layer is heated from a thermal head of a heating unit directed to the label portion, the optical reflective layer irreversibly raises absorptivity of the first wavelength of light with respect to a received range. | 04-04-2013 |
20130083142 | CARTRIDGE AND PRINTING APPARATUS - An ink cartridge has a label portion on a wall surface of one periphery of a case forming an ink accommodating unit. The label unit has an optical functional layer that allows a predetermined wavelength of light to pass, an optical dispersion layer that includes hollow bodies, and an optical absorptive layer that absorbs the first wavelength of light, which are laminated in this order, and the optical absorptive layer is a surface side of the case. When the optical reflective layer is heated from a heating unit directed to the label portion at a temperature of damaging the hollow bodies, the dispersion of the light is suppressed by the damage to the hollow bodies, and the transmittance of the wavelength of light is irreversibly raised. | 04-04-2013 |
20130278687 | CARTRIDGE - A cartridge includes a casing, a printing material containing portion, a printing material flow path and first and second insertion holes formed in a front face of the casing. A rod used for detection of the out-of-printing material state is inserted into the first insertion hole, and a printing material supply tube is inserted into the second insertion hole. The first insertion hole is located on the front face at a middle position between a first side face and a second side face of the casing. | 10-24-2013 |
20140247310 | TANK UNIT AND LIQUID EJECTING SYSTEM HAVING TANK UNIT - A tank unit includes two or more liquid accommodating containers disposed in a row. Each of the liquid accommodating containers includes a main body having a concave shape defining a side opening and a film that blocks the side opening. The main body and the film at least partially define a liquid accommodating chamber for accommodating a liquid. The main body includes a facing wall that faces the film across the liquid accommodating chamber and has a wall larger than the side opening. The liquid accommodating containers are disposed such that the film of at least one of the liquid accommodating containers is covered by the facing wall of an adjacent one of the liquid accommodating containers. | 09-04-2014 |