US 10,245,865 B2 · Recording apparatus

Abstract

An object of the invention is, in a recording-apparatus liquid container having a viewing portion through which the ink level can be viewed. A printer 1 includes a carriage 11 having a recording head 10. The carriage 11 carries at least one ink tank 13 that stores the ink to be supplied to the recording head 10 and that has a filling port 15 through which the ink is poured from a refilling container 14. The ink tank 13 has a level checking portion 13a that is formed of a transparent material through which the liquid level can be viewed. The carriage 11 has a first viewing portion 16 through which the level checking portion 13a of the ink tank 13 can be viewed and a cleaning mechanism 30 that wipes off the ink deposited on the level checking portion 13a.

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Dependent claims

A recording apparatus comprising:

a recording unit that discharges liquid on a medium to perform recording;
and
a carriage having the recording unit and capable of moving in a width direction intersecting a medium transport direction, wherein
the carriage carries at least one liquid container that stores the liquid to be supplied to the recording unit and that has a filling port through which the liquid is poured from a refilling container,
the liquid container has a level checking portion that is formed of a transparent material through which the liquid level can be viewed, and
the carriage has a first viewing portion through which the level checking portion of the liquid container can be viewed and a cleaning mechanism that wipes off the liquid deposited on the level checking portion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Recording apparatus

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