Droplet ejecting apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsYoshiyuki Tanaka, Koji Kawai, Tomoyuki Higuchi, Ichiro Yoshioka, Yusuke Yamashita, Masahide Nakagawa
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Abstract
There is provided a printer that functions as a droplet ejecting apparatus including: a tank which is configured of at least a part having light transmission property; a tank cover which functions as a cover portion that covers the tank; and a light transmitting portion which is provided at least at a part of the tank cover, and through which liquid accommodated on the inside of the tank can be visually confirmed, in which at least one of gradations and reference marks is provided in the light transmitting portion.
Claims16
A droplet ejecting apparatus comprising:
- a tank which is configured of at least a part having light transmission property;
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- a cover portion which forms a portion of the outer surface of the droplet ejecting apparatus and covers the tank;
- the cover portion comprising a light transmitting portion through which liquid accommodated on the inside of the tank can be visually confirmed,
- wherein at least one of gradations and reference marks is provided on the light transmitting portion,
- wherein at least one printed character is provided on an outer portion of the droplet ejecting apparatus and is located proximately to the at least one of the gradations and reference marks, the at least one printed character being a character corresponding to an ink color of the tank such that the at least one printed character provides an externally visible indication of the tank's ink color,
- wherein an outer edge portion including an outline arranged along an outer edge of the light transmitting portion is provided on an outer circumferential side of the light transmitting portion, and
- wherein the reference marks are disposed in the outer edge portion, and connects the light transmitting portion and at least one of the outline and the gradations to each other.
A droplet ejecting apparatus comprising:
- a tank which is configured of at least a part having light transmission property;
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- a cover portion which forms a portion of the outer surface of the droplet ejecting apparatus and covers the tank;
- the cover portion comprising a light transmitting portion through which liquid accommodated on the inside of the tank can be visually confirmed,
- wherein at least one of gradations and reference marks is provided on the light transmitting portion,
- wherein at least a part of the light transmitting portion protrudes from an outer surface of the cover portion,
- wherein an outer edge portion including an outline arranged along an outer edge of the light transmitting portion is provided on an outer circumferential side of the light transmitting portion, and
- wherein the reference marks are disposed in the outer edge portion, and connects the light transmitting portion and at least one of the outline and the gradations to each other.
A droplet ejecting apparatus comprising:
- a tank which is configured of at least a part having light transmission property;
- and
- a cover portion which forms a portion of the outer surface of the droplet ejecting apparatus and covers the tank;
- the cover portion comprising a light transmitting portion through which liquid accommodated on the inside of the tank can be visually confirmed,
- wherein at least one of gradations and reference marks is provided on the light transmitting portion,
- wherein the at least one of the gradations and the reference marks is provided on a transparent sheet, and wherein the transparent sheet is attached to the light transmitting portion,
- wherein an outer edge portion including an outline arranged along an outer edge of the light transmitting portion is provided on an outer circumferential side of the light transmitting portion, and
- wherein the reference marks are disposed in the outer edge portion, and connects the light transmitting portion and at least one of the outline and the gradations to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.