Channel member, head unit, and head unit group
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsHiroyuki Hagiwara, Katsuhiro Okubo, Kentaro Murakami
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Abstract
A channel member includes a liquid emission port coupled to a liquid introduction section to emit liquid to the liquid introduction section, and a liquid feeding port that receives liquid from outside to feed the liquid to the liquid emission port. The liquid emission port and the liquid feeding port have the same opening direction.
Claims14
A channel member that is configured to feed liquid to a liquid injection head, the liquid injection head having a liquid introduction section which forms an introduction opening oriented in a +Z direction that is a downward direction when the channel member is connected to the liquid injection head, the channel member comprising:
- a liquid emission port which forms an emission opening;
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- a liquid feeding port which forms a feeding opening that receives the liquid to feed the liquid to the liquid emission port, wherein
- the emission opening of the liquid emission port is coupled with the introduction opening of the liquid introduction section to emit the liquid to the liquid introduction section when the channel member is connected to the liquid injection head, and
- the emission opening of the liquid emission port and the feeding opening of the liquid feeding port are oriented in a −Z direction that is an upward direction when the channel member is connected to the liquid injection head.
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