Printer
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsTadahiro Mizutani, Yoshihiro Koizumi
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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.
Claims10
A printer comprising:
- a first ink tank mounted on an X-Y plane;
- a second ink tank mounted on the X-Y plane;
- and
- a window that enables a liquid level of each of the first ink tank and the second ink tank 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 being defined by an X-axis and a Y-axis, the X-Z plane being defined by the X-axis and a Z-axis, the Y-Z plane being defined by the Y-axis and the Z-axis, the X-, Y-, and Z-axes being three mutually orthogonal axes in a coordinate system;
- wherein
- each of the first ink tank and the second ink tank 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 being positioned out of alignment with the first segment in a direction along the X-axis,
- at least one of the first segment and the second segment has a visual check section that enables the liquid level to be visually checked from the outside, the visual check section being disposed so as to face the window.
A printer comprising:
- an ink tank mounted on an X-Y plane, the X-Y plane being defined by an X-axis and a Y-axis, the X- and Y-axes and a Z-axis being three mutually orthogonal axes in a coordinate system,
- the ink tank including
- an ink supply pipe that receives ink supplied from an ink supply container, the ink supply pipe leading into the ink tank,
- a cap detachably attached to the ink supply pipe, and
- a hinge that functions as a rotational fulcrum upon attaching or detaching of the cap, the hinge being coupled to the cap and being disposed on a cover member that covers the ink tank with an opening for the ink supply pipe,
- wherein the hinge is positioned on the cover member so as to be shifted in directions along the X- and Y-axes from the opening for the ink supply pipe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.