Inkjet recording apparatus and ink tank that prevents ink dripping when ink is injected into an ink tank
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKoki Shimada
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Abstract
An inkjet recording apparatus includes an ink tank including an ink storage chamber configured to store ink to be supplied to a recording head configured to discharge ink. An injection portion is provided through which ink is injected from an ink bottle into the ink storage chamber. An ink reception portion is configured to receive ink inside the injection portion. A communication portion is configured to communicate with the ink storage chamber inside the injection portion. A guide portion is configured to guide ink received by the ink reception portion to the communication portion.
Claims18
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a first tank including:
- a storage chamber configured to store ink to be supplied to a printing unit configured to print an image with the ink;
- and
- a first communication portion configured to communicate an inside of the first tank with an outside of the first tank,
- a first flow path configured to allow the ink to flow from a bottle to the storage chamber;
- a second flow path configured to allow air to flow from the storage chamber to the bottle;
- a receiving portion configured to receive the ink injected from the bottle;
- and
- a second communication portion configured to communicate the storage chamber with the outside of the first tank, the ink having dropped from the receiving portion via the second communication portion is stored in the storage chamber,
- wherein an opening of the first flow path, an opening of the second flow path, the receiving portion and the second communication portion are capped by a detachable cap,
- wherein the first communication portion is not capped by the detachable cap in a state where the second communication portion is capped by the detachable cap, and
- wherein the second communication portion is provided in the receiving portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.