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US 2006/0066698 A1Published application
Liquid ejection apparatus and liquid tank
AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorTsutomu Takatsuka
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Abstract
The liquid ejection apparatus comprises: a liquid ejection unit which ejects a liquid; a liquid storage unit which stores the liquid to be supplied to the liquid ejection unit; a plurality of flow passages through which the liquid flows; and a switching unit which holds a removable filter to trap foreign matter and switches a position of the filter so that the filter is connected to each of the plurality of flow passages in succession.
Claims19
A liquid ejection apparatus, comprising:
- a liquid ejection unit which ejects a liquid;
- a liquid storage unit which stores the liquid to be supplied to the liquid ejection unit;
- a plurality of flow passages through which the liquid flows;
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- a switching unit which holds a removable filter to trap foreign matter and switches a position of the filter so that the filter is connected to each of the plurality of flow passages in succession.
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A liquid tank, comprising:
- a liquid supply chamber which stores a liquid to be supplied;
- a collected liquid chamber which stores a collected liquid;
- a connecting portion which connects the collected liquid chamber to the liquid supply chamber and has an opening disposed in a higher position than a bottom face of the collected liquid chamber;
- a foreign matter trapping body which traps foreign matter in the collected liquid chamber and is disposed between the bottom face of the collected liquid chamber and the opening of the connecting portion;
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- a filter which is disposed in the connecting portion and transmits the liquid from the collected liquid chamber to the liquid supply chamber, but prevents transmission of the foreign matter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.