Liquid ejecting apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsTakeshi TANAKA, Hitotoshi KIMURA
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Abstract
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a carriage having a removable liquid receptacle that holds a liquid or a removable connector connected via a flexible liquid channel to an external liquid receptacle that holds a liquid, an ejecting head, mounted in the carriage, that has a nozzle that ejects the liquid, and a maintenance unit that runs maintenance on the ejecting head; the ejecting head has a filter disposed so as to be capable of contact with a liquid absorption member provided in the liquid receptacle and in the connector.
Claims21
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:
- an ejecting head that includes a nozzle that ejects the liquid;
- an external liquid receptacle holding unit that holds an liquid receptacle capable of holding the liquid;
- a flexible liquid channel that is configured to supply the liquid from the liquid receptacle toward the ejecting head via the external liquid receptacle holding unit;
- a connector that is connected to the external liquid receptacle holding unit via the flexible liquid channel;
- and
- a carriage that holds the connector,
- wherein the ejecting head includes a filter disposed so as to be capable of contact with a contact part provided in the connector, the contact part being formed with a material capable of forming a meniscus.
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A liquid supply apparatus that supply a liquid to an ejecting head provided with a liquid ejecting apparatus, the liquid supply apparatus comprising:
- an external liquid receptacle holding unit that holds an liquid receptacle capable of holding a liquid, the external liquid receptacle being located outside of the liquid ejecting apparatus;
- a flexible liquid channel that is configured to supply the liquid from the liquid receptacle toward the ejecting head via the external liquid receptacle holding unit;
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- a connector that is connected to the external liquid receptacle holding unit via the flexible liquid channel, the connector including:
- a liquid holding chamber that provides with a communication hole, the liquid holding chamber holding the liquid from the liquid receptacle via the communication hole;
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- a contact part that is disposed so as to be capable of making contact with an inlet part of the ejecting head, the contact part being formed with a material capable of forming a meniscus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.