US 2015/0174907 A1Published application

Liquid ejecting apparatus

AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation

InventorsNaomi KIMURA, Koki HAYASHI, Hidenao SUZUKI, Shoma KUDO

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Abstract

Provided is a liquid ejecting apparatus which includes a carriage which reciprocates in a state where a liquid ejecting head is mounted thereon, a tank unit which is provided outside the carriage and accommodates ink, four liquid supply tubes which communicate with the liquid ejecting head and the tank unit, and a tube support portion which supports the liquid supply tubes in a state where the liquid supply tubes are aligned in a horizontal direction, in which, in a case main body, the liquid supply tubes extend further to the tank unit side than a portion in which the liquid supply tubes are supported by the tube support portion, in a state where a parallel alignment direction of the four liquid supply tubes changes from the horizontal direction (a transporting direction) to a vertical direction.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:

a carriage which reciprocates in a state where a liquid ejecting head for ejecting liquid is mounted thereon;
liquid accommodation portions which accommodate the liquid;
a plurality of liquid supply tubes which communicate with the liquid ejecting head and the liquid accommodation portions and supply the liquid from the liquid accommodation portions to the liquid ejecting head;
a tube support portion which supports the plurality of liquid supply tubes in a state where the liquid supply tubes are aligned in a horizontal direction;
and
a case which accommodates the carriage and the tube support portion,
wherein a plurality of the liquid accommodation portions are arranged in the lateral side of the case, and wherein, in the case, the plurality of liquid supply tubes extend further to the liquid accommodation portion side than a portion in which the liquid supply tubes are supported by the tube support portion, in a state where a parallel alignment direction of the plurality of liquid supply tubes changes from the horizontal direction to a vertical direction such that the liquid supply tubes extend in an alignment direction of the plurality of liquid accommodation portions.

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A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:

a carriage which reciprocates in a state where a liquid ejecting head for ejecting liquid is mounted thereon;
a liquid accommodation portion which accommodates the liquid;
a plurality of liquid supply tubes which communicate with the liquid ejecting head and the liquid accommodation portion and supply the liquid from the liquid accommodation portion to the liquid ejecting head;
a tube support portion which supports the plurality of liquid supply tubes in a state where the liquid supply tubes are aligned in a horizontal direction;
and
a case which accommodates the carriage and the tube support portion,
wherein a main body frame is provided in the case,
wherein the liquid accommodation portion has a storage portion for storing the liquid, a tank cover for accommodating the storage portion, and a mounting portion which is mounted on the main body frame, in a state where the mounting portion supports the storage portion and the tank cover, and
wherein a rib is provided in the mounting portion to support the liquid supply tubes.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.