Attachment, liquid container, and liquid supply apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsAtsushi Kobayashi, Hitotoshi Kimura
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Abstract
An attachment is mounted on a cartridge holder of a printer as a replacement of an ink cartridge. An ink outlet member having a link passage is separably secured to an attachment body. Ink is supplied from the exterior to the ink outlet member through an ink supply tube. When the attachment is mounted on the cartridge holder, a downstream end of the ink outlet member is positioned with respect to and connected to an ink supply needle of the printer. Accordingly, the attachment is easily and quickly installed in a liquid ejection apparatus. This reduces costs and makes it easy to use the attachment.
Claims11
1-17. (canceled)
A liquid supply system for use with a liquid ejection apparatus which includes a mounting portion including a liquid inlet portion, the mounting portion being stationary at a front side of the liquid ejection apparatus, the front side defining the side through which a paper is fed out in a sub scanning direction, the liquid supply system comprising:
- an attachment that is mountable on the mounting portion, the attachment including a liquid outlet port located at the liquid outlet portion side, and a wall at an apparatus front side opposite to the liquid outlet portion side when mounted on the mounting portion, the wall having an inlet port;
- an external tank for storing a liquid to be supplied to the attachment;
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- a liquid supply passage connecting the liquid outlet port of the attachment with the external tank through the inlet port of the wall at the apparatus front side of the attachment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.