Ink discharging apparatus
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorRIE JOBOJI
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Abstract
There is provided an ink discharging apparatus including: a tank configured to store an ink; a head configured to discharge the ink supplied from the tank; a supply pipe connecting the tank and the head; a pump arranged in the supply pipe, the pump being configured to transfer the ink from the tank to the head; a pipe branching upward from the supply pipe; and a pressure sensor connected to an upper end part of the pipe. The pipe has an upper tube part and a lower tube part continuous with the upper tube part. A first cross-sectional area of an internal space of the upper tube part is greater than a second cross-sectional area of an internal space of the lower tube part.
Claims9
An ink discharging apparatus comprising:
- a tank configured to store an ink;
- a head configured to discharge the ink supplied from the tank;
- a supply pipe connecting the tank and the head;
- a pump arranged in the supply pipe, the pump being configured to transfer the ink from the tank to the head;
- a pipe branching upward from the supply pipe;
- and
- a pressure sensor connected to an upper end part of the pipe,
- wherein the pipe has an upper tube part and a lower tube part continuous with the upper tube part;
- and
- a first cross-sectional area of an internal space of the upper tube part is greater than a second cross-sectional area of an internal space of the lower tube part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.