# US 2025/0083458 A1 · Liquid ejecting device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0083458 A1 - Document ID: US20250083458A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/825,564 - Filed: 2024-09-05 - Published: 2025-03-13 - Earliest claimed: 2023-09-08 - Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation - Applicants: Seiko Epson Corporation - Inventors: Hisayuki AKAHANE; Jun YODA; Keisuke SASAKI; Yusuke KATO - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250083458A1 ## CPC - B41J 3/44: Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms having dual functions or combined with, or coupled to, apparatus performing other functions - B41J 2/16517: {Cleaning of print head nozzles (B41J2/16505, B41J2/1707 take precedence)} - B41J 2/1721: {Collecting waste ink; Collectors therefor} - B41J 2/17509: {Whilst mounted in the printer} - B41J 2/17553: {Outer structure} - B41J 2/17566: {Ink level or ink residue control} - B41J 29/02: Framework - B41J 29/13: Cases or covers - H04N 1/00525: {Providing a more compact apparatus, e.g. sheet discharge tray in cover} - H04N 1/00543: {Allowing easy access, e.g. for maintenance or in case of paper jam (H04N1/00538 takes precedence)} - H04N 1/00496: {Constructional details of the interface or console not otherwise provided for, e.g. rotating or tilting means} - H04N 2201/0094: Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception - B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A liquid ejecting device includes a device main body including a liquid ejecting head, a reading unit configured to be opened and closed at a top of the device main body and read an image of a document, and a liquid accommodating unit disposed at a device front surface that is a side surface directly opposite to a user among side surfaces of the device main body, the liquid accommodating unit being configured to accommodate the liquid to be ejected from the liquid ejecting head, wherein the reading unit includes a notch portion at a corner portion on a device front side, and a part of the liquid accommodating unit is inserted into the notch portion, and a space above the liquid accommodating unit is open. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A liquid ejecting device comprising: a device main body including a liquid ejecting head configured to eject a liquid to a medium; a reading unit configured to be opened and closed at a top of the device main body and read an image of a document; and a liquid accommodating unit disposed at a device front surface that is a side surface directly opposite to a user among side surfaces of the device main body, the liquid accommodating unit being configured to accommodate the liquid to be ejected from the liquid ejecting head, wherein the reading unit includes a notch portion at a corner portion on a device front side, and a part of the liquid accommodating unit is inserted into the notch portion, and a space above the liquid accommodating unit is open. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The liquid ejecting device according to claim 1, wherein the liquid accommodating unit includes an inlet of the liquid and an opening and closing cover configured to be switched between a closed state in which the inlet is covered and an open state in which the inlet is exposed, and a shape of the notch portion is along an outer shape of the opening and closing cover in plan view of the liquid ejecting device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The liquid ejecting device according to claim 2, wherein the opening and closing cover is opened or closed by rotating with an upper end portion as a free end during rotation, and the opening and closing cover in the closed state is opened by forward movement of the upper end portion, and the opening and closing cover in the open state is closed by backward movement of the upper end portion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The liquid ejecting device according to claim 2, wherein the reading unit includes a document table forming a placement surface at which a document is placed, and a height position of the upper end portion of the opening and closing cover in the closed state and a height position of the placement surface are aligned in a vertical direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The liquid ejecting device according to claim 4, further comprising: an operating panel provided at the device front surface of the device main body, the operating panel being configured to receive various operations, wherein the operating panel is configured to be rotated between a first state and a second state in which a panel surface is oriented in a more vertically upward direction than a panel surface in the first state, when the operating panel is in the first state, the operating panel is within a region of the opening and closing cover in a device depth direction, and the height position of the upper end portion of the opening and closing cover in the closed state and a height position of an upper end portion of the operating panel at least in the first state are aligned in the vertical direction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The liquid ejecting device according to claim 2, wherein the reading unit includes a document table forming a placement surface at which a document is placed and a frame member forming a periphery of the document table, wherein the frame member is provided with a first step portion forming a clearance between the frame member and the opening and closing cover in a planar direction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The liquid ejecting device according to claim 6, further comprising: an operating panel provided at the device front surface of the device main body, the operating panel being configured to receive various operations, wherein the operating panel is configured to be rotated between a first state and a second state in which a panel surface is oriented in a more vertically upward direction than a panel surface in the first state, when the operating panel is in the first state, the operating panel is within a region of the opening and closing cover in a device depth direction, and the operating panel is provided with a second step portion forming a clearance from the opening and closing cover in the planar direction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The liquid ejecting device according to claim 1, wherein a color of an outer surface of the liquid accommodating unit is different from a color of an outer surface of a part of the device main body other than the liquid accommodating unit. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The liquid ejecting device according to claim 2, wherein the opening and closing cover includes a light source and a light-guiding member constituting an upper end portion of the opening and closing cover, the light-guiding member being a member on which light emitted by the light source is incident and from which the light incident exits to an outside, and the light source emits light in accordance with a remaining amount of the liquid accommodated in the liquid accommodating unit. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The liquid ejecting device according to claim 1, wherein the reading unit includes a unit main body including a document table at which a document is placed and a document table cover configured to open and close the document table, wherein the notch portion is formed in the unit main body and the document table cover. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The liquid ejecting device according to claim 1, wherein the reading unit includes a unit main body including a document table at which a document is placed and a document feeding unit configured to open and close the document table and feed a document, wherein the notch portion is formed in the unit main body and the document feeding unit. ### Claim 12 (depends on 5) The liquid ejecting device according to claim 5, wherein the second state of the operating panel is a state in which the panel surface is tilted downward, and the height position of the upper end portion of the opening and closing cover in the closed state, the height position of the placement surface, and a height position of the upper end portion of the operating panel in the second state are aligned in the vertical direction. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The liquid ejecting device according to claim 1, further comprising: a light-emitting unit configured to emit light in accordance with a remaining amount of the liquid accommodated in the liquid accommodating unit, wherein the light-emitting unit is provided in a ring shape along an outer periphery of the opening and closing cover at an upper end portion of the opening and closing cover, and when the operating panel is in the first state, the operating panel is within a region of the light-emitting unit in a device depth direction. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The liquid ejecting device according to claim 1, further comprising: a light-emitting unit configured to emit light in accordance with a remaining amount of the liquid accommodated in the liquid accommodating unit, wherein the light-emitting unit is provided in a ring shape along an outer periphery of the opening and closing cover at an upper end portion of the opening and closing cover, the liquid accommodating unit includes, at a side surface of the liquid accommodating unit, a remaining amount visual recognition portion configured to cause the remaining amount of the liquid to be visually recognized, and the remaining amount visual recognition portion is within a region of the light-emitting unit in a device width direction that is a direction intersecting a device depth direction. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The liquid ejecting device according to claim 1, further comprising: a light-emitting unit configured to emit light in accordance with a remaining amount of the liquid accommodated in the liquid accommodating unit, wherein the light-emitting unit is provided in a ring shape along an outer periphery of the opening and closing cover at an upper end portion of the opening and closing cover, the reading unit includes a reader configured to move along a device width direction that is a direction intersecting a device depth direction, and the reader located at a home position is within a region of the light-emitting unit in the device width direction. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The liquid ejecting device according to claim 1, further comprising: a light-emitting unit configured to emit light in accordance with a remaining amount of the liquid accommodated in the liquid accommodating unit, wherein the light-emitting unit is provided in a ring shape along an outer periphery of the opening and closing cover at an upper end portion of the opening and closing cover, the liquid ejecting head is provided at a carriage configured to move along a device width direction that is a direction intersecting a device depth direction, and the carriage located at a home position is within a region of the light-emitting unit in the device width direction. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The liquid ejecting device according to claim 1, further comprising: a light-emitting unit configured to emit light in accordance with a remaining amount of the liquid accommodated in the liquid accommodating unit, wherein the light-emitting unit is provided in a ring shape along an outer periphery of the opening and closing cover at an upper end portion of the opening and closing cover, the liquid ejecting head is provided at a carriage configured to move along a device width direction that is a direction intersecting a device depth direction, and an upper surface of the carriage is located below the light-emitting unit in a vertical direction. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The liquid ejecting device according to claim 1, further comprising: a light-emitting unit configured to emit light in accordance with a remaining amount of the liquid accommodated in the liquid accommodating unit, wherein the light-emitting unit is provided in a ring shape along an outer periphery of the opening and closing cover at an upper end portion of the opening and closing cover, the device main body includes a carriage including the liquid ejecting head, the carriage being configured to move along a device width direction that is a direction intersecting a device depth direction, a maintenance unit configured to perform maintenance on the liquid ejecting head, and a waste liquid storage unit configured to store, as a waste liquid, the liquid ejected to the maintenance unit from the liquid ejecting head, and the carriage located at a home position, the maintenance unit, and the waste liquid storage unit are within a region of the light-emitting unit in the device width direction.