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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAtsushi Saito, Akio Okubo, Yasuhiko Ikeda
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A liquid level detecting mechanism for detecting the liquid level in a vessel for storage of liquid, includes a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit disposed opposite to the vessel for storage of liquid or a chamber communicating with the vessel. The light receiving unit detects the liquid level in the vessel in accordance with the quantity of received light from the light emitted from the light emitting unit, and members in contact with liquid which are arranged between the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit, the members being formed of a material having high wettability relative to the liquid.
A liquid remaining detecting mechanism for detecting a remaining amount of liquid in a container for storing the liquid, comprising:
An ink jet recording apparatus for recording by discharging ink comprising:
An ink jet recording apparatus for recording ink onto a recording medium, comprising:
A liquid level detecting mechanism for detecting the liquid level in a container for storing the liquid, the mechanism comprising:
A liquid level detecting device for detecting the liquid level in a container for storing the liquid, the device comprising:
An ink jet recording apparatus for recording by using an ink jet recording head, the apparatus comprising:
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