Installing fluid container in fluid ejection device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsTatsuro Osawa, Hiroyuki Sugimoto, Etsuo Tsuji, Masayuki Horikawa, Tsutomu Yamamoto
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Abstract
A fluid ejection device ejecting a fluid, the fluid ejection device includes: a fluid ejection unit, a main chassis case, a fluid-containing pack, and a container case. The fluid ejection unit ejects a fluid onto an ejection target. The main chassis case houses the fluid ejection unit. The fluid-containing pack contains a fluid for ejection. The container case houses the fluid-containing pack. The container case is pivotably attached to the main chassis case and openable by rotation about a rotation shaft.
Claims7
A method of manufacturing a fluid ejection device for ejecting a fluid,
- the method comprising:
- storing a fluid-containing pack in a first housing of a container case, wherein the fluid-containing pack contains a fluid for ejection, the container case is pivotably attached to a main chassis case to be openable, by rotation about a rotation shaft, over a fluid ejection unit housed in the main chassis case, and the fluid ejection unit ejects a fluid onto an ejection target;
- and
- fixing a second housing of the container case to the first housing in which the fluid-containing pack is stored.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.