Liquid ejecting device facilitating replacement of cartridge
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroto Sugahara
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Abstract
A liquid ejecting device includes a casing, a carriage, and a cartridge. The carriage is configured to move in a first direction and a second direction. The cartridge is configured to be removably mounted on the carriage and includes a first cartridge and a second cartridge. The first cartridge has a first grip part. The second cartridge has a second grip part. The carriage is configured to move between a first position where the first grip part is exposed and positioned outside the casing through a first opening and a second position where the second grip part is exposed and positioned outside the casing through a second opening.
Claims18
A liquid ejecting device comprising:
- a casing comprising a first wall formed with a first opening and a second wall formed with a second opening, at least part of the first wall being opposite to at least part of the second wall, the casing defining a first direction extending from the second wall to the first wall and a second direction opposite to the first direction;
- a carriage configured to move in the first direction and the second direction in the casing;
- a cartridge configured to be removably mounted on the carriage and comprising a first cartridge having a first storage chamber accommodating liquid therein and a second cartridge having a second storage chamber configured to accommodate liquid therein;
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- a flowing part configured to be mounted on the carriage in a state where the cartridge is mounted on the carriage, the flowing part comprising a first flowing part configured to flow liquid between at least one first distal opening exposed from the carriage and a first proximal opening in communication with the first storage chamber and a second flowing part configured to flow liquid between at least one second distal opening exposed from the carriage and a second proximal opening in communication with the second storage chamber,
- wherein the flowing part is configured to allow the liquid to pass through the at least one first distal opening and the at least one second distal opening in a third direction,
- wherein the first cartridge comprises a first mounting part at least partially overlapped with the at least one distal opening and/or the at least one second distal opening as viewed from the third direction and a first grip part offset from the at least one first distal opening and the at least one second distal opening in the first direction as viewed from the third direction, when the first cartridge is mounted on the carriage,
- wherein the second cartridge comprises a second mounting part at least partially overlapped with the at least one first distal opening and/or the at least one second distal opening as viewed from the third direction and a second grip part offset from the at least one first distal opening and the at least one second distal opening in the second direction as viewed from the third direction, when the second cartridge is mounted on the carriage, and
- wherein the carriage is configured to move between a first position where the first grip part is exposed and positioned outside the casing through the first opening and a second position where the second grip part is exposed and positioned outside the casing through the second opening.
A liquid ejecting device comprising:
- a casing comprising a first wall formed with a first opening and a second wall formed with a second opening, at least part of the first wall being opposite to at least part of the second wall, the casing defining a first direction extending from the second wall to the first wall and a second direction opposite to the first direction;
- a carriage configured to move in the first direction and the second direction within the casing;
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- a cartridge configured to be removably mounted on the carriage and comprising a first cartridge accommodating liquid therein and a second cartridge configured to accommodate liquid therein,
- wherein the first cartridge comprises a first grip part and the second cartridge comprises a second grip part,
- wherein the carriage is configured to move between a first position and a second position,
- wherein the first grip part is exposed and positioned outside the casing through the first opening and the second grip part is positioned inside the casing when the first cartridge and the second cartridge are mounted on the carriage at the first position, and
- wherein the second grip part is exposed and positioned outside the casing through the second opening and the first grip part is positioned inside the casing when the first cartridge and the second cartridge are mounted on the carriage at the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.