Recording apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsNaomi Kimura, Munehide Kanaya, Yoshisada Aoki, Nobuhisa Nomoto
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Abstract
An ink jet type printer including: a printing function section, a liquid ejecting head that is supported on a carriage movably disposed in the printing function section and performs recording by ejecting ink with respect to a paper sheet, and an ink supply tube that guides the ink of a main tank in which the ink is stored to the liquid ejecting head and has a deformation movable section capable of being deformed following movement of the carriage. The printing function section is provided with a filling port for filling the ink and the filling port and the main tank are connected through a connection pipe, a sub-tank, and an ink communication pipe.
Claims16
A recording apparatus comprising:
- a case;
- a liquid ejecting head that performs recording by ejecting a liquid with respect to a target;
- a first tank in which the liquid is stored and which connects to the liquid ejecting head, and
- a second tank which is connected to the first tank by way of an air communication pass and an ink communication pass,
- wherein the air communication pass connects with an inside of the first tank and an inside of the second tank at a position higher than a surface of the liquid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.