Liquid supplying device, droplet discharge device, and image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorSatoru Yoshida
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Abstract
A liquid supplying device includes a pump, an operation member, an entry channel, and a shutter. The pump includes a deformable liquid container to store liquid and is configured to suck liquid from a liquid storage unit to the liquid container by increasing volume of the liquid container and supply the liquid from the liquid container to a liquid supply target by decreasing the volume of the liquid container. The operation member is operated by a user. The entry channel connects the liquid storage unit and the liquid container. The shutter moves with movement of the operation member to shut the entry channel.
Claims11
A liquid supplying device, comprising:
- a pump including a deformable liquid container to store liquid, the pump configured to suck liquid from a liquid storage unit to the liquid container by increasing volume of the liquid container and supply the liquid from the liquid container to a liquid supply target by decreasing the volume of the liquid container;
- an operation member to be operated by a user;
- an entry channel to connect the liquid storage unit and the liquid container;
- and
- a shutter to move with movement of the operation member to shut the entry channel,
- wherein the entry channel of the liquid supplying device has a wall including a displacement member displaceable between (i) a shutting position at which the displacement member shuts the entry channel to prevent flow of liquid from the liquid storage unit into the liquid container of the liquid supplying device and (ii) a release position at which the displacement member releases shutting of the entry channel to permit the flow of liquid from the liquid storage unit into the liquid container of the liquid supplying device, and
- the shutter is configured to move the displacement member to the shutting position with movement of the operation member to shut the entry channel of the liquid supplying device with the displacement member and prevent flow of liquid from the liquid storage unit into the liquid container of the liquid supplying device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.