Brother Kogyo Kabushiki-Kaisha

Masako Kawagoe

Yoshinori Osakabe

Taichi Shirono

Masahiro Hayashi

Seiji Shimizu

Hiroshi Taira

Kenichi Hirata

Shohei Ichikawa

Masataka Kamiya

Asami Hashimoto

Haruhisa Shirai

Kazushige Saigusa

Fumiya Nakamura

Kazuma Kobayashi

Kohei Terada

Yasuo Nishikawa

There is provided a liquid discharging apparatus including: a housing; a head having a nozzle configured to discharge a liquid to a printing medium; and a waste liquid box configured to store a waste liquid of the liquid. The housing has a first opening configured to eject the printing medium, the first opening being arranged in a front-surface of the housing. The waste liquid box is configured to be inserted into and drawn from the housing via the front-surface of the housing. In a state that the waste liquid box is installed in the housing: at least a portion of the waste liquid box is positioned in front of a printing area in which the nozzle of the head is arranged.

Liquid discharging apparatus

A liquid discharging apparatus, having a sheet conveyer path, a liquid discharging head including nozzles for discharging liquid, a cap configured to cover the liquid discharging head, a liquid receiver located at a position different from the cap and configured to receive the liquid discharged from the liquid discharging head, and a waste liquid tank demountably mountable in a housing of the liquid discharging apparatus and configured to store the liquid received by the liquid receiver, is provided.

Liquid discharging apparatus and waste liquid tank

A liquid discharging apparatus, having a main housing, a liquid discharging head with nozzles, a container to store a printable medium, a waste liquid storage located at a position to at least partly overlap the container and lower than the container in a vertical direction, a mountable compartment, in which the waste liquid storage is demountably mountable, is provided. The mountable compartment is formed on a sideward face of the main housing on one side in a widthwise direction being a scanning direction of the liquid discharging head. The mountable compartment is open at a position frontward with respect to a connector, which connects a power cord for receiving external power supply to the main housing there-through, in a front-rear direction being a conveying direction to convey the printable medium and toward which the printable medium is ejected from the main housing.

A liquid discharging apparatus, having a housing, a liquid discharging device configured to discharge liquid, a first waste liquid collecting device and a second waste liquid collecting device for collecting the liquid discharged from the liquid discharging device, an intermediate tank having a first waste liquid reservoir and a drainer, and a waste liquid tank having a second waste liquid reservoir, is provided. The first waste liquid reservoir stores the liquid received from the first liquid collecting device and the second waste liquid collecting device. The drainer drains the liquid stored in the first waste liquid reservoir outward from the intermediate tank. The second waste liquid reservoir stores the liquid drained from the drainer. The waste liquid tank is demountably mounted in the housing.

A liquid discharging apparatus, having a housing, a first tray for storing a printable medium, a second tray for storing a printable medium, a liquid discharging head, and a first waste liquid storage, is provided. The second tray is located at a position lower than the first tray. The liquid discharging head has nozzles for discharging liquid. The first waste liquid storage is demountably mounted in the housing. The first waste liquid storage is configured to store waste liquid being the liquid discharged from the nozzles of the liquid discharging head. The first waste liquid storage is located between the first tray and the second tray.

There is provided a tank including: a casing; a liquid chamber including first and second chambers; a communicating channel configured by first, second, and third communicating channels; a liquid inlet port; a first communicating port; a second communicating port; an atmosphere open port; a liquid outflow port; and a gas-liquid separating membrane provided in the third communicating channel and blocking flowing (distribution, circulation) of liquid in the third communicating channel. A first end of the second communicating channel is communicated with the second chamber, and a second end of the second communicating channel is communicated with an end of the first communicating channel. A first end of the third communicating channel is communicated with the second end of the second communicating channel, and a second end of the third communicating channel is communicated with the atmosphere open port.

Tank and liquid consuming apparatus including the same

A tank set includes: tanks arranged in a predetermined direction, each of the tanks being composed of a casing including: a liquid storage chamber defined by mutually opposing two surfaces and configured to store liquid; an inlet provided to inject the liquid into the liquid storage chamber; and a liquid outflow port through which the liquid flows out from the liquid storage chamber to a liquid-consuming unit. Each of the two surfaces extends in a direction intersecting the predetermined direction, and is at least partially composed of a film.

Tank set and liquid-consuming apparatus

An inkjet printer includes a printer body and an ink container provided in the printer body. The ink container includes an ink containing portion, a frame portion and a cover portion. A top portion of the ink containing portion includes a port. The cover portion is pivotally connected to the frame portion and pivotable between an opened position, in which the port is exposed, and a closed position, in which the cover portion covers the port, with respect to the frame portion. The cover portion includes a sealing member provided corresponding to the port on an opposing surface of the cover portion. When the cover portion is in the closed position, the sealing member seals the port, and when the cover portion is in the opened position, the sealing member is separated from the port.

Inkjet printer

A liquid container includes a liquid chamber defined by an upper wall, a lower wall, and a peripheral wall, a refill port, a liquid outlet port through which ink is supplied from the liquid chamber to the outside, and a first longitudinal partition extending upward from the lower wall and configured to partition the liquid chamber into a first liquid containing portion and a second liquid containing portion in a horizontal direction. A first lateral communication passage is positioned between an end portion of the first longitudinal partition in the horizontal direction and the peripheral wall. The liquid outlet port is disposed in one of the first liquid containing portion and the second liquid containing portion.

Liquid container and recording apparatus

There is provided a tank including a liquid inlet port, an atmosphere open port, a liquid outflow port, a first liquid chamber having a first atmosphere communication channel, a second liquid chamber being in communication with the first liquid chamber and having a second atmosphere communication channel, and a liquid channel. The liquid inside the liquid channel is movable along with a liquid consumption of a liquid consuming device connected to the tank. With the tank in a usage posture, when the liquid is stored in the first liquid chamber and the second liquid chamber, the liquid level of the liquid stored in the first liquid chamber is formed independently from the liquid level of the liquid stored in the second liquid chamber.

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Nagoya, Japan

Masako Kawagoe