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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2017
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Nakata, Matsumoto, JP;
Hitoshi Igarashi, Shiojiri, JP;
Kazuo Otsuka, Azumino, JP;
Masafumi Furuyama, Cikarang Selatan, ID;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording device includes a carriage that has a recording head that performs recording on a medium and a plurality of liquid cartridges that house a liquid to be ejected from the recording head, the plurality of liquid cartridges being arranged in a line in a direction that intersects the movement direction of the carriage and being provided with target detection units, and a detector that includes a moving part which moves in a direction that intersects the movement direction of the carriage and that, by the movement of the moving part, detects the residual amount of the liquid between the detector and each of the target detection units of the plurality of the liquid cartridges.