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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2017
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kaoru Koike, Matsumoto, JP;
Ryoji Fujimori, Suwa, JP;
Hiroki Matsuoka, Azumino, JP;
Toshihiro Shinbara, Matsumoto, JP;
Tsuyoshi Hayashi, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid supplying device includes a first intermediate storage and a second intermediate storage that store liquid and are provided such that the liquid can be supplied from a liquid ejecting unit which ejects the liquid, a liquid supply source holding unit that holds a liquid supply source which accommodates the liquid and that can supply the liquid accommodated in the liquid supply source to the first intermediate storage and the second intermediate storage, and a pressure regulating mechanism that can regulate pressures inside the first intermediate storage and inside the second intermediate storage. In the liquid supplying device, the inside of one intermediate storage, out of the first intermediate storage and the second intermediate storage, is depressurized, and the liquid is supplied from the liquid supply source to the one intermediate storage.