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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2017
Roland Dg Corporation, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
ROLAND DG CORPORATION, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
An air trap unit includes an air trap container that stores ink, a flow inlet provided in the air trap container and allowing the ink to flow into the air trap container, a flow outlet provided in the air trap container and allowing the ink in the air trap container to flow out, and an inclination mechanism that inclines the air trap container such that the air trap container is put into one of a first state and a second state, the first state being a state where the air trap container is inclined such that the flow inlet is at a level higher than, or equal to, that of the flow outlet, and the second state being a state where the air trap container is inclined such that the flow outlet is at a level higher than that of the flow inlet.