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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 05, 2017
Applicant:

Roland Dg Corporation, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;

Inventors:

Naoki Ueda, Hamamatsu, JP;

Yoshitaka Hatano, Hamamatsu, JP;

Kenji Seki, Hamamatsu, JP;

Assignee:

ROLAND DG CORPORATION, Shizuoka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/185 (2006.01); B41J 2/18 (2006.01); B41J 2/19 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 29/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/185 (2013.01); B41J 2/17509 (2013.01); B41J 2/18 (2013.01); B41J 2/19 (2013.01); B41J 29/38 (2013.01); B41J 2/17596 (2013.01); B41J 2202/07 (2013.01);
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.


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