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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2018
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Okumura, Shiojiri, JP;
Naomi Kimura, Okaya, JP;
Shoma Kudo, Shiojiri, JP;
Motoyoshi Shirotori, Shiojiri, JP;
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a printer wherein ink can be easily injected and filled into a tank. A printer including: a printing head; a housing; a body cover shiftable between a closed state of closing an opening of the housing and an open state of exposing the opening; a tank including an ink container and an ink inlet port receiving the ink injection into the ink container; and a tank cover shiftable between a closed state of closing the ink inlet port and an open state of exposing the ink inlet port. The body cover in the closed state covers a portion of the tank cover, and the ink inlet port is located outside a region of the body cover. The tank cover changes from the closed state to the open state, triggered by the body cover changing from the closed state to the open state.