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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2018
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Ken Yamagishi, Shiojiri, JP;
Hisashi Sato, Shiojiri, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17596 (2013.01); B41J 2/17513 (2013.01); B41J 2/18 (2013.01); B41J 2002/17516 (2013.01); B41J 2202/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a flexible membrane mechanism that is used in a valve mechanism, the flexible membrane mechanism including: a lid member; a flexible membrane that forms a space between the lid member and the flexible membrane; and a fluid flow path that communicates with the space, in which the flexible membrane is deformed such that a valve of the valve mechanism is opened and closed and includes a protrusion portion that becomes a projection toward the lid member and becomes a recess toward the opposite side of the projection.