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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2018
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Noriyuki Fukasawa, Shiojiri, JP;
Taku Ishizawa, Matsumoto, JP;
Tadahiro Mizutani, Shiojiri, JP;
Naomi Kimura, Okaya, JP;
Shoma Kudo, Shiojiri, JP;
Ryoichi Tanaka, Shiojiri, JP;
Tadashi Watanabe, Matsumoto, JP;
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printer comprises a main body cover configured to change over a state between a closed state and an open state; a tank including an ink container portion configured to contain ink and an ink inlet configured to inject the ink; a tank cover configured to change over a state between a closed state and an open state; and an ink bottle including a container portion and a delivery portion. In the open state of both the main body cover and the tank cover, the ink bottle is self-supported and configured to deliver the ink from the delivery portion of the ink bottle to the ink inlet. A space is formed between the main body cover and the ink bottle when the ink bottle is self-supported. At least part of the ink bottle is located in a locus drawn by the main body cover during rotation.