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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2017
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 29/02 (2006.01); B41J 29/13 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17509 (2013.01); B41J 2/1752 (2013.01); B41J 2/17506 (2013.01); B41J 29/02 (2013.01); B41J 29/13 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printerserving as a liquid ejection device includes: a device bodyincluding a recording headthat ejects ink; a scanner unitthat closes and opens at least a portion of an upper portion of the device body; and a plurality of ink tankthat are provided in the device body, each contain ink to be supplied to the recording head, and each include an ink injection portthrough which the ink can be injected from a liquid supply container. At least one of the plurality of ink injection portsis located inside an opening and closing region that is opened and closed by the scanner unit, and the other ink injection portsare located outside the opening and closing region.