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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:
Jul. 27, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2019
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tadahiro Mizutani, Shiojiri, JP;
Taku Ishizawa, Matsumoto, JP;
Noriyuki Fukasawa, Matsumoto, JP;
Hideki Okumura, Shiojiri, JP;
Naomi Kimura, Okaya, JP;
Assignee:
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17513 (2013.01); B41J 2/175 (2013.01); B41J 2002/17573 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ink tank that communicates with an ink ejecting head, includes: an ink chamber configured to house ink; an ink inlet portion that communicates with the ink chamber and that receives ink supplied from an ink supply container; and an ink viewing portion that is a portion of a wall that defines the ink chamber and that enables the ink in the ink chamber to be viewed from an outside, the ink chamber having an ink guide wall for guiding the ink from the ink inlet portion toward the ink viewing portion.