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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
May. 19, 2020
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshikazu Nagai, Shiojiri, JP;
Yoshiyuki Okazawa, Shiojiri, JP;
Kazunori Takabayashi, Okaya, JP;
Hisayuki Akahane, Matsumoto, JP;
Kensuke Tamai, Shiojiri, JP;
Shintaro Miyamoto, Shiojiri, JP;
Katsumi Yamada, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording apparatus includes a recording head, an ink tank that is disposed above the recording head, a carriage on which the recording head and the ink tank are mounted, a scanner unit that is attached to the upper portion of the casing via a pivot shaft so as to pivot with respect to the casing and that reads a document placed on the document table, and a panel unit in which the scanner unit is attached to an end portion disposed on the opposite side to the pivot shaft and is configured to tilt between a first orientation and a second orientation closer to the document table than the first orientation, and by pivoting the scanner unit with respect to the casing to expose the ink tank, ink is injected from the refill container into the ink tank and the remaining amount of liquid is viewed.