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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2023
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Masahiro Hayashi, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshinori Osakabe, Seto, JP;
Akinari Ishibe, Okazaki, JP;
Hiroaki Takahashi, Nagoya, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A liquid supplying device includes a tank a tank and a cartridge. The cartridge includes a first storage chamber. The cartridge is formed with a communicating opening in communication with the first storage chamber. The tank has a second storage chamber and a joint having a hollow cylindrical shape. In an attachment state where the communicating opening of the cartridge is connected to the joint, the first storage chamber has a portion positioned above the joint and the second storage chamber is positioned below the joint. At least in the first end portion, the liquid passage has a rectangular shape in a cross section taken along a plane perpendicular to an extending direction of the liquid passage.