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Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 24, 2023
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Shigeki Suzuki, Matsumoto, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/14 (2006.01); B41J 2/19 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17563 (2013.01); B41J 2/175 (2013.01); B41J 2/19 (2013.01); B41J 2002/14403 (2013.01);
Abstract

A filter unit includes a filter through which a liquid passes, a filter chamber that is divided into an upstream chamber and a downstream chamber by the filter, an inflow passage through which a liquid flows into the upstream chamber, a first outflow passage through which a liquid flows out from the downstream chamber, and a second outflow passage through which a liquid flows out from the downstream chamber, a distance from the inflow passage to the first outflow passage is shorter than a distance from the inflow passage to the second outflow passage, and a passage resistance of the second outflow passage is lower than a passage resistance of the first outflow passage.


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