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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2024
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Hosokawa, Nagano, JP;
Masahiko Yoshida, Nagano, JP;
Junpei Yoshida, Nagano, JP;
Tadashi Ishikawa, Nagano, JP;
Takanori Yokoi, Yamagata-mura, JP;
Toru Matsuyama, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid discharging apparatus includes an accommodating container accommodating conductive liquid, a first electrode accommodated in the accommodating container, a second electrode accommodated in the accommodating container, a detection portion that is electrically coupled to the first electrode and the second electrode and that detects a remaining amount of the liquid accommodated in the accommodating container in response to an electric signal from at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode, and a liquid discharging head discharging the liquid that is supplied from the accommodating container, in which the first electrode includes a first part where a distance between the first part and the second electrode is a first distance, and a second part where a distance between the second part and the second electrode is a second distance that is longer than the first distance.