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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Saeki, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideaki Matsumura, Tokyo, JP;
Yuri Mori, Tokyo, JP;
Ken Takenaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Shota Asada, Tokyo, JP;
Koki Shimada, Kanagawa, JP;
Daiju Takeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiromasa Tsutsumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Mineyoshi Tomie, Saitama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a recording apparatus including a tank configured to store liquid to be supplied to a recording head that ejects the liquid, the tank including an inlet port for liquid injection; a cap unit including a shaft portion and a cap configured to turn about the shaft portion between a first position at which the cap caps the inlet port and a second position at which the cap does not cap the inlet port, the shaft portion being provided to a housing that encloses the tank; and a biasing unit configured to bias the cap unit in a direction to move the cap apart from the inlet port, wherein the cap unit does not move at the second position while being biased by the biasing unit.