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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2003
Applicants:
Fumio Takagi, Chino, JP;
Ryuichi Kurosawa, Okaya, JP;
Inventors:
Fumio Takagi, Chino, JP;
Ryuichi Kurosawa, Okaya, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a method of filling an ink-jet head of an ink-jet type printing apparatus with a liquid stored in an ink cartridge or in a reservoir tank, the head is filled up to the tip of nozzles by bringing a suction cap into close contact with a nozzle opening face of the ink-jet head via a gas-permeable filters and drawing the air inside the suction caps with a pump.