The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2006
Yukihiro Hanaoka, Nagano, JP;
Koji Yamada, Nagano, JP;
Hiroyuki Nakayama, Nagano, JP;
Manabu Yamada, Nagano, JP;
Yukihiro Hanaoka, Nagano, JP;
Koji Yamada, Nagano, JP;
Hiroyuki Nakayama, Nagano, JP;
Manabu Yamada, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ink chamber is formed with a vent port allowing atmospheric air to enter therein and an ink outlet from which ink is taken out. An optical member has an ink contact face capable of contacting with ink contained in the ink chamber. The ink contact face includes a detection face at which a remaining amount of ink in the ink chamber is optically detected in accordance with an amount of air entered into the ink chamber via the vent port. A first ink absorbing member is disposed in the vicinity of the ink contact face, and capable of absorbing the ink in the ink chamber.