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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2006
Michinari Tsukahara, Nagano-ken, JP;
Masanori Kobayashi, Nagano-ken, JP;
Morio Sato, Nagano-ken, JP;
Kenji Ochiai, Nagano-ken, JP;
Yasuto Sakai, Nagano-ken, JP;
Michinari Tsukahara, Nagano-ken, JP;
Masanori Kobayashi, Nagano-ken, JP;
Morio Sato, Nagano-ken, JP;
Kenji Ochiai, Nagano-ken, JP;
Yasuto Sakai, Nagano-ken, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
When ink is filled into an ink packincluding a bag partand an outlet part, firstly, air in the bagand outlet partis sucked by a suction pump Pprovided for an ink pouring apparatus. Further, by a first measuring pipe, ink supplied from a main tankis poured through the outlet partinto the bag part. Further, by a second measuring pipe, the ink poured into the bag partof the ink packis sucked and exhausted. Furthermore, the ink in the second measuring pipeis mixed into a mixing tankwith ink previously supplied to the mixing tankfrom the main tank. Next, the ink is supplied from the mixing tankto a third measuring pipe, and filled from the third measuring pipethrough the outlet partinto the bag part