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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2007
Satoshi Shinada, Shiojiri, JP;
Chiaki Miyajima, Matsumoto, JP;
Masahide Matsuyama, Nagano-ken, JP;
Yuichi Seki, Hatsumoto, JP;
Hisashi Koike, Suwa, JP;
Takayoshi Katsumura, Matsumoto, JP;
Satoshi Shinada, Shiojiri, JP;
Chiaki Miyajima, Matsumoto, JP;
Masahide Matsuyama, Nagano-ken, JP;
Yuichi Seki, Hatsumoto, JP;
Hisashi Koike, Suwa, JP;
Takayoshi Katsumura, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of injecting a liquid into a liquid container detachably mounted on a liquid consuming apparatus, the liquid container including a liquid containing portion, a liquid supply portion connectable to a liquid ejecting portion of the liquid consuming apparatus, a liquid guide passage for guiding the liquid stored in the liquid containing portion to the liquid supply portion, an air communicating passage communicating the liquid containing chamber with air, a liquid detection unit provided in the liquid guide passage and for outputting different signals between in a case where the liquid guide passage is filled with the liquid and in a case where the liquid guide passage includes air entered thereinto, and a bubble trapping passage provided in the liquid guide passage between a detection position of the liquid detection unit and the liquid containing portion to trap bubbles in the liquid, the method includes: forming an injection port communicating with the liquid containing portion in the air communicating passage; injecting a predetermined amount of the liquid through the injection port; and sealing the injection port after injecting the liquid.