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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2012
Hiroki Matsuoka, Azumino, JP;
Toshio Kumagai, Shiojiri, JP;
Kaoru Koike, Matsumot, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A flow path unit includes: a tank that accumulates a discharge fluid; a main flow path pipe that is connected to the tank and that includes a horizontal section that transfers the discharge fluid in the horizontal direction; a diverging flow path pipe that diverges in plurality from the main flow path pipe and in which each is respectively connected to a plurality of discharge units that discharge the discharge fluid; a pump; a bypass flow path pipe that is connected to the main flow path pipe; a valve that switches the flow or otherwise of the discharge fluid in the bypass flow path pipe by opening and closing; and a control unit that switches between a first control state of recycling the discharge fluid in a flow path that passes through the horizontal section.
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