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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2012
Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A filter, the alignment of which does not need to be adjusted, and an ink-jet recording apparatus having such a filter are provided, the ink-jet recording apparatus capable of avoiding leakage of residual liquids in filter exchange operation. The filter of the present invention includes an upper capsule member, a lower capsule member, and a filter medium. The upper capsule member has a central connecting port and a peripheral connecting port, and also has a pipe section that extends, within the capsule, from the peripheral connecting port to the vicinity of the bottom surface (the deepest section) of the lower capsule member. A liquid supplied from the peripheral connecting port via the pipe section is filtered through the filter medium, and the filtered liquid is output from the central connecting port.