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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2013
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yuto Suzuki, Shiojiri, JP;
Satoshi Shimizu, Shiojiri, JP;
Masaki Shimomura, Matsumoto, JP;
Nobutaka Suzuki, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiji Tezuka, Kitakyushu, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a main body in which an opening portion exposing at least a portion of a carriage moving area, a cover section displaceable with the main body, an ink tank that is located outside the main body, an ink supply tube for supplying ink from the ink tank to a head, and a spacer that forms a gap between the main body and the cover. An accommodation section is configured by a casing portion formed to protrude in a discharge direction of paper. An operation panel section is configured by a casing portion exhibiting an inclined surface. The spacer forms a gap having a size that does not shut off at least an ink flow path of the ink supply tube and passes the ink supply tube through the formed gap.