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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2014
Seiko Epson Corporation, Shinjuku-ku, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A filter unit including a liquid flow path through which ink flows and a filter chamber which forms a portion of the liquid flow path and is filled with a pressurized ink includes a filter unit main body and a second cover member which include the liquid flow path and form the filter chamber; and a filter which is disposed within the filter chamber, the second cover member being provided with a protruding portion in a region which opposes the filter, and the protruding portion being provided between a supply port of the ink which is supplied to the filter chamber and a discharge port of the ink which is discharged from the filter chamber in plan view in relation to the filter.