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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2014
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hidenao Suzuki, Nagano, JP;
Shoma Kudo, Nagano, JP;
Naomi Kimura, Nagano, JP;
Keigo Iizawa, Nagano, JP;
Masayuki Kanazawa, Nagano, JP;
Naofumi Mimura, Nagano, JP;
Keisuke Akimoto, Nagano, JP;
Ryusuke Takakura, Nagano, JP;
Soshi Okawa, Nagano, JP;
Munehide Kanaya, Nagano, JP;
Nobuyuki Nishi, Hama-mura, JP;
Satoshi Kawamura, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ink tank unit includes: an ink tank that is able to contain ink; an ink filling unit that is provided in a case of the ink tank and has an opening which enables the ink tank to be filled with the ink; and a second case that covers at least a part of a peripheral section of the ink filling unit, of a fifth wall of the case on which the ink filling unit is provided. A recessed section and a side wall which enables the ink to be guided to the recessed section are provided on at least one section of the peripheral section of the fifth wall and a section of the second case, which faces the peripheral section.