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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2015
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Nobuhira Tanaka, Kyoto, JP;
Kiyoshi Kurihara, Kyoto, JP;
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A liquid lifting device includes: a liquid supply section storing liquid, a tank provided at a position higher than the liquid supply section; a liquid lifting pipe of which one end is inserted into the liquid in the liquid supply section and the other end is connected to the tank; an air pump configured to depressurize the interior of the tank; an air supply pipe in which one end portion of the air supply pipe is connected to the liquid lifting pipe via a branching section at a position halfway in the liquid lifting pipe, and an upright section is provided in the other end portion of the air supply pipe while standing upright from the one end portion; and an air valve provided in the other end portion of the air supply pipe and capable of being opened/closed with respect to the outside air.