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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2015
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Complication and an increase in size of an apparatus when suppressing precipitation of a precipitating component contained in liquid are suppressed. In a liquid supply apparatus, ink containing pigment, which is a precipitating component, is contained in a liquid containing portion, and the ink contained in the liquid containing portionis guided from a liquid supply portion of a holding portionto a printer. A liquid containing bodyis configured with the liquid containing portionfixed to the holding portion, and is attached to an attachment/detachment unitin a detachable manner. The attachment/detachment unitsupports the liquid containing bodyby the holding portionthereof in a state where the liquid containing portionis exposed, and transmits an X-axis reciprocating movement XM along an X-axis, for example, to the liquid containing portionof the liquid containing bodythat is thus supported.