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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
May. 18, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuo Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Masaya Uetsuki, Yokohama, JP;
Toshimitsu Danzuka, Tokyo, JP;
Masataka Kato, Yokohama, JP;
Tsuyoshi Ibe, Yokohama, JP;
Asako Tomida, Kawasaki, JP;
Shin Genta, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording apparatus includes a recording head, a sub tank, an ink tank containing ink supplied to the sub tank, a detector that detects an amount of ink contained in the sub tank, a variable volume member provided between the recording head and the sub tank and having variable inner volume, and a controller that repeatedly performs first and second operations, thereby supplying ink from the ink tank to the sub tank. In the first operation, the member is caused to switch from a first state to a second state, while in the second operation, the member is caused to switch from the second state to the first state.