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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2016
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Naomi Kimura, Nagano, JP;
Munehide Kanaya, Nagano, JP;
Yuichi Nishihara, Nagano, JP;
Masaki Tsukida, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ink tankA includes an ink containing portion, an ink injection portion, an ink supply portion, and a pair of electrode pinsand. The ink containing portionhas a visual check portionthat enables the position of the liquid surface of ink contained in the ink containing portionto be visually checked from the outside in a reference posture, which is a posture at the time when the ink is supplied from the ink tankto the print head portion. The ink supply portionis connected to a lower portionA located below a lower end of the visual check portionin the reference posture. Leading end portionsandof the electrode pinsandare arranged in the lower portionA.