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Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017

Filed:

Apr. 12, 2016
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yuji Aoki, Hara-mura, JP;

Masahiro Karasawa, Nagano, JP;

Kazuyuki Hirata, Nagano, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17563 (2013.01); B41J 2/17513 (2013.01); B41J 2/1752 (2013.01); B41J 2002/17516 (2013.01);
Abstract

A liquid supply unit configured to supply a liquid to a liquid inlet of a liquid jet apparatus. The liquid supply unit includes a liquid housing part configured to house a liquid, a liquid outlet configured to draw the liquid from inside the liquid housing part to outside the liquid housing part, and a filter provided upstream of the liquid outlet in a channel of the liquid that is drawn from inside the liquid housing part to outside the liquid housing part via the liquid outlet. The filter includes a first filter and a second filter that are constituted by a plurality of fibers laminated in a flow direction of the liquid. The first filter is provided upstream of the second filter in the channel of the liquid, and the first filter and the second filter differ in coarseness.


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