IP Library Granted Patent US 12679100
Granted Patent B2
US 12679100 · App. 18/505,763 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Liquid ejecting apparatus and control method of liquid ejecting apparatus

Inventors: Nanami Haga (Shiojiri, JP); Yuki Hirabayashi (Shiojiri, JP); Seiji Tojo (Shiojiri, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
B41J2/17509B41J2/1652B41J2/17596B41J2002/16582
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Patent No.
US 12679100
App. No.
18/505,763
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a head that ejects a liquid from a nozzle; a mounting portion on which a liquid container in which the liquid is sealed is detachably mounted; a sub-tank in which the liquid supplied from the liquid container is stored; a connection channel connected to the sub-tank and the head; an opening and closing valve positioned in the connection channel; and a control portion, in which when the liquid container is replaced, the control portion closes the opening and closing valve.

Claims (31)

1 . A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:

a head that ejects a liquid from a nozzle;

a liquid container;

a mounting portion on which the liquid container in which the liquid is sealed is detachably mounted;

a sub-tank in which the liquid supplied from the liquid container due to a head difference is stored;

a connection channel connected to the sub-tank and the head;

an opening and closing valve positioned in the connection channel;

a state detection portion that detects an ejection state of the nozzle;

a replacement detection portion that detects replacement of the liquid container performed while the liquid ejecting apparatus is powered off;

a maintenance portion that performs maintenance of the head, and

a control portion,

wherein when the liquid container is replaced, the control portion closes the opening and closing valve,

wherein in a case in which the replacement detection portion detects, when the liquid ejecting apparatus is powered on, replacement of the liquid container performed while the liquid ejecting apparatus is powered off, the control portion causes the state detection portion to detect the ejection state of the nozzle, and the control portion causes the maintenance portion to perform maintenance of the head when the state detection portion detects that the ejection state of the nozzle is faulty.

2 . A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:

a head that ejects a liquid from a nozzle;

a mounting portion on which a liquid container in which the liquid is sealed is detachably mounted;

a sub-tank in which the liquid supplied from the liquid container is stored;

a connection channel connected to the sub-tank and the head;

an opening and closing valve positioned in the connection channel

a control portion;

a capillary channel that opens an inside of the sub-tank to an atmosphere;

an opening channel that opens the inside of the sub-tank to the atmosphere; and

an opening valve positioned in the opening channel, wherein

when the liquid container is replaced, the control portion closes the opening and closing valve,

the capillary channel includes a capillary portion, and

the control portion opens the opening valve when the liquid container is replaced.

3 . A control method of a liquid ejecting apparatus including a head that ejects a liquid from a nozzle, a mounting portion on which a liquid container in which the liquid is sealed is detachably mounted, a sub-tank in which the liquid supplied from the liquid container is stored, a connection channel that connects the sub-tank and the head, an opening and closing valve positioned in the connection channel, a capillary channel that opens an inside of the sub-tank to an atmosphere, the capillary channel including a capillary portion, an opening channel that opens the inside of the sub-tank to the atmosphere, and an opening valve positioned in the opening channel, the control method comprising:

closing the opening and closing valve when the liquid container is replaced, and opening the opening valve when the liquid container is replaced.

4 . The control method according to claim 3 , further comprising:

detecting an ejection state of the nozzle in a case in which replacement of the liquid container performed while the liquid ejecting apparatus is powered off is detected when the liquid ejecting apparatus is powered on; and

performing maintenance of the head when it is detected that the ejection state of the nozzle is faulty.