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Granted Patent B2
US 9,908,337 · App. 15/451,197 · Granted Mar 6, 2018

Recording apparatus

Inventors: Munehide Kanaya (Azumino, JP); Shoma Kudo (Shiojiri, JP); Hidenao Suzuki (Matsumoto, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
B41J2/17523B41J2/16523B41J13/106
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Patent No.
US 9,908,337
App. No.
15/451,197
Granted
Mar 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a recording apparatus that can easily set a state in which liquid accommodation units are filled with a liquid for recording while suppressing increases in an installation area. A recording apparatus including a liquid ejecting head that performs recording by ejecting ink onto sheets of paper, a discharge unit in which a discharge opening that includes a discharge region at which the sheets of paper, on which recording was performed by the liquid ejecting head, are discharged, is formed, and liquid accommodation units that are capable of accommodating the liquid that is supplied to the liquid ejecting head, in an apparatus main body, in which the liquid accommodation units are provided with injection openings through which it is possible to inject ink into the liquid accommodation units, which are provided in a positions that are below the discharge unit in a perpendicular direction (−Z direction) and overlaps with the discharge unit in the perpendicular direction.

Claims (36)

1. A recording apparatus comprising:

a liquid ejecting head that performs recording by ejecting a liquid onto a target;

a discharge unit in which a discharge opening that includes a discharge region at which the target, on which recording was performed by the liquid ejecting head, is discharged, is formed;

liquid accommodation units that accommodate liquid accommodation bodies that are capable of accommodating the liquid that is supplied to the liquid ejecting head;

a storage unit that stores the liquid accommodation units, in an apparatus main body; and

a movement mechanism that moves the storage unit,

wherein the discharge unit is formed on a discharge direction side of the target from discharge means that include a discharge roller that discharges the target, and

wherein the storage unit is provided below the discharge unit.

2. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a liquid recovery unit that is capable of recovering the liquid that is discharged from the liquid ejecting head during maintenance of the liquid ejecting head,

wherein the liquid recovery unit is provided below the discharge unit in the perpendicular direction.

3. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein a supply cassette that is capable of accommodating the target that is supplied to the liquid ejecting head is provided in the apparatus main body in a position that is below the discharge unit in a perpendicular direction,

wherein the storage unit provided below the supply cassette.

4. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising liquid supply tubes that are connected to the liquid accommodation units, and are capable of supplying the liquid to the liquid ejecting head,

wherein the liquid supply tubes are arranged on an outer side of the discharge unit in a direction that intersects the discharge direction of the target, and supplies the liquid from a lower side of the discharge unit to an upper side thereof.

5. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising liquid supply tubes that are connected to the liquid accommodation units, and are capable of supplying the liquid to the liquid ejecting head,

wherein the liquid supply tubes are connected to the liquid accommodation units at an end unit of a side that in the opposite direction to the discharge direction of the target.

6. A recording apparatus comprising:

a liquid ejecting head that performs recording by ejecting a liquid onto a target;

a discharge unit in which a discharge opening that includes a discharge region at which the target, on which recording was performed by the liquid ejecting head, is discharged, is formed;

liquid accommodation units that accommodate liquid accommodation bodies that are capable of accommodating the liquid that is supplied to the liquid ejecting head;

a storage unit that stores the liquid accommodation units, in an apparatus main body;

a cover that covers the storage unit; and

wherein the discharge unit is formed on a discharge direction side of the target from discharge means that include a discharge roller that discharges the target, and

wherein the storage unit provided below the discharge unit.

7. The recording apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising:

a liquid recovery unit that is capable of recovering the liquid that is discharged from the liquid ejecting head during maintenance of the liquid ejecting head,

wherein the liquid recovery unit is provided below the discharge unit in the perpendicular direction.

8. The recording apparatus according to claim 6 ,

wherein a supply cassette that is capable of accommodating the target that is supplied to the liquid ejecting head is provided in the apparatus main body in a position that is below the discharge unit in a perpendicular direction,

wherein the storage unit provided below the supply cassette.

9. The recording apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising liquid supply tubes that are connected to the liquid accommodation units, and are capable of supplying the liquid to the liquid ejecting head,

wherein the liquid supply tubes are arranged on an outer side of the discharge unit in a direction that intersects the discharge direction of the target, and supplies the liquid from a lower side of the discharge unit to an upper side thereof.

10. The recording apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising liquid supply tubes that are connected to the liquid accommodation units, and are capable of supplying the liquid to the liquid ejecting head,

wherein the liquid supply tubes are connected to the liquid accommodation units at an end unit of a side that in the opposite direction to the discharge direction of the target.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2017
From: KANAYA, MUNEHIDE; KUDO, SHOMA; SUZUKI, HIDENAO
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041488/0325 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2013-236600 · Nov 15, 2013 · national
JP 2013-236602 · Nov 15, 2013 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15021811
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