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US 10,696,058 · App. 16/079,417 · Granted Jun 30, 2020

Liquid supply device, liquid jetting system, and liquid jetting device

Inventors: Shoma Kudo (Shiojiri, JP); Naomi Kimura (Okaya, JP); Yusuke Hirasawa (Matsumoto, JP); Yuta Komatsu (Shiojiri, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
B41J2/19B41J2/175B41J2/1752B41J2/17509B41J2/17553B41J29/02B41J29/13
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Patent No.
US 10,696,058
App. No.
16/079,417
Granted
Jun 30, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid supply device includes a first shell having a liquid storage chamber configured to store liquid and a liquid inlet portion through which the liquid is poured to the liquid storage chamber, a second shell that is a different member from the first shell, a holding member for holding a mutual positional relationship between the first shell and the second shell to be constant, and an atmospheric communication channel that makes outside and the liquid storage chamber communicate with each other.

Claims (73)

1. A liquid supply device for supplying liquid to a liquid jetting head, comprising:

a first shell having a liquid storage chamber configured to store the liquid, and a liquid inlet portion through which the liquid is poured into the liquid storage chamber;

a second shell that is a different member from the first shell;

a holding member for holding a mutual positional relationship between the first shell and the second shell to be constant; and

an atmospheric communication channel that makes outside and the liquid storage chamber communicate with each other,

the atmospheric communication channel including

an air inlet port formed at a wall partitioning the liquid storage chamber, and serving as one end for leading air into the liquid storage chamber,

an atmospheric opening port provided at the second shell and serving as an other end that opens outward,

an air storage chamber included in the second shell and located between the atmospheric opening port and the air inlet port, and

a connection channel connecting the first shell and the second shell and allowing fluid communication between the air storage chamber and the liquid storage chamber.

2. The liquid supply device according to claim 1 , wherein

the holding member is a member connected to part of the first shell and part of the second shell.

3. The liquid supply device according to claim 2 , wherein

the holding member is a member that connects the part of the first shell and the part of the second shell so that the second shell configured to be detached from the first shell.

4. The liquid supply device according to claim 1 , wherein

the holding member is a member for fixing the first shell and the second shell to an other member that is different from the liquid supply device.

5. The liquid supply device according to claim 4 , wherein

the other member is an accommodation member that accommodates the liquid supply device.

6. The liquid supply device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first shell includes an inside air storage chamber that composes part of the atmospheric communication channel, for storing the air, and allows fluid communication between the air storage chamber and the air inlet port.

7. The liquid supply device according to claim 6 , wherein,

in a flow direction of the air extending from the atmospheric opening port to the air inlet port, the air storage chamber includes a sheet member partitioning an upstream side portion and a downstream side portion, through which gas permeates and liquid does not permeate.

8. The liquid supply device according to claim 1 , wherein

the air inlet port is located in a region of a lower side of a vertical direction in the liquid storage chamber.

9. A liquid jetting system comprising:

the liquid supply device according to claim 1 ,

the liquid jetting head, and

a liquid supply flow channel that connects the liquid jetting head and the liquid supply device.

10. A liquid jetting device comprising:

a liquid jetting part having a nozzle configured to jet liquid;

a non-mobile fluid storage container configured to store at least one of the liquid and gas, and does not move together with the liquid jetting part;

a flow channel member connected to the fluid storage container; and

a flow channel holding part that is configured to hold the flow channel member and that is located in an upper portion of the fluid storage container when the liquid jetting device is in a state in which the nozzle of the liquid jetting part jets liquid.

11. The liquid jetting device according to claim 10 , wherein

the flow channel holding part is included in the fluid storage container, or a container holding member holding the fluid storage container.

12. The liquid jetting device according to claim 10 , wherein

the fluid storage container includes a first fluid storage container, and a second fluid storage container that at least partially overlaps with the first fluid storage container when plan-viewed in a height direction.

13. The liquid jetting device according to claim 12 , wherein

the first fluid storage container is located upper than the second fluid storage container,

the flow channel member includes a first flow channel member connected to the first fluid storage container, and a second flow channel member connected to the second fluid storage container, and

at least the first flow channel member among the first flow channel member and the second flow channel member is held above the first fluid storage container.

14. The liquid jetting device according to claim 12 , wherein

the first fluid storage container is located upper than the second fluid storage container,

the flow channel member includes a first flow channel member connected to the first fluid storage container, and a second flow channel member connected to the second fluid storage container, and

the first flow channel member and the second flow channel member are held by the flow channel holding part so as to be above the container holding member holding the first fluid storage container, so that one of the first flow channel member and the second flow channel member overlaps with the other.

15. The liquid jetting device according to claim 11 , wherein

a wiring holding part that holds an electric wiring is included in the fluid storage container or the container holding member.

16. A liquid jetting device comprising:

a liquid jetting part having a nozzle configured to jet liquid;

a liquid tank configured to store the liquid;

a connection flow channel member connected to the liquid tank,

a buffer tank connected to the liquid tank by the connection flow channel member;

a liquid supply channel member that supplies the liquid from the liquid tank to the liquid jetting part; and

a cover member that covers at least part of the liquid tank and the buffer tank,

the cover member including a flow channel holding part that holds the connection flow channel member and the liquid supply channel member.

17. The liquid jetting device according to claim 16 , further comprising:

a waste liquid tank that collects waste liquid discharged via the nozzle of the liquid jetting part, and

a waste liquid flow channel member that is connected to the waste liquid tank, and is for collecting the waste liquid, wherein

the flow channel holding part holds the waste liquid flow channel member.

18. The liquid jetting device according to claim 17 , wherein

the flow channel holding part holds the connection flow channel member and the waste liquid flow channel member so that the connection flow channel member and the waste liquid flow channel member overlap with each other when plan-viewed in the height direction.

19. The liquid jetting device according to claim 16 , wherein

the cover member comprises a wiring holding part that holds an electric wiring.

20. The liquid jetting device according to claim 16 , wherein

the liquid tank and the buffer tank are arranged with an interval along a front and back direction of the liquid jetting device, and

at least part of a maintenance unit that causes the liquid to be discharged from the nozzle of the liquid jetting part is arranged in the interval.

21. The liquid jetting device according to claim 16 , wherein

the liquid tank and the buffer tank are arranged along a right and left direction of the liquid jetting device.

22. A liquid jetting device comprising:

a liquid jetting part having a nozzle configured to jet liquid;

a plurality of liquid tanks configured to store the liquid;

buffer tanks connected to the plurality of liquid tanks respectively via a connection flow channel member; and

a holding member that integrally holds the plurality of buffer tanks.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2018
From: KUDO, SHOMA; KIMURA, NAOMI; HIRASAWA, YUSUKE; KOMATSU, YUTA
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046685/0786 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP 2016-036516 · Feb 29, 2016 · national
JP 2016-209512 · Oct 26, 2016 · national
JP 2016-210309 · Oct 27, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190009569A1 · Jan 10, 2019