Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ink tank and image recording apparatus
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Application No.: US17474287Application Date: 2021-09-14
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Publication No.: US11584133B2Publication Date: 2023-02-21
- Inventor: Fumio Nakazawa , Yoshinori Osakabe , Naoya Okazaki , Satoru Oki , Masahiro Hayashi , Nanami Ashida
- Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya
- Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Priority: JPJP2020-166291 20200930
- Main IPC: B41J2/175
- IPC: B41J2/175

Abstract:
An ink tank includes: a first liquid storage chamber; a second liquid storage chamber communicating with the first liquid storage chamber through a communication passage; an injector having an opening supplying liquid to the first liquid storage chamber; a cap movable between an open position and a closed position with respect to the injector; a slide member which is inserted so as to be vertically movable with respect to the opening of the injector, the slide member being moved downward by the cap in the closed position; a valve body which is vertically movably inserted in the communication passage and includes a first sealing member opening the communication passage by moving downward together with the slide member moved downward by the cap in the closed position; and an urging member always urging the valve body upward.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220097391A1 INK TANK AND IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2022-03-31
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