Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ink tank and image recording apparatus
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Application No.: US17480333Application Date: 2021-09-21
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Publication No.: US11718099B2Publication Date: 2023-08-08
- Inventor: Yoshinori Osakabe , Taichi Shirono , Takashi Kitagawa
- 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: JP 20166292 2020.09.30
- Main IPC: B41J2/175
- IPC: B41J2/175

Abstract:
An ink tank includes: a first liquid storage chamber; a second liquid storage chamber; a detector having at least two electrode rods in the first liquid storage chamber; an injector having an opening supplying liquid to the first liquid storage chamber; an atmospheric communication passage communicating an outside of the ink tank with the second liquid storage chamber; a cap movable between an open position and a closed position with respect to the injector and configured to seal the first liquid storage chamber; a valve mechanism opening or closing the communication passage by moving up and down with respect to the communication passage; a link mechanism moving the valve mechanism up and down; and a guide portion guiding the valve mechanism, at least a part of the guide portion being provided in the valve mechanism.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220097392A1 INK TANK AND IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2022-03-31
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