Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ink tank and image recording apparatus
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Application No.: US17480417Application Date: 2021-09-21
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Publication No.: US11745511B2Publication Date: 2023-09-05
- Inventor: Satoru Oki , Yoshinori Osakabe
- 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 20166285 2020.09.30
- Main IPC: B41J2/175
- IPC: B41J2/175

Abstract:
An ink tank includes: a first liquid storage chamber having a lower limit indicator; a second liquid storage chamber; a liquid inlet communicated with the first liquid storage chamber; a cap openable or closeable the liquid inlet; a rotation shaft extending from an inside of the first liquid storage chamber to an outside through a through hole provided on a side wall of the first liquid storage chamber; a valve member opening or closing the communication passage; a first lever arm rotatable around the rotation shaft and connected to the valve member; a second lever arm provided outside the ink tank and rotatable around the rotation shaft; and a slider member connected to the second lever arm and movable in conjunction with the cap, the through hole being provided at a position above the lower limit indicator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220097393A1 INK TANK AND IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2022-03-31
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