Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Liquid supply devices and liquid cartridges
- Patent Title (中): 液体供应装置和液体盒
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Application No.: US12823790Application Date: 2010-06-25
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Publication No.: US08270449B2Publication Date: 2012-09-18
- Inventor: Hisaki Sakurai , Tomohiro Kanbe
- Applicant: Hisaki Sakurai , Tomohiro Kanbe
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2009-155810 20090630
- Main IPC: H01S3/091
- IPC: H01S3/091

Abstract:
A liquid supply device includes a liquid cartridge, which has a liquid chamber that stores liquid, a cartridge mounting portion, and a surface detector. The liquid chamber has a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion. The liquid cartridge removably attaches to the cartridge mounting portion. The surface detector detects a surface of the liquid stored in the liquid chamber. A horizontal cross-sectional area of the first portion of the liquid chamber is less than each of a horizontal cross-sectional area of the second portion and the third portion of the liquid chamber, and the first portion of the liquid chamber is positioned between the second portion and the third portion of the liquid chamber in a direction orthogonal to the horizontal cross-sectional area of the first portion of the liquid chamber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100328404A1 LIQUID SUPPLY DEVICES AND LIQUID CARTRIDGES Public/Granted day:2010-12-30
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