Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Liquid-discharging device, and method for substituting liquid
- Patent Title (中): 液体排出装置和液体替代方法
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Application No.: US13785676Application Date: 2013-03-05
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Publication No.: US08777366B2Publication Date: 2014-07-15
- Inventor: Shinya Komatsu
- Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Global IP Counselors, LLP
- Priority: JP2012-050736 20120307
- Main IPC: B41J29/393
- IPC: B41J29/393 ; B41J29/38 ; B41J2/165 ; B41J2/175 ; B41J2/045 ; G01N27/22

Abstract:
A liquid-discharging device includes a nozzle that discharges liquid including a substance having sedimentation properties, a liquid supply channel, an inspection part, stirring part and a control part. The inspection part brings the liquid to be discharged from the nozzle to a first electric potential by a first electrode, discharges the liquid toward a second electrode of a second electric potential, and inspects a discharge state of the liquid based on a change of an electrostatic capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode. The control part causes the nozzle to eject the liquid in order to substitute the liquid in an area downstream side than a predetermined area with the liquid stirred by the stirring part in the predetermined area. The control part determines a timing of ejection completion of the liquid based on the change of the electrostatic capacitance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130235113A1 LIQUID-DISCHARGING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR SUBSTITUTING LIQUID Public/Granted day:2013-09-12
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