US Patent Application 18449404. LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS simplified abstract
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LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS
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Seiji Tojo of Shiojiri-Shi (JP)
LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18449404 titled 'LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS
Simplified Explanation
The patent application describes a liquid ejecting apparatus that ejects liquid onto a medium using a nozzle.
- The apparatus includes a liquid storage portion, a supply flow path, and an opening/closing mechanism.
- The liquid storage portion stores the liquid, and the supply flow path connects it to the liquid ejecting portion.
- The opening/closing mechanism can open or close the supply flow path, and it is operated by an operation portion.
- The apparatus also includes a carriage that holds the liquid ejecting portion and the opening/closing mechanism.
- The carriage can move back and forth in a main scanning direction.
- When the supply flow path is closed, a contact portion on the carriage comes in contact with the opening/closing mechanism.
- A detection portion is included to detect this contact between the opening/closing mechanism and the contact portion.
Original Abstract Submitted
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting portion having a nozzle ejecting a liquid onto a medium, a liquid storage portion that stores the liquid, a supply flow path through which the liquid storage portion communicates with the liquid ejecting portion, an opening/closing mechanism having an opening/closing portion bringing the supply flow path into an open state or a closed state and an operation portion operating the opening/closing portion, a carriage mounted with the liquid ejecting portion and the opening/closing mechanism and configured to reciprocate in a main scanning direction, a contact portion that comes in contact with the opening/closing mechanism when the carriage moves while the supply flow path is in the closed state, and a detection portion that detects contact between the opening/closing mechanism and the contact portion.
