Recording apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9427972-B2
Application number	US-201514737008-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 11, 2015
Priority date	Oct 15, 2012
Publication date	Aug 30, 2016
Grant date	Aug 30, 2016

Abstract

A recording apparatus includes a housing body, an opening/closing member, attached to the housing body via a pivot shaft so as to be capable of rotating freely, that covers the surface of the housing body on one side thereof, and an ink tank having an injection port for filling an ink holding chamber with ink used in recording. Here, the ink tank is disposed so that one end thereof is positioned within the housing body on the opposite side of the housing body as the side in which the pivot shaft is provided, and has a stepped shape including a step portion, the step portion being provided on a side of the ink tank that is further from the pivot shaft. The injection port is provided in the step portion, and when the opening/closing member is opened and the ink is to be filled.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A recording apparatus comprising:
a carriage, including a recording head that ejects ink, capable of moving in a predetermined direction;
a housing body including the recording head;
an ink tank that is disposed in the housing body and includes an injection port for filling the ink,
a discharge port that discharges a recording medium that has been recorded onto by the recording head, the ink tank being disposed on a side of the discharge port in the horizontal direction and a corner of the housing body; and
a cover that can be opened/closed relative to the housing body and covering a front surface of the ink tank and forming a portion of a front surface of the recording apparatus,
a transparent viewing window is formed in the cover, the transparent viewing window including a nontransparent portion of the cover and a transparent material fixed to an opening of the cover;
wherein the ink tank is formed of a transparent material.

2. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the injection port is provided in a position lower than an upper surface of the ink tank.

3. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the injection port is provided on a surface other than an upper surface of the ink tank.

4. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the cover can open from a top to a bottom.

5. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the injection port is exposed by opening the cover.

6. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of types of ink are held an integrated ink tank.

7. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein a black ink area is disposed at closer to the side surface of the housing body.

8. A recording apparatus comprising:
a carriage, including a recording head that ejects ink, capable of moving in a predetermined direction;
a housing body including the recording head;
an ink tank that is disposed in the housing body and includes an injection port for filling the ink,
a discharge port that discharges a recording medium that has been recorded onto by the recording head, the ink tank being disposed on a side of the discharge port and a corner of the housing body; and
a cover that can be opened/closed relative to the housing body and covering the front surface of the ink tank and forming a portion of a front surface and a portion of a side surface of the recording apparatus; and
a transparent viewing window is formed in the cover, the transparent viewing window including a nontransparent portion of the cover and a transparent material fixed to an opening of the cover;
wherein the ink tank is formed of a transparent material.

9. The recording apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein a black ink area is disposed closer to the side surface of the housing body.

10. The recording apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the injection port is provided in a position lower than an upper surface of the ink tank.

11. The recording apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the injection port is provided on a surface other than an upper surface of the ink tank.

12. The recording apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the cover can be open from a top to a bottom.

13. The recording apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the injection port is exposed by opening the cover.

14. A recording apparatus comprising:
a carriage, including a recording head that ejects ink, capable of moving in a predetermined direction;
a housing body including the recording head;
an ink tank that is disposed in the housing body and includes an injection port for filling the ink;
a discharge port that discharges a recording medium that has been recorded onto by the recording head, the ink tank is disposed on the side of the discharge port and corner of the housing body;
a cover that can be opened/closed relative to the housing body and covering the front surface of the ink tank and forming a portion of a front surface of the recording apparatus;
wherein a viewing window formed in the cover;
wherein an ink remaining marker indicates an amount of ink remaining in the ink tank,
wherein the ink remaining marker is provided on the cover.

15. The recording apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein an ink remaining marker is provided on the front face of the ink tank, and wherein the ink remaining marker provide at least one of the a lower limit indication and an upper limit indication.

16. The recording apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the ink remaining marker provides an upper limit indication.

17. The recording apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the injection port is provided on a surface other than an upper surface of the ink tank.

18. A recording apparatus comprising:
a carriage, including a recording head that ejects ink, capable of moving in a predetermined direction;
a housing body including the recording head;
an ink tank that is disposed in the housing body and includes an injection port for filling the ink;
a discharge port that discharges a recording medium that has been recorded onto by the recording head, the ink tank is disposed on the side of the discharge port and corner of the housing body;
wherein a viewing window is formed in the surface of the housing body,
wherein an ink remaining marker indicates an amount of ink remaining in the ink tank,
wherein the ink remaining marker is provided on the housing body.

19. The recording apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein an ink remaining marker is provided on the front face of the ink tank, and wherein the ink remaining marker provide at least one of the a lower limit indication and an upper limit indication.

20. The recording apparatus according to claim 19 , wherein the ink remaining marker provides an upper limit indication.

21. The recording apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein the injection port is provided on a surface other than an upper surface of the ink tank.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Kimura Naomi
• Kudo Shoma
• Suzuki Hidenao
• Kanaya Munehide

Classifications

• B41J2/17509 Primary

  Whilst mounted in the printer · CPC title

• B41J2/17553

  Outer structure · CPC title

• B41J2/1752 Primary

  Mounting within the printer · CPC title

• B41J2/20

  for preventing or detecting contamination of compounds · CPC title

• B41J2/17536

  Protection of cartridges or parts thereof, e.g. tape · CPC title