Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image recording apparatus capable of restraining entry of air to recording portion
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Application No.: US15717118Application Date: 2017-09-27
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Publication No.: US10308033B2Publication Date: 2019-06-04
- Inventor: Masatake Sato , Akinari Ishibe , Yuma Tanabe , Masahiro Hayashi , Akihito Kobayashi
- Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- 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: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Priority: JP2016-256359 20161228
- Main IPC: B41J2/175
- IPC: B41J2/175 ; B41J2/19 ; B41J29/13 ; B41J29/38

Abstract:
An image recording apparatus includes: a cartridge; a cartridge attachment portion; and a switching portion. The cartridge includes: a first storage chamber; a first air communication portion; and a first supply portion. The cartridge attachment portion includes: a second storage chamber; and a second air communication portion. The switching portion changes a passage resistance value of air flowing through one of the first and second air communication portions. An inequality of R2>A×R1 is met, in which R1: a passage resistance value obtained by air flowing through the first air communication portion and a passage resistance value of the liquid flowing through the first supply portion; R2: a passage resistance value of air flowing through the second air communication portion; A: a cross-sectional area ratio obtained by dividing an average cross-sectional area of the first storage chamber by an average cross-sectional area of the second storage chamber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180178532A1 IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF RESTRAINING ENTRY OF AIR TO RECORDING PORTION Public/Granted day:2018-06-28
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