发明授权
- 专利标题: Cartridge and printing apparatus
- 专利标题(中): 墨盒和打印设备
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申请号: US10620872申请日: 2003-07-16
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公开(公告)号: US06994415B2公开(公告)日: 2006-02-07
- 发明人: Noboru Asauchi , Yasuhiko Kosugi
- 申请人: Noboru Asauchi , Yasuhiko Kosugi
- 申请人地址: JP Tokyo
- 专利权人: Seiko Epson Corporation
- 当前专利权人: Seiko Epson Corporation
- 当前专利权人地址: JP Tokyo
- 代理机构: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
- 优先权: JP2002-209468 20020718; JP2002-209496 20020718
- 主分类号: B41J29/393
- IPC分类号: B41J29/393 ; B41J2/17
摘要:
An ink cartridge has a sensor to detect ink. A printer's control device transmits a detection command and specified detection condition to the ink cartridge by radio communication. In response to input of the detection command into the ink cartridge, a sensor controller actuates and vibrates the sensor under the specified detection condition. The sensor is attached to a resonance chamber disposed in an ink chamber. The frequency of vibration of the sensor is regulated by a resonance frequency of the resonance chamber. The resonance frequency is varied by ink in the resonance chamber. Detection of the resonance frequency specifies if ink is in the resonance chamber and the remaining quantity of ink in the ink cartridge. The printer's control device receives the detection result together with the detection condition from the ink cartridge, and cheeks if detection was carried out under the specified detection condition, validate the detection result.
公开/授权文献
- US20040051752A1 Cartridge and printing apparatus 公开/授权日:2004-03-18