Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ink tank that enables ink remaining amount to be detected progressively
- Patent Title (中): 能够逐渐检测墨水剩余量的墨盒
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Application No.: US12385722Application Date: 2009-04-17
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Publication No.: US08348363B2Publication Date: 2013-01-08
- Inventor: Hajime Yamamoto
- Applicant: Hajime Yamamoto
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2004-135851 20040430
- Main IPC: B41J2/195
- IPC: B41J2/195 ; B41J29/393 ; B41J2/175

Abstract:
There is provided a liquid tank having a liquid remaining amount sensing module that makes it possible to reliably determine that the amount of ink has reached a predetermined value, in spite of its simple and compact configuration. In the ink tank, an information storage element and a module are provided on a ceiling portion of an ink accommodating chamber directly accommodating ink; the module having an optical reflector that faces downward in a vertical direction. A housing of the ink tank is composed of a transparent resin. Infrared light from an external light emitting section is incident on the optical reflector. The reflected light is received by a light receiving section and then, the quantity of light is measured.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090207199A1 Liquid tank and ink jet printing apparatus Public/Granted day:2009-08-20
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