Invention Grant
US08348402B2 Fluid supply device, printing device, and method of controlling a fluid supply device
有权
流体供应装置,打印装置和控制流体供应装置的方法
- Patent Title: Fluid supply device, printing device, and method of controlling a fluid supply device
- Patent Title (中): 流体供应装置,打印装置和控制流体供应装置的方法
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Application No.: US13539256Application Date: 2012-06-29
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Publication No.: US08348402B2Publication Date: 2013-01-08
- Inventor: Susumu Taga
- Applicant: Susumu Taga
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Priority: JP2008-237321 20080917; JP2009-195119 20090826
- Main IPC: B41J2/175
- IPC: B41J2/175 ; B41J29/38 ; B41J2/195 ; B41J2/17

Abstract:
A fluid supply device, a printing device, and a control method for a fluid supply device can desirably supply a fluid while maintaining good throughput, and can reduce device size and cost with a simple construction. The inkjet printer has an expansion mechanism that enables an ink refill operation in which a movable member expands an ink chamber by moving a piston that moves in contact with a regulator panel disposed to the main device side and supplies ink from an ink cartridge, a comparison means that determines whether or not the amount of ink left in the ink cartridge is less than a specified value, and a CPU that sets a long time mode in which the ink refill operation time is long when the amount of ink left in the ink cartridge is less than the specified value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120268509A1 FLUID SUPPLY DEVICE, PRINTING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A FLUID SUPPLY DEVICE Public/Granted day:2012-10-25
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