Ink consumption detection using a photosensor with a light-transmissive
ink container
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    Ink consumption detection using a photosensor with a light-transmissive ink container 失效
    使用具有透光墨水容器的光电传感器的墨水消耗检测

    公开(公告)号:US5929885A

    公开(公告)日:1999-07-27

    申请号:US189848

    申请日:1994-02-01

    IPC分类号: B41J2/175

    摘要: An ink-jet recording apparatus has an ink container which has a plurality of defined chambers for containing ink and a detecting device which detects the residual ink quantity in the chambers. The detecting device has photosensors fixed in the recording apparatus which can detect the residual ink quantity in the chambers optically based on an amount of light passing through the chambers. As the ink container moves with a printhead carried by a carriage, the photosensors detect the residual ink quantities in the chambers one after another, whereby a simple detecting device for an ink container having multiple ink chambers can be provided.

    摘要翻译: 喷墨记录装置具有油墨容器,该油墨容器具有多个限定的用于容纳油墨的室,以及检测室中残留油墨量的检测装置。 检测装置具有固定在记录装置中的光电传感器,其可以基于通过室的光量来光学地检测室中的残留墨量。 随着墨水容器与由托架支撑的打印头一起移动,光电传感器一个接一个地检测腔室中的残留墨水量,从而可以提供一种用于具有多个墨水腔的墨水容器的简单检测装置。