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Recording device

US11312141B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 19, 2020
Grant dateApr 26, 2022
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Expiry dateOct 31, 2040

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J29/13
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A recording device includes a recording unit configured to eject a liquid onto a medium to record, a carriage including the recording unit and configured to move in an X direction corresponding to a medium width direction that intersects a Y direction corresponding to a medium transport direction, a liquid reservoir located in the carriage at a position above the recording unit, configured to contain a liquid, and having a fill port through which the liquid is supplied, a fill port unit located in the carriage at a position above the liquid reservoir and including a component for open/close operation of the fill port, and an operation unit through which the device is operated. The fill port unit and the operation unit partly overlap in a device front-rear direction that is parallel to the medium transport direction, when viewed in the X direction.

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