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Filter unit, liquid ejecting apparatus, and bubble removal method

US8596775B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 21, 2012
Grant dateDec 3, 2013
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Expiry dateAug 21, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J29/38
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A filter unit includes: a space portion, through which a liquid passes, whose outer cross-sectional shape when cut along the direction orthogonal to the axial direction is circular or polygonal; a filter provided at the surface on one end side of the space portion in the axial direction thereof; a protruding member, provided at the surface on the other end side of the space portion in the axial direction thereof, that protrudes toward a center area of the surface on the one end side of the space portion; an inflow channel that allows the liquid to flow into the space portion from a direction tangential to the side circumferential surface of the space portion; and an outflow channel that allows the liquid to pass through the filter and flow out from the space portion.

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