US 11,858,278 B2
Liquid supplying apparatus, liquid ejecting apparatus, and method for controlling liquid ejecting apparatus
Eri Tanaka, Shiojiri (JP); Kazuyuki Fujioka, Matsumoto (JP); and Masaki Uchiyama, Azumino (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/663,776.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-084495 (JP), filed on May 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0371329 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 2/175 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/17596 (2013.01) 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid supplying apparatus, comprising:
a supply flow passage that is in communication with a liquid ejecting head configured to eject liquid;
a first supply flow passage for communication between a first liquid container and the supply flow passage, the first liquid container containing liquid;
a second supply flow passage for communication between a second liquid container and the supply flow passage, the second liquid container containing a same kind of liquid as the liquid contained in the first liquid container;
a switching unit configured to switch a flow passage that is in communication with the supply flow passage, between the first supply flow passage and the second supply flow passage; and
a movement restriction unit configured to, linked with switching by the switching unit, restrict movement of the first liquid container and the second liquid container selectively.