US 12,187,043 B2
Liquid supply device
Akihiro Kawakita, Nagoya (JP); and Hisaaki Yoshimoto, Nukata (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/080,288.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-201754 (JP), filed on Dec. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0182474 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/17 (2006.01); B41J 2/18 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/17523 (2013.01) [B41J 2/1707 (2013.01); B41J 2/17563 (2013.01); B41J 2/17566 (2013.01); B41J 2/17596 (2013.01); B41J 2/18 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid supply device configured to supply a liquid to a plurality of printers, the liquid supply device comprising:
a plurality of supply tubes configuring a supply flow path of the liquid to the plurality of printers, the supply tubes being connected to a tank configured to store the liquid, the tank being positioned outside the plurality of printers and provided further upstream than the plurality of printers in the supply flow path, and the supply tubes configured to supply the liquid from the tank toward the plurality of printers; and
an agitator including a stirrer and configured to perform an agitation operation, the agitation operation being an operation of driving the stirrer and agitating the liquid inside the tank.