US 12,466,192 B2
Liquid ejecting device
Takashi Koase, Shiojiri (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/159,150.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-009254 (JP), filed on Jan. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0234360 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 2/17 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/19 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/19 (2013.01) [B41J 2/16502 (2024.05); B41J 2/16508 (2013.01); B41J 2/1652 (2013.01); B41J 2/16523 (2013.01); B41J 2/1707 (2013.01); B41J 2/1714 (2013.01); B41J 2/1721 (2013.01); B41J 2/17503 (2013.01); B41J 2/17563 (2013.01); B41J 2/17596 (2013.01); B41J 2/21 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid ejecting device comprising:
a head including a nozzle and configured to eject, from the nozzle, liquid supplied from a plurality of supply sources;
a plurality of supply channels coupled to the plurality of supply sources and the head;
a plurality of reservoir portions located respectively at the plurality of supply channels, each of the plurality of reservoir portions including a storage chamber configured to store the liquid supplied from one of the plurality of supply sources;
a plurality of discharging channels respectively coupled to the plurality of reservoir portions, and each of the plurality of discharging channels being configured to discharge the liquid and a bubble from the plurality of storage chambers;
a suctioning portion configured to apply a negative pressure to the plurality of discharging channels;
a carriage in which the head and the plurality of reservoir portions are mounted, the carriage being configured to perform scanning with respect to a medium;
a confluence channel coupled to the plurality of discharging channels; and
a coupling portion configured to be coupled to the confluence channel, wherein
each of the plurality of discharging channels includes a resistance portion with a larger pressure loss than a corresponding supply channel of the plurality of supply channels when the liquid flows,
each of the plurality of discharging channels include a plurality of opening/closing valves;
each of the plurality of reservoir portions include:
a filter configured to capture a foreign matter, and
a filter chamber located upstream of the storage chamber, the filter chamber being a chamber where the filter is located;
each of the plurality of discharging channels includes:
a first discharging channel that communicates to the storage chamber, and
a second discharging channel that communicates to the filter chamber;
the plurality of opening/closing valves include:
a first opening/closing valve provided in the first discharging channel, and
a second opening/closing valve provided in the second discharging channel; and
the first opening/closing valve and the second opening/closing valve are individually opened and closed by being linked with a movement of the carriage.