US 12,485,677 B2
Liquid discharging apparatus and liquid accommodating device
Yasuhiro Hosokawa, Nagano (JP); Masahiko Yoshida, Nagano (JP); Junpei Yoshida, Nagano (JP); Tadashi Ishikawa, Nagano (JP); Takanori Yokoi, Yamagata-mura (JP); and Toru Matsuyama, Nagano (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 26, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/586,631.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-028885 (JP), filed on Feb. 27, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0286412 A1, Aug. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. B41J 2/175 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/17566 (2013.01) [B41J 2/17513 (2013.01); B41J 2/17526 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid discharging apparatus comprising:
an accommodating container accommodating conductive liquid;
a rod-shaped first electrode accommodated in the accommodating container;
a rod-shaped second electrode accommodated in the accommodating container;
a detection portion that is electrically coupled to the first electrode and the second electrode and that detects a remaining amount of the liquid accommodated in the accommodating container in response to an electric signal from at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode; and
a liquid discharging head discharging the liquid that is supplied from the accommodating container, wherein
the first electrode includes
a first part having an outer periphery with a first length, and
a second part having an outer periphery with a second length that is shorter than the first length.