Title:
METHOD OF REFILLING INK, INK TANK, INK JET RECORDING UNIT AND INK JET RECORDER
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3544196
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To surely supply ink to an ink tank in a simple structure, to reduce a recorder in size and in weight and to improve the reliability.
SOLUTION: After a supply hole of the ink tank 20 is covered with ink, a negative pressure in introduced into the ink tank 20 through a suction hole 53b and then the ink tank 20 is refilled with ink through an ink inlet.
Inventors:
Hirofumi Hirano
Tetsuji Kurata
Yoji Ara
Hideo Fukazawa
Hiroyuki Inoue
Masaya Uetsuki
Hiroki Hayashi
Noriyasu Asagi
Yuji Nezu
Hideakira Okamoto
Tetsuji Kurata
Yoji Ara
Hideo Fukazawa
Hiroyuki Inoue
Masaya Uetsuki
Hiroki Hayashi
Noriyasu Asagi
Yuji Nezu
Hideakira Okamoto
Application Number:
JP2001355406A
Publication Date:
July 21, 2004
Filing Date:
May 31, 1999
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Canon Inc
International Classes:
B41J2/175; (IPC1-7): B41J2/175
Domestic Patent References:
| JP10006521A | ||||
| JP10128999A | ||||
| JP8187874A | ||||
| JP5057902A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yoshikazu Tani
Kazuo Abe
Kazuo Abe
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