Title:
LIQUID STORAGE CONTAINER, AND LIQUID JETTING APPARATUS MOUNTED WITH THE SAME
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2010240971
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To accurately measure the residual amount of stored liquid without providing a separate chamber such as a liquid detecting chamber.
This liquid storage container includes: a piezoelectric detecting part mounted to a liquid lead-out part and arranged near a specific space in which liquid can exist, while applying vibration to the specific space and detecting the state of free vibration associated with the vibration; a cover member having rigidity and moving to close the specific space; and a moving member at least partially arranged in the liquid storage part and moved according to the deformation of a flexible part of the liquid storage part while moving the cover member following the movement.
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Inventors:
KIMURA KIMITOSHI
Application Number:
JP2009091880A
Publication Date:
October 28, 2010
Filing Date:
April 06, 2009
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SEIKO EPSON CORP
International Classes:
B41J2/175
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Meisei International Patent Office