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Title:
FUNCTIONAL LIQUID SUPPLY ARRANGEMENT AND DROPLET DISCHARGE APPARATUS, AND ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2004167326
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a functional liquid supply arrangement capable of stably replenishing a subtank with the functional liquid while adequately maintaining a required head between a functional liquid droplet discharge head and the subtank and suppressing the deterioration in the properties of the functional liquid.

The functional liquid supply arrangement is provided with a subtank 16 for supplying a functional liquid to a functional liquid droplet discharge head 30, a main tank 111 for replenishing the subtank 111 with the functional liquid, a liquid feeding means 5 for feeding the functional liquid from the main tank 111 to the subtank 16, a low water level detecting means 162 for detecting the low water level of the functional liquid of the subtank 16, and a control means 6 for performing timer control of driving of the liquid feeding means 5 in such a manner that the functional liquid of the subtank 16 attains the functional liquid in accordance with the result of a detection of the low water level detecting means 162.


Inventors:
TASHIRO MASAYUKI
HAYASHI TAKAYUKI
Application Number:
JP2002334314A
Publication Date:
June 17, 2004
Filing Date:
November 18, 2002
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Assignee:
SEIKO EPSON CORP
International Classes:
G02B5/20; B05C5/00; B05C11/10; G02F1/1343; (IPC1-7): B05C11/10; B05C5/00; G02B5/20
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Minoru Ochiai