Title:
LIQUID CONSUMPTION APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2018/199225
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The purpose of the present invention is to prevent blockage of an upper housing in a state in which a filling port of a tank is not completely closed. A complex machine 10 is provided with: a black tank 18 that is arranged in a first housing 13 and has an ink supply port 28 opened upward for filling ink; a cap 25 that is capable of opening and closing the ink supply port 28; a tank cover 26 that is arranged in the first housing 13 and rotatable to a covering position at which the cap 25 is covered and an exposed position at which the cap 25 is not covered; a second housing 14 that is rotatable to a closed position at which the first housing 13 is covered from above and an open position at which the first housing 13 is not covered; a restriction member 40 that is movable to a first position at which movement of the second housing 14 to the closed position is restricted and a second position at which the movement is allowed; and a switching mechanism 50 that switches the restriction member 40 to the second position when the tank cover 26 is placed at the covering position, and that switches the restriction member 40 to the first position when the tank cover 26 is placed at a position other than the covering position.
Inventors:
OSAKABE YOSHINORI (JP)
HIRATA KENICHI (JP)
HIRATA KENICHI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2018/016965
Publication Date:
November 01, 2018
Filing Date:
April 26, 2018
Export Citation:
Assignee:
BROTHER IND LTD (JP)
International Classes:
B41J2/175; B41J2/01
Foreign References:
| JP2017035818A | 2017-02-16 | |||
| JP2017042995A | 2017-03-02 | |||
| JP2002370380A | 2002-12-24 | |||
| JP2006062122A | 2006-03-09 | |||
| JP2008296508A | 2008-12-11 | |||
| US20060119671A1 | 2006-06-08 |
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