RECORDING DEVICE

To prevent ink from adhering to a sensor when refilling ink.SOLUTION: A recording device is configured to scan a carriage mounted with a recording head for performing recording on a conveyed medium and an ink tank for storing ink to be supplied to the recording head, in a main scanning direction cro...

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Main Authors KUMAGAI MASANARI, YAZAWA TAKAYUKI, YAMADA KATSUMI, HASHIMOTO NORITSUGU
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Japanese
Published 19.11.2020
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Summary:To prevent ink from adhering to a sensor when refilling ink.SOLUTION: A recording device is configured to scan a carriage mounted with a recording head for performing recording on a conveyed medium and an ink tank for storing ink to be supplied to the recording head, in a main scanning direction crossing a conveying direction in which the medium is conveyed. The ink tank has a pour-in port provided at an upper part of the ink tank, through which ink can be refilled and a prism disposed at a lower part of the ink tank. A sensor is provided which has an irradiating part, disposed below the carriage, which irradiates the prism with light and a light receiving part that receives light reflected from the prism. When the carriage is at an ink-refilling position where the ink is refilled through the pour-in port of the ink tank, the sensor is arranged at a position where the sensor hides behind the carriage, when viewing the carriage in a planar view from above the carriage.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 9 【課題】インク補充時において、センサーへのインクの付着を防止する。【解決手段】記録装置は、搬送された媒体に記録する記録ヘッドと前記記録ヘッドに供給するインクを貯留するインクタンクとを搭載したキャリッジを、前記媒体が搬送される搬送方向に対して交差する方向である主走査方向に走査する記録装置であって、前記インクタンクは、前記インクタンクの上部に設けられ、前記インクを補充可能にする注入口と、前記インクタンクの下部に設けられたプリズムと、を有し、前記キャリッジの下方に配置され、前記プリズムに対して光を照射する照射部と前記プリズムから反射された光を受光する受光部とを有するセンサーを備え、前記キャリッジが、前記インクタンクの前記注入口から前記インクを補充するインク補充位置にある場合に、前記キャリッジの上方から前記キャリッジを平面視したとき、前記センサーが前記キャリッジに隠れる位置に設けられる。【選択図】図9
Bibliography:Application Number: JP20190091973