Liquid-consuming apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 12076999
APP PUB NO 20230391098A1
SERIAL NO

18303743

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An ink-jet printer includes: a tank including an ink storage chamber and an inlet; a cap which is detachably attachable to the inlet; a cover configured to move between a first position and a second position farther from the inlet than the first position; and an arm configured to locate the cap at an inlet closing position and an inlet opening position. Under a condition that the cap is in the inlet opening position and the cover is in the second position, the arm holds the cap in a state that the cap does not contact with the cover. Under a condition that the cap is in the inlet opening position, a part of at least one of the cap and the arm is in the moving locus of the cover between the first position and the second position.

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BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA15-1 NAESHIRO-CHO MIZUHO-KU NAGOYA-SHI AICHI 4678561 ?4678561

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Higuchi, Tomohisa Nagoya, JP 58 290
Osakabe, Yoshinori Seto, JP 257 1202

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