Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scninto
  • Patent number: 6554380
    Abstract: A liquid detection method and a liquid discharging device to detect whether or not a liquid can be supplied in a state in which a liquid channel from a tank for accommodating the liquid to each discharging port of a recording head is not disconnected by a bubble. A detection-signal input terminal is provided at a position where it contacts the liquid. A detection terminal is provided at a position where it does not electrically contact the liquid and is isolated from the liquid within the tank via a lower wall of the tank, made of an insulating plastic material, and the air. An electrical signal is input from a recording apparatus to the detection-signal input terminal via a connection terminal. The input electrical signal is transmitted through the ink within the recording head, the liquid channel within a joint, and the liquid within the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jiro Moriyama, Yoshio Uchikata