Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a liquid storing container including a storage chamber configured to store a liquid supplied to a printing unit that prints an image by discharging the liquid, an outlet portion of the liquid, and a channel configured to connect the storage chamber and the outlet portion. The liquid storing container includes a first side portion on a side of a print region where printing is executed by the printing unit, and a second side portion on an opposite side of the first side portion, and the channel is formed in the second side portion.

Abstract: A driver-drill (1) includes a motor (6) having a stator (61) and a rotor (62); an output part (8) including: a spindle (81), which is disposed more forward than the motor and, in response to application of a rotational force transmitted from the rotor, is rotated around a rotational axis (AX) extending in the front-rear direction; and a chuck (82), which is mounted on the spindle; and a speed-reducing mechanism (30), which is configured to rotate the output part at a rotational speed that is lower than the rotational speed of the rotor but at a higher torque. The maximum fastening torque of the output part is 160 N·m or more.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording head having discharge orifices arranged on a discharge orifice surface, a cap, a wiper, and a moving unit that moves the wiper in a first direction. When the cap covers the discharge orifice surface, a first member is disposed at an inside wall of the cap at a position near a first side of a region having the discharge orifices, and a second member is disposed at another inside wall of the cap at a position near a second side of the region having the discharge orifices. The first side faces in a direction opposite to the first direction and the second side faces in the first direction. In a direction normal to the discharge orifice surface, a distance between the second member and the discharge orifice surface is smaller than a distance between the first member and the discharge orifice surface.

Abstract: A rechargeable angle drill includes: a motor, which includes a rotor configured to rotate about a motor rotation axis, the motor rotation axis extending in an up-down direction; a motor housing part, which houses the motor; a trigger lever, which is operated to start the motor; a handle housing part, which is disposed upward of the motor housing part and in which the trigger lever is provided; a speed reduction mechanism; a gear housing part, which is disposed downward of the motor housing part and houses the speed reduction mechanism; and a rotation output part, which protrudes forward from the gear housing part and rotates about an output rotation axis orthogonal to the motor rotation axis based on a rotational force transmitted from the motor via the speed reduction mechanism. The trigger lever is disposed upward of a center of the handle housing part in the up-down direction.

Abstract: An electric work machine reduces damage to its components under a greater load on a spindle. An electric work machine includes a motor, a planetary gear assembly rotatable with a rotational force from the motor and including a carrier having a hole having an inner surface including two carrier flat surfaces, a spindle including a rear portion received in the hole and having an outer surface including two spindle flat surfaces, and a spindle locking assembly that transmits a rotational force in one direction from the carrier to the spindle and including a lock cam surrounding the spindle frontward from a front surface of the carrier and rotatable together with the spindle, a lock ring surrounding the lock cam, and a plurality of cylindrical members between the lock cam and the lock ring.

Abstract: A driver drill allows smooth change of the drive conditions of a motor. The driver drill includes a motor, an output unit located frontward from the motor and rotatable with a rotational force from the motor, a trigger lever operable to activate the motor, a forward-reverse switch lever operable to change a rotation direction of the motor, a first operation member operable to change a drive condition of the motor, a second operation member located upward from the first operation member and operable to change the drive condition of the motor, and a controller that sets the drive condition of the motor in response to an operation on at least one of the first operation member or the second operation member.

Abstract: A power tool receives a reaction force with an auxiliary handle attached to the power tool. An auxiliary handle attachable to a power tool includes a first arm, a second arm that fastens, together with the first arm, at least a part of the power tool located between the first arm and the second arm, a handle, a grip sensor that detects the handle being gripped with the first arm and the second arm fastening at least the part of the power tool in between, and a signal output unit that outputs, to the power tool, a grip signal indicating that the handle is gripped based on a detection signal from the grip sensor.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a discharging unit configured to be capable of discharging a plurality of kinds of liquids onto a medium, and a waste liquid tank including a storage part configured to store a waste liquid of the liquid. The waste liquid tank includes a first inflow port and a second inflow port from which the waste liquid flows into the storage part, and a restriction portion located between the first inflow port and the second inflow port, and configured to restrict movement of the waste liquid in the storage part.

Abstract: An adapter is configured to be removably mounted to a rotary tool, the rotary tool having a battery mounting part configured such that a battery can be removably mounted thereto and an output shaft that is rotationally driven by power supply from the battery mounted to the battery mounting part. The adapter has a housing, a first mounting part that is formed on the housing and configured to be removably mounted to the battery mounting part, a second mounting part that is formed on the housing and configured such that the battery can be removably mounted thereto, and a detection part that is configured to detect the moving state of the adapter in at least one direction.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a conveyance unit that conveys a recording medium in a first direction toward a recording head for ejecting a liquid, a tank including a containing chamber containing the liquid to be supplied to the recording head, and an injection port through which the liquid is injected into the containing chamber, the tank being disposed downstream of the conveyance unit in the first direction, a rotatable lever that holds a tank cap for closing the injection port, and a cover that rotates about a rotation shaft between an open position for exposing the lever and a closed position for covering the lever, the rotation shaft being disposed upstream of the conveyance unit in the first direction. The cover includes a sliding portion that is provided on a surface facing the lever and comes into contact with the lever while the cover is rotating toward the closed position.

Abstract: A technique capable of certainly suppressing adhesion of waste ink to hands, clothes, and the like during replacement of a waste ink tank is provided. There are included a container portion provided with an insertion port which a discharge member discharging waste ink can be inserted into and pulled out from and a shielding portion movable between a shielding position where the insertion port is shielded and an open position where the insertion port is opened.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a tank including a chamber configured to store liquid to be supplied to a recording head that ejects the liquid and a filling port from which the liquid is injected into the chamber, and an injection auxiliary member configured to assist injecting of the liquid into the chamber from the filling port, the injection auxiliary member including a first and a second flow channels each defined by a first or a second upper end portion that opens toward outside of the tank and a first or a second lower end portion that opens toward inside of the tank, wherein the second flow channel has an expansion portion arranged in a middle portion between the second upper end portion and the second lower end portion and configured to form a step to expand a cross-sectional area.

Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus includes an ink tank that contains an ink to be supplied to a printing head that ejects the ink, the ink being injected from an ink bottle. The inkjet printing apparatus further includes an injection assistance member including a first passage and a second passage. The first passage is defined by a first upper end portion opening toward the outside of the ink tank and a first lower end portion opening toward the inside of the ink tank. The second passage is defined by a second upper end portion opening toward the outside of the ink tank and projecting upward less than the first upper end portion and a second lower end portion opening toward the inside of the ink tank and larger than the first lower end portion in terms of a distance from the bottom surface of the ink tank.

Abstract: A rotary tool includes a motor having an axis of rotation extending in a forward-rearward direction of the rotary tool. A grip part is located below the axis of rotation in an up-down direction that is perpendicular to the forward-rearward direction. A planet gear is configured to be driven by the motor. An internal gear meshes with the planet gear and is movable in the forward-rearward direction to change a speed. A sun gear meshes with the planet gear, and an output shaft is configured to be rotationally driven by the sun gear. A sensor is configured to detect the forward-rearward movement of the internal gear, the sensor being disposed downward of the sun gear in the up-down direction.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a liquid storing container including a storage chamber configured to store a liquid supplied to a printing unit that prints an image by discharging the liquid, an outlet portion of the liquid, and a channel configured to connect the storage chamber and the outlet portion. The liquid storing container includes a first side portion on a side of a print region where printing is executed by the printing unit, and a second side portion on an opposite side of the first side portion, and the channel is formed in the second side portion.

Abstract: A driver drill includes a motor housing that holds an electric motor, an axis of rotation of a rotor of the electric motor extending in a front-rear direction of the driver drill, a grip housing having an upper end connected to a lower part of the motor housing and an enlarged-part housing connected to a lower end of the grip housing and spaced from the motor housing in an up-down direction of the driver drill that is perpendicular to the front-rear direction. A torque setting of the driver drill is changeable, and the driver drill is changeable between a setting unlocked state in which the torque setting is changeable and a setting locked state in which the torque setting is not changeable.

Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus includes an ink tank that contains an ink to be supplied to a printing head that ejects the ink, the ink being injected from an ink bottle. The inkjet printing apparatus further includes an injection assistance member including a first passage and a second passage. The first passage is defined by a first upper end portion opening toward the outside of the ink tank and a first lower end portion opening toward the inside of the ink tank. The second passage is defined by a second upper end portion opening toward the outside of the ink tank and projecting upward less than the first upper end portion and a second lower end portion opening toward the inside of the ink tank and larger than the first lower end portion in terms of a distance from the bottom surface of the ink tank.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a conveyance unit that conveys a recording medium in a first direction toward a recording head for ejecting a liquid, a tank including a containing chamber containing the liquid to be supplied to the recording head, and an injection port through which the liquid is injected into the containing chamber, the tank being disposed downstream of the conveyance unit in the first direction, a rotatable lever that holds a tank cap for closing the injection port, and a cover that rotates about a rotation shaft between an open position for exposing the lever and a closed position for covering the lever, the rotation shaft being disposed upstream of the conveyance unit in the first direction. The cover includes a sliding portion that is provided on a surface facing the lever and comes into contact with the lever while the cover is rotating toward the closed position.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a liquid storing container including a storage chamber configured to store a liquid supplied to a printing unit that prints an image by discharging the liquid, an outlet portion of the liquid, and a channel configured to connect the storage chamber and the outlet portion. The liquid storing container includes a first side portion on a side of a print region where printing is executed by the printing unit, and a second side portion on an opposite side of the first side portion, and the channel is formed in the second side portion.

Abstract: A power tool receives a reaction force with an auxiliary handle attached to the power tool. An auxiliary handle attachable to a power tool includes a first arm, a second arm that fastens, together with the first arm, at least a part of the power tool located between the first arm and the second arm, a handle, a grip sensor that detects the handle being gripped with the first arm and the second arm fastening at least the part of the power tool in between, and a signal output unit that outputs, to the power tool, a grip signal indicating that the handle is gripped based on a detection signal from the grip sensor.