US 11,807,018 B2
Inkjet printing apparatus and tank
Takashi Abe, Kawasaki (JP); and Tsuyoshi Saeki, Kawasaki (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/525,082.
Application 17/525,082 is a continuation of application No. 16/789,456, filed on Feb. 13, 2020, granted, now 11,203,204.
Application 16/789,456 is a continuation of application No. 16/275,460, filed on Feb. 14, 2019, granted, now 10,596,820, issued on Mar. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-030844 (JP), filed on Feb. 23, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0072866 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/18 (2006.01); B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 2/19 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/17566 (2013.01) [B41J 2/175 (2013.01); B41J 2/17513 (2013.01); B41J 2/18 (2013.01); B41J 2/19 (2013.01); B41J 11/00 (2013.01); B41J 29/38 (2013.01); B41J 2002/17576 (2013.01); B41J 2002/17579 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An inkjet printing apparatus comprising:
a tank that stores ink to be supplied to a print head;
a floating body that floats on the ink inside the tank and whose bottom surface is inclined with respect to a liquid surface inside the tank; and
a circulation unit configured to circulate the ink through the print head,
wherein ink is circulated so as to flow through the print head.