Patent ID: 11970003
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 9:
10. A dispensing apparatus comprising:
a stage on which to dispose a container including a plurality of storage parts capable of storing a liquid;
an ejection unit configured to be replaceable, filled with the liquid, and having an ejection part, a screen, and an ejection energy generation element that ejects the liquid from the ejection part by using a principle of inkjet ejection; and
a movement unit configured to move the stage and the ejection unit relative to each other to move the ejection unit to a position at which the ejection unit ejects the liquid to the storage part of the container disposed on the stage,
wherein the liquid is dispensed into each of the storage parts by ejecting the liquid into an internal space in the storage part from the ejection unit moved to an opening portion of the storage part by the movement unit, and
wherein when the ejection unit ejects the liquid to each of the storage parts, the screen covers opening portions of all of the storage parts to thereby screen internal spaces in all of the storage parts from an external space in such a state that the liquid is ejectable to the storage part to which the liquid is to be ejected.