Patent ID: 9649845
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: B41J,G06K

Claim:
1. A liquid jetting apparatus comprising: a casing; a tank positioned inside the casing, the tank having a liquid storage chamber, an inlet through the tank, and a liquid outflow channel configured to allow the liquid to flow out from the liquid storage chamber; a conveying mechanism positioned inside the casing, the conveying mechanism configured to convey a recording medium along a conveying path extending in a first direction; a carriage positioned inside the casing above the conveying path, the carriage being configured to move in a second direction so as to define a movement area having a range in the second direction, the range of the movement area having first and second ends spaced apart in the second direction; and a head mounted on the carriage and having a nozzle configured to jet the liquid onto the recording medium conveyed by the conveying mechanism, a tube connecting the tank and the head and configured to supply the liquid stored in the tank to the head, the tube being positioned above the conveying path, wherein the tank is positioned outside the conveying path in the second direction, wherein a first part of the tank is positioned between the first and second ends of the range of the movement area of the carriage in the second direction, wherein a second part of the tank is positioned outside the first and second ends of the range of the movement area of the carriage in the second direction, wherein the tank further comprises first and second sides facing in a particular direction which is perpendicular to the first direction, and a connecting portion which is connected to the tube formed on the first side, and wherein the first and second sides face in the second direction, and the second part of the tank includes the first side.