Patent ID: 8534811
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An ink supply device comprising: a storage portion configured to store ink; a carriage configured to be moved in a first direction; a recording head mounted on the carriage and including nozzles that allow ink droplets to be ejected; a flow channel member mounted on the carriage and including a plurality of connection ports arranged in a second direction, the first direction and the second direction lying in an imaginary plane which is parallel to a recording sheet, the flow channel member including a flow channel that allows the ink to flow from the plurality of connection ports to the recording head; a plurality of tubes each corresponding to each of the plurality of connection ports and each having one end and the other end, the one end being connected to the storage portion, the other end being connected to the corresponding connection port, the ink being configured to be supplied from the storage portion to the flow channel member through the plurality of tubes, each of the plurality of tubes having a first portion adjacent to the other end and a second portion adjacent to the first portion, the first portion being positioned between the other end and the second portion; and a tube retaining member provided on the carriage and including a first retaining portion configured to retain the first portions to be arranged in the second direction, and a second retaining portion configured to retain the second portions to be arranged in a third direction intersecting with the imaginary plane.