Patent ID: 8870354
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A flow path member comprising: a flow path forming body that includes a liquid supply path through which liquid is supplied to a head body that ejects the liquid, and a mounting section to which one end of the liquid supply path is open and on which a liquid storing unit that supplies liquid to the liquid supply path is mounted; a filter that is fixedly attached to the mounting section so as to cover an opening of the liquid supply path; and a seal member disposed on a circumference of the mounting section and made of an elastic material, wherein a buffer chamber formed in the flow path forming body is provided in the liquid supply path downstream of the filter, and an air bubble discharge section having a wall formed in the flow path forming body is provided in a region at least distant from the opening of the liquid supply path downstream of the buffer chamber in a plane direction of the filter such that the wall is closer to the filter than to the buffer chamber and has a width in the plane direction of the filter which is larger than that of the buffer chamber.