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US07654634B2 Image forming method and apparatus with interlocking inkjet printing operations 有权
具有联锁喷墨打印操作的图像形成方法和装置

  • Patent Title: Image forming method and apparatus with interlocking inkjet printing operations
  • Patent Title (中): 具有联锁喷墨打印操作的图像形成方法和装置
  • Application No.: US11492457
    Application Date: 2006-07-24
  • Publication No.: US07654634B2
    Publication Date: 2010-02-02
  • Inventor: Tetsuya Hiruma
  • Applicant: Tetsuya Hiruma
  • Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
  • Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
  • Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
  • Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
  • Agency: Cooper & Dunham, LLP
  • Priority: JP2005-214891 20050725
  • Main IPC: B41J2/165
  • IPC: B41J2/165
Image forming method and apparatus with interlocking inkjet printing operations
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus that has a carriage with a recording head having a nozzle for ejecting an ink includes a capping member configured to cover the nozzle of the recording head, a locking member configured to lock the carriage at a predetermined position, and an interlocking mechanism configured to perform one of locking and unlocking the carriage with the locking member according to one operation of contacting and separating the nozzle with the capping member.
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