Invention Grant
US08500240B2 Image forming apparatus, method of suctioning liquid from nozzles of recording head and computer readable information recording medium
有权
图像形成装置，从记录头的喷嘴和计算机可读信息记录介质吸取液体的方法
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus, method of suctioning liquid from nozzles of recording head and computer readable information recording medium
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置，从记录头的喷嘴和计算机可读信息记录介质吸取液体的方法
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Application No.: US13217431Application Date: 2011-08-25
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Publication No.: US08500240B2Publication Date: 2013-08-06
- Inventor: Mitsuya Matsubara , Akiyoshi Tanaka , Yoichi Ito , Tomomi Katoh , Fumitaka Kikkawa , Soyoung Park , Kunihiro Yamanaka , Kazuki Suzuki , Kuniyori Takano , Honriku Jo , Yuji Tanaka , Satoshi Endoh
- Applicant: Mitsuya Matsubara , Akiyoshi Tanaka , Yoichi Ito , Tomomi Katoh , Fumitaka Kikkawa , Soyoung Park , Kunihiro Yamanaka , Kazuki Suzuki , Kuniyori Takano , Honriku Jo , Yuji Tanaka , Satoshi Endoh
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Cooper & Dunham LLP
- Priority: JP2010-197230 20100903
- Main IPC: B41J2/165
- IPC: B41J2/165
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a recording head configured to have a nozzle face on which nozzles that discharge liquid droplets are formed; a cap configured to cap the nozzle face of the recording head; a discharge path configured to be connected to the cap; a suction pump configured to be provided in the discharge path and be made of a tube pump; and an atmosphere opening part configured to open an airtight space, created when the nozzle face is capped by the cap, to the atmosphere. The atmosphere opening part is configured to communicate with the inside of the cap at a position higher than a surface of liquid discharged into the cap, and a check valve configured to prevent a flow of the liquid toward the cap from the suction pump is provided in the discharge path.
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