Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Liquid supply method in liquid-jet apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 液体喷射装置中的液体供应方法
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Application No.: US13042642Application Date: 2011-03-08
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Publication No.: US08727465B2Publication Date: 2014-05-20
- Inventor: Toshiroh Tokuno
- Applicant: Toshiroh Tokuno
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Cooper & Dunham, LLP
- Priority: JP2010-059765 20100316
- Main IPC: B41J29/38
- IPC: B41J29/38 ; B41J2/175

Abstract:
A method for supplying a liquid from a liquid tank to a head tank fixed to a liquid-jet head utilizing a liquid supply device in a liquid-jet apparatus is disclosed. The method includes jetting the liquid droplets from the liquid-jet head while maintaining a meniscus pressure of the liquid-jet head within a predetermined range; detecting the meniscus pressure of the liquid-jet head; carrying out, when the detected meniscus pressure is lower than the predetermined range, a first liquid supply operation such that the detected meniscus pressure of the liquid-jet head being lower than the predetermined range is restored to the predetermined range; and carrying out, while the first liquid supply operation is not being carried out, a second liquid supply operation such that the liquid is supplied to the head tank in an amount less than a liquid-jetted amount computed based on a liquid-jet signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110226340A1 LIQUID SUPPLY METHOD IN LIQUID-JET APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2011-09-22
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