发明名称 Inkjet printer
摘要 An inkjet printer inkjet printer includes an inkjet head having a nozzle surface, a first tank for storing ink to be supplied to the inkjet head, a second tank for receiving ink that is not consumed by the inkjet head, an ink circulation path, a third tank directly or indirectly connected with a path from the second tank to the first tank on the ink circulation path, and a hermetic sealer for making the first and second tanks in a hermetically-sealed state. In a waiting mode in which ink is not circulated, the first and second tank is made in the hermetically-sealed state by the hermetic sealer and the third tank is made in an atmospherically-released state.
申请公布号 US9566797(B2) 申请公布日期 2017.02.14
申请号 US201615091084 申请日期 2016.04.05
申请人 RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION 发明人 Nishiyama Akira;Tsujino Naoto
分类号 B41J2/15;B41J2/18 主分类号 B41J2/15
代理机构 Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C. 代理人 Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.
主权项 1. An inkjet printer comprising: an inkjet head that has a nozzle surface on which nozzles for ejecting ink are opened; a first tank that stores ink to be supplied to the inkjet head; a second tank that receives ink that is not consumed by the inkjet head; an ink circulation path through which ink is circulated among the inkjet head, the first tank and the second tank; a third tank that is directly or indirectly connected with a path from the second tank to the first tank on the ink circulation path, and stores ink; and a hermetic sealer that makes the first tank and the second tank in a hermetically-sealed state that is hermetically sealed from atmosphere, wherein the first tank and the second tank are made in the hermetically-sealed state by the hermetic sealer in a waiting mode in which ink is not circulated, and the third tank is made in an atmospherically-released state in the waiting mode.
地址 Tokyo JP