摘要:
An inkjet printer including: (a) a recording head (21) operable to eject an ink onto a recording medium so as to perform a recording operation on the recording medium; (b) an ink source unit (9) provided to store the ink that is to be supplied to the recording head; and (c) an ink delivery unit (10) provided to delivery the ink supplied from the ink source unit, to the recording head. The ink delivery unit has a delivery chamber (31a) which has a delivery chamber inlet (53a) and a delivery chamber outlet (42), such that the ink can be delivered through the delivery chamber inlet from the ink source unit, and such that the ink can be delivered through the delivery chamber outlet toward the recording head. The delivery chamber is defined by a wall (32) held in substantially parallel with a horizontal plane, and is elongated in a direction parallel with the wall. The delivery chamber inlet and outlet of the delivery chamber are positioned in respective positions which are substantially diagonal relative to each other.
摘要:
The image forming apparatus includes a liquid discharging head that discharges a liquid; and a damper chamber that is provided in a liquid supply flow channel, the damper chamber being an internal space that is formed by bonding a flexible member to a base member, wherein the flexible member has a bonding surface that is bonded to the base member, an opening that is formed in the bonding surface, and a swollen portion that is three-dimensionally swollen from the edge of the opening to form the damper chamber, the base member has a communicating port, through which the damper chamber and the liquid supply flow channel communicate with each other, in a state where the base member is bonded to the bonding surface of the flexible member and closes the opening, and the flexible member is disposed such that the swollen portion is swollen in a gravity direction.
摘要:
An ink jet printer (1; 100) comprising a stationary frame (102); a tank supporter (103) which is provided in the stationary frame and which supports at least one ink storing tank (105a-105d) storing at least one sort of ink; a recording head (11) which records an image on a recording medium by ejecting a droplet of the ink, and which has at least one ink flow inlet (18a-18d); at least one ink delivering tank (31a-31d) which delivers the ink and has at least one ink flow outlet (32a-32d); at least one ink supply tube (13a-13d) which is provided between the tank supporter and the ink delivering tank and through which the ink is supplied from the ink storing tank to the recording head via the ink delivering tank, wherein the delivering tank provides at least a portion of at least one ink delivering channel connecting between the ink supply tube and the recording head; a head holder (12) which includes a main portion (12c) holding the recording head and the ink delivering tank, and which is movable relative to the stationary frame so that the recording head records the image on the recording medium; and an ink-contact preventing portion (36a-36d, 12i, 12j, 27b; 12f, 12g, 12h; 61-64, 70; 200-209; 450) which prevents the ink that leaks from the ink delivering channel, from contacting the recording head.
摘要:
An ink container (24) including a flexible pack (30) which has two opposing sheet walls (31,32). A plate-shaped spring member (40) is provided outside of the ink container (24), which extends over two opposing sheet walls (31,32) of the flexible pack (30). Due to the spring member (40), the opposing sheet walls (31,32) are biased away from each other thereby to increase the capacity of the flexible pack (30), causing a negative pressure in the flexible pack (30).
摘要:
An ink jet printer (1; 100) comprising a stationary frame (102); a tank supporter (103) which is provided in the stationary frame and which supports at least one ink storing tank (105a-105d) storing at least one sort of ink; a recording head (11) which records an image on a recording medium by ejecting a droplet of the ink, and which has at least one ink flow inlet (18a-18d); at least one ink delivering tank (31a-31d) which delivers the ink and has at least one ink flow outlet (32a-32d); at least one ink supply tube (13a-13d) which is provided between the tank supporter and the ink delivering tank and through which the ink is supplied from the ink storing tank to the recording head via the ink delivering tank, wherein the delivering tank provides at least a portion of at least one ink delivering channel connecting between the ink supply tube and the recording head; a head holder (12) which includes a main portion (12c) holding the recording head and the ink delivering tank, and which is movable relative to the stationary frame so that the recording head records the image on the recording medium; and an ink-contact preventing portion (36a-36d, 12i, 12j, 27b; 12f, 12g, 12h; 61-64, 70; 200-209; 450) which prevents the ink that leaks from the ink delivering channel, from contacting the recording head.