公开(公告)号：US20240408875A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-12

申请号：US18678091

申请日：2024-05-30

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Yuko YANO

IPC: B41J2/165

Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes a head unit, a wipe unit, and a control part. The head unit is provided with a nozzle surface on which a plurality of ink ejection ports is opened downward. The wipe unit performs a wiping operation in which a blade is moved along the nozzle surface while applying a cleaning liquid to the nozzle surface to wipe the nozzle surface. The control part controls the head unit and the wipe unit to perform a first maintenance operation to perform the wiping operation and a second maintenance operation to perform the wiping operation after the ink is pushed out from the nozzle surface. In the second maintenance operation, the cleaning liquid applied to the nozzle surface is suppled firstly, then the ink is pushed out from the nozzle surface, and then wiping operation is performed.

公开(公告)号：US20250091352A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-20

申请号：US18887825

申请日：2024-09-17

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Yasutaka INUI ,  Shunsuke YAMASAKI ,  Shuhei KAWAMATA ,  Yuko YANO

IPC: B41J2/165

Abstract: An inkjet includes a head unit, a blade, and a cleaning liquid supply member. The head unit is provided with a nozzle surface, and supported to be lifted and lowered. The blade is in contact with the nozzle surface and moves in a predetermined moving direction to wipe off the nozzle surface. The cleaning liquid supply member stores a cleaning liquid, and supplies the cleaning liquid between a moving start position of the blade and the nozzle surface. The cleaning liquid supply member has a plurality of supply ports provided between the moving start position of the blade and the nozzle surface. When a direction crossing to the moving direction is defined as a width direction, a width of the blade is set to “a”, and a width of a region where the supply ports are formed is set to “b”, then the next formula is established, a≤b.

公开(公告)号：US20250026136A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-23

申请号：US18770722

申请日：2024-07-12

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Satoru NAKAMURA ,  Yuzuru YUASA ,  Noriaki FURUKAWA ,  Yuko YANO ,  Shimon TASAKA

IPC: B41J11/00

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a recording head that ejects droplets onto a recording medium; an endless belt that conveys the recording medium toward a position where an image is to be formed on the recording medium by the recording head; a support plate that supports the endless belt; and a suction device which is located on an opposite side of the recording head relative to the endless belt and sucks the recording medium together with air to attract the recording medium to a surface of the endless belt. The support plate includes an air inlet and an air vent. The air sucked by the suction device passes through the air inlet from a side of the recording head toward the suction device. The air inside the suction device passes through the air vent from the suction device toward the endless belt.

公开(公告)号：US20250091351A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-20

申请号：US18828292

申请日：2024-09-09

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Yasutaka INUI ,  Shunsuke YAMASAKI ,  Shuhei KAWAMATA ,  Yuko YANO

IPC: B41J2/165 ,  B41J25/304

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes a recording head, a blade, and a cleaning liquid dispensing unit. The recording head includes a nozzle surface including a plurality of nozzles each having an ink outlet oriented downward, and is supported so as to move in an up-down direction. The blade wipes the nozzle surface, by moving in a predetermined moving direction in contact with the nozzle surface. The cleaning liquid dispensing unit stores therein cleaning liquid supplied from a cleaning liquid supply source, and supplies the cleaning liquid between a travel start position of the blade and the nozzle surface. The cleaning liquid dispensing unit includes a receptacle in which the cleaning liquid that has been supplied is stored, the receptacle having a top face open upward.

公开(公告)号：US20240198683A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-20

申请号：US18553683

申请日：2022-03-25

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Yuko YANO ,  Hiroomi NAKATSUJI ,  Jun NAKANO ,  Issei NAKANO ,  Takashi SOMETE ,  Chikara ISHIHARA ,  Noriaki FURUKAWA ,  Takuma ARAKI

IPC: B41J2/17 ,  B41J2/045 ,  B41J2/165 ,  B41J2/21 ,  B41J13/00 ,  B41J13/08

CPC classification number: B41J2/1707 ,  B41J2/04573 ,  B41J2/04586 ,  B41J2/1652 ,  B41J2/16552 ,  B41J2/1721 ,  B41J2/2103 ,  B41J13/0027 ,  B41J13/08 ,  B41J2002/16594 ,  B41P2235/20

Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head, a conveyance belt, a control portion, an ink receiver, an ink discharging flow path, and a liquid supply mechanism. The recording head includes a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink. The conveyance belt has a plurality of first openings and conveys a recording medium. The control portion executes flushing in which the ink is ejected through the nozzles of the recording head to pass through any of the plurality of first openings. The ink receiver is opposite disposed to be opposed to the recording head via the conveyance belt and receives the ink that has passed through the first openings during execution of the flushing. The ink discharging flow path is connected to the ink receiver. The liquid supply mechanism supplies a liquid capable of dissolving the ink into the ink receiver.