公开(公告)号：US20120133707A1

公开(公告)日：2012-05-31

申请号：US13297677

申请日：2011-11-16

申请人： Fumitaka KIKKAWA ,  Yoichi ITO ,  Tomomi KATOH ,  Mitsuya MATSUBARA ,  Kuniyori TAKANO ,  Soyoung PARK ,  Honriku JO ,  Satoshi ENDOH ,  Yuji TANAKA ,  Akiyoshi TANAKA

发明人： Fumitaka KIKKAWA ,  Yoichi ITO ,  Tomomi KATOH ,  Mitsuya MATSUBARA ,  Kuniyori TAKANO ,  Soyoung PARK ,  Honriku JO ,  Satoshi ENDOH ,  Yuji TANAKA ,  Akiyoshi TANAKA

IPC分类号： B41J2/165

CPC分类号： B41J2/16508 ,  B41J2/16532

摘要： Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including a recording head; a cap member capping the nozzle surface of the recording head and including a release port and a suction port; a suction unit in communication with the suction port; a switch unit opening and closing the release port to the air and capable of adjusting the opening amount of the release port to at least a first opening amount and a second opening amount larger than the first opening amount; and a control unit that controls the suction unit and the switch unit so that the release port is opened to the first opening amount to have a predetermined amount of air flow into the cap member after the cap member is suctioned by the suction unit, and the release port is then opened to the second opening amount.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种图像形成装置，包括记录头; 帽部件盖住记录头的喷嘴表面并且包括释放口和吸入口; 与吸入口连通的抽吸单元; 开关单元，其将释放口打开和关闭到空气，并且能够将释放口的开口量调整为至少第一开启量和大于第一开启量的第二开启量; 以及控制单元，其控制所述抽吸单元和所述开关单元，使得所述释放口在所述抽吸单元被所述盖构件抽吸之后，使所述排出口向所述第一开口量打开以使得具有预定量的空气流入所述盖构件， 然后将释放口打开至第二开启量。