Wiping device, image forming apparatus and wiping method

    公开(公告)号:US12097707B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-24

    申请号:US17935793

    申请日:2022-09-27

    CPC classification number: B41J2/16535

    Abstract: A wiping device includes a wiping member and a moving part. The wiping member wipes a liquid off a nozzle surface of a recording head. The moving part moves the wiping member along the nozzle surface in a predetermined moving direction. The wiping member performs a first wiping operation in which the wiping member is moved while not coming into contact with the nozzle surface but coming into contact with the liquid adhering to the nozzle surface, and a second wiping operation in which the wiping member is moved while coming into contact with the nozzle surface after the first wiping operation.

    LASER SCANNING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20180220030A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-02

    申请号:US15747848

    申请日:2016-07-13

    Inventor: Issei Nakano

    Abstract: A laser scanning unit includes a rotary polygon mirror, a shaft support portion, a plurality of light application portions, and a plurality of scanning lenses. The plurality of light application portions are configured to cause light beams to be incident at a plurality of incidence positions different in an axial direction parallel to the rotary shaft on the rotary polygon mirror. In the laser scanning unit, the following relationship is satisfied: when, of the plurality of light beams, a specific light beam incident at the incidence position that is most distant from the shaft support portion on the rotary polygon mirror passes through an optical axis of the corresponding scanning lens, an angle between the specific light beam incident on the rotary polygon mirror and the optical axis of the scanning lens is closest to a reference angle defined in advance as a usage condition of the scanning lens.

    Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus including the same
    3.
    发明授权
    Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus including the same 有权
    光学扫描装置及包括该光学扫描装置的图像形成装置

    公开(公告)号:US08736654B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-05-27

    申请号:US13754648

    申请日:2013-01-30

    Abstract: An optical scanning apparatus includes a reflecting mechanism, a light receiving element and a restricting mechanism. The reflecting mechanism reflects a light beam such that the irradiation point of the light beam moves in a predetermined scanning direction. The light receiving element is arranged in a movement plane defined by the light beam reflected by the reflecting mechanism, and the light receiving element outputs a light reception signal for adjusting the irradiation timing of the light beam in accordance with reception of the light beam reflected by the reflecting mechanism. The restricting mechanism positions the light receiving element relative to the movement plane.

    Abstract translation: 光学扫描装置包括反射机构,光接收元件和限制机构。 反射机构反射光束,使得光束的照射点在预定的扫描方向上移动。 光接收元件设置在由反射机构反射的光束限定的移动平面中,并且光接收元件输出光接收信号,用于根据接收到的光束的反射来调整光束的照射定时 反映机制。 限制机构将光接收元件相对于移动平面定位。

    Inkjet recording apparatus
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11554588B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-17

    申请号:US17206262

    申请日:2021-03-19

    Abstract: The inkjet recording apparatus includes a conveyance belt, a conveyance plate, a suction unit, an inkjet head, and a cleaning unit. The conveyance belt has a plurality of through holes. The conveyance plate includes a plurality of through holes formed in bottom portions of the plurality of recessed portions. The suction unit is configured to suck the sheet to the conveyance belt. The inkjet head includes a head main body and a head end portion adjacent to the head main body, and faces an upper surface of the conveyance plate via the conveyance belt. The cleaning unit removes ink adhering to a lower surface of the head main body. A depth of the recessed portion in a facing region facing the head end portion of the conveyance plate is shallower than a depth of the recessed portion in a region other than the facing region.

    Inkjet recording apparatus
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11161345B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-02

    申请号:US16885117

    申请日:2020-05-27

    Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head, a wiper member, a cleaning liquid supply device, a cleaning liquid flow path, and a controller. The cleaning liquid flow path includes a vertical tubular member connected to the cleaning liquid supply device and extending upward, and a horizontal tubular member connected to an upper end of the vertical tubular member and extending in a horizontal direction. The controller extrudes a cleaning liquid in at least a part of the cleaning liquid flow path from a cleaning liquid supply port before control of a cleaning operation for wiping an ink ejection surface of the recording head, thereby performing control of an air bubble release operation of the cleaning liquid flow path.

    INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS
    6.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210300045A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-30

    申请号:US17206262

    申请日:2021-03-19

    Abstract: The inkjet recording apparatus includes a conveyance belt, a conveyance plate, a suction unit, an inkjet head, and a cleaning unit. The conveyance belt has a plurality of through holes. The conveyance plate includes a plurality of through holes formed in bottom portions of the plurality of recessed portions. The suction unit is configured to suck the sheet to the conveyance belt. The inkjet head includes a head main body and a head end portion adjacent to the head main body, and faces an upper surface of the conveyance plate via the conveyance belt. The cleaning unit removes ink adhering to a lower surface of the head main body. A depth of the recessed portion in a facing region facing the head end portion of the conveyance plate is shallower than a depth of the recessed portion in a region other than the facing region.

    OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME
    7.
    发明申请
    OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME 有权
    光学扫描装置和图像形成装置,包括它们

    公开(公告)号:US20130222513A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-08-29

    申请号:US13754648

    申请日:2013-01-30

    Abstract: An optical scanning apparatus includes a reflecting mechanism, a light receiving element and a restricting mechanism. The reflecting mechanism reflects a light beam such that the irradiation point of the light beam moves in a predetermined scanning direction. The light receiving element is arranged in a movement plane defined by the light beam reflected by the reflecting mechanism, and the light receiving element outputs a light reception signal for adjusting the irradiation timing of the light beam in accordance with reception of the light beam reflected by the reflecting mechanism. The restricting mechanism positions the light receiving element relative to the movement plane.

    Abstract translation: 光学扫描装置包括反射机构,光接收元件和限制机构。 反射机构反射光束,使得光束的照射点在预定的扫描方向上移动。 光接收元件设置在由反射机构反射的光束限定的移动平面中,并且光接收元件输出光接收信号,用于根据接收到的光束的反射来调整光束的照射定时 反映机制。 限制机构将光接收元件相对于移动平面定位。

    Inkjet recording apparatus
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11554587B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-17

    申请号:US17206253

    申请日:2021-03-19

    Abstract: The inkjet recording apparatus includes a conveyance belt, a conveyance plate, a suction unit, an inkjet head, and a cleaning unit. The conveyance belt has a plurality of through holes. The suction unit causes the conveyance belt to suck the sheet. The conveyance plate includes a plurality of through holes formed in bottom portions of the plurality of recessed portions. The inkjet head includes a head main body and a head end portion adjacent to the head main body, and faces an upper surface of the conveyance plate via the conveyance belt. The cleaning unit removes ink adhering to a lower surface of the head main body. A ratio of the recessed portions per unit area in a facing region of the conveyance plate facing the head end portion is smaller than a ratio of the recessed portions per unit area in a region other than the facing region.

    Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US10682865B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-16

    申请号:US16078797

    申请日:2017-01-24

    Inventor: Issei Nakano

    Abstract: A first receiving recess (44d) and a second receiving recess (44e) are formed on a surface of the housing, on which a pair of image forming lenses (47) are placed, to receive a first temperature sensor (101a) and a second temperature sensor (101b), and are formed in positions, in which thermal deformation characteristics of the housing are approximately identical at one side and the other side of a first straight line K1, while interposing the first straight line K1 therebetween.

    Optical scanning device
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10538109B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-21

    申请号:US16073414

    申请日:2017-01-25

    Inventor: Issei Nakano

    Abstract: A scanning path of light includes a synchronization detection area A where a synchronization detection sensor 47 detects scanning light and an image writing area B where writing of the image data to a photosensitive drum 11 is performed by the scanning light, and a light amount change unit 100 is configured to reduce a change amount of a light amount in the synchronization detection area A as compared with the image writing area B.

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