公开(公告)号：US20120056932A1

公开(公告)日：2012-03-08

申请号：US13217431

申请日：2011-08-25

申请人： Mitsuya Matsubara ,  Akiyoshi Tanaka ,  Yoichi Ito ,  Tomomi Katoh ,  Fumitaka Kikkawa ,  Soyoung Park ,  Kunihiro Yamanaka ,  Kazuki Suzuki ,  Kuniyori Takano ,  Honriku Jo ,  Yuji Tanaka ,  Satoshi Endoh

发明人： Mitsuya Matsubara ,  Akiyoshi Tanaka ,  Yoichi Ito ,  Tomomi Katoh ,  Fumitaka Kikkawa ,  Soyoung Park ,  Kunihiro Yamanaka ,  Kazuki Suzuki ,  Kuniyori Takano ,  Honriku Jo ,  Yuji Tanaka ,  Satoshi Endoh

IPC分类号： B41J2/165

CPC分类号： B41J2/16508 ,  B41J2/16523 ,  B41J2/175 ,  B41J2/18 ,  B41J29/38 ,  B41J2002/16594

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes a recording head configured to have a nozzle face on which nozzles that discharge liquid droplets are formed; a cap configured to cap the nozzle face of the recording head; a discharge path configured to be connected to the cap; a suction pump configured to be provided in the discharge path and be made of a tube pump; and an atmosphere opening part configured to open an airtight space, created when the nozzle face is capped by the cap, to the atmosphere. The atmosphere opening part is configured to communicate with the inside of the cap at a position higher than a surface of liquid discharged into the cap, and a check valve configured to prevent a flow of the liquid toward the cap from the suction pump is provided in the discharge path.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括：记录头，被配置为具有喷嘴面，排出液滴的喷嘴形成在喷嘴面上; 盖构造成盖住记录头的喷嘴面; 排出路径，被配置为连接到所述盖; 抽吸泵，其构造成设置在排出路径中并由管式泵构成; 以及气氛打开部，其构造成打开当所述喷嘴面被所述盖盖住时产生的气密空间。 大气开口部构造成在高于排出到盖的液体表面的位置与盖的内部连通，并且设置有防止液体从吸引泵朝向盖的流动的止回阀 放电路径。

公开(公告)号：US08500240B2

公开(公告)日：2013-08-06

申请号：US13217431

申请日：2011-08-25

申请人： Mitsuya Matsubara ,  Akiyoshi Tanaka ,  Yoichi Ito ,  Tomomi Katoh ,  Fumitaka Kikkawa ,  Soyoung Park ,  Kunihiro Yamanaka ,  Kazuki Suzuki ,  Kuniyori Takano ,  Honriku Jo ,  Yuji Tanaka ,  Satoshi Endoh

发明人： Mitsuya Matsubara ,  Akiyoshi Tanaka ,  Yoichi Ito ,  Tomomi Katoh ,  Fumitaka Kikkawa ,  Soyoung Park ,  Kunihiro Yamanaka ,  Kazuki Suzuki ,  Kuniyori Takano ,  Honriku Jo ,  Yuji Tanaka ,  Satoshi Endoh

IPC分类号： B41J2/165

CPC分类号： B41J2/16508 ,  B41J2/16523 ,  B41J2/175 ,  B41J2/18 ,  B41J29/38 ,  B41J2002/16594

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes a recording head configured to have a nozzle face on which nozzles that discharge liquid droplets are formed; a cap configured to cap the nozzle face of the recording head; a discharge path configured to be connected to the cap; a suction pump configured to be provided in the discharge path and be made of a tube pump; and an atmosphere opening part configured to open an airtight space, created when the nozzle face is capped by the cap, to the atmosphere. The atmosphere opening part is configured to communicate with the inside of the cap at a position higher than a surface of liquid discharged into the cap, and a check valve configured to prevent a flow of the liquid toward the cap from the suction pump is provided in the discharge path.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括：记录头，被配置为具有喷嘴面，排出液滴的喷嘴形成在喷嘴面上; 盖构造成盖住记录头的喷嘴面; 排出路径，被配置为连接到所述盖; 抽吸泵，其构造成设置在排出路径中并由管式泵构成; 以及气氛打开部，其构造成打开当所述喷嘴面被所述盖盖住时产生的气密空间。 大气开口部构造成在高于排出到盖的液体表面的位置与盖的内部连通，并且设置有防止液体从吸引泵朝向盖的流动的止回阀 放电路径。

公开(公告)号：US08556376B2

公开(公告)日：2013-10-15

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。

公开(公告)号：US20120320125A1

公开(公告)日：2012-12-20

申请号：US13493050

申请日：2012-06-11

申请人： Tomomi KATOH ,  Mitsuya Matsubara ,  Soyoung Park ,  Honriku Jo ,  Yuuji Tanaka

发明人： Tomomi KATOH ,  Mitsuya Matsubara ,  Soyoung Park ,  Honriku Jo ,  Yuuji Tanaka

IPC分类号： B41J2/165

CPC分类号： B41J2/16532 ,  B41J2/16511

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes a recording head, a cap, a suction unit, and a recovery device. The recording head has nozzles at a nozzle face to horizontally eject droplets of liquid. The cap caps the nozzle face of the recording head. The suction unit is connected to the cap. The recovery device drives the suction unit with the nozzle face capped with the cap to create a negative pressure in an internal space of the cap and suck the liquid from the recording head. The cap has a contact portion to contact the nozzle face and a suction port to communicate with the suction unit. The suction port is disposed away from the contact portion with a minute gap at a lowermost area of the cap in a vertical direction.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括记录头，盖，抽吸单元和恢复装置。 记录头在喷嘴面具有喷嘴以水平地喷射液滴。 盖帽盖住记录头的喷嘴面。 抽吸单元连接到盖子。 回收装置驱动抽吸单元，喷嘴面用盖盖住，在盖的内部空间中产生负压并从记录头吸取液体。 盖具有接触部分以接触喷嘴面和吸入口以与抽吸单元连通。 吸入口在垂直方向上在帽的最低区域处以微小间隙远离接触部分设置。

公开(公告)号：US08544986B2

公开(公告)日：2013-10-01

申请号：US13224436

申请日：2011-09-02

申请人： Yuji Tanaka ,  Yoichi Ito ,  Mitsuya Matsubara

发明人： Yuji Tanaka ,  Yoichi Ito ,  Mitsuya Matsubara

IPC分类号： B41J23/00

CPC分类号： B41J19/142 ,  B41J19/00 ,  B41J23/00

摘要： An image forming apparatus including: a carriage movable in a main scanning direction and including a recording head having a nozzle surface in which nozzles to eject liquid droplets in a horizontal direction are formed, the nozzle surface being disposed in a vertical direction; a guide shaft to guide the carriage in the main scanning direction; and a bearing provided to the carriage and having two sloped sides slidably contacting an outer circumferential surface of the guide shaft. In a plane perpendicular to an axis of the guide shaft, the two sloped sides are disposed such that a line passing through both the axis of the guide shaft and an intersection of two tangent lines from contact portions in which the two sloped sides contact the outer circumferential surface of the guide shaft diagonally intersects a line extending along a plane of the nozzle surface.

摘要翻译： 一种图像形成装置，包括：可沿主扫描方向移动的支架，并且包括具有喷嘴表面的记录头，在所述喷嘴表面上形成有沿水平方向喷射液滴的喷嘴，所述喷嘴表面沿垂直方向设置; 引导轴，以在主扫描方向上引导托架; 以及设置在滑架上并具有两个可滑动地接触导向轴的外圆周表面的倾斜侧面的轴承。 在垂直于导向轴的平面的平面中，两个倾斜侧被设置成使得穿过引导轴的轴线的线和来自接触部分的两条切线的交点，其中两个倾斜侧面接触外部 引导轴的圆周表面与沿着喷嘴表面的平面延伸的线对角地相交。

公开(公告)号：US20120062648A1

公开(公告)日：2012-03-15

申请号：US13224436

申请日：2011-09-02

申请人： Yuji TANAKA ,  Yoichi Ito ,  Mitsuya Matsubara

发明人： Yuji TANAKA ,  Yoichi Ito ,  Mitsuya Matsubara

IPC分类号： B41J23/00

CPC分类号： B41J19/142 ,  B41J19/00 ,  B41J23/00

摘要： An image forming apparatus including: a carriage movable in a main scanning direction and including a recording head having a nozzle surface in which nozzles to eject liquid droplets in a horizontal direction are formed, the nozzle surface being disposed in a vertical direction; a guide shaft to guide the carriage in the main scanning direction; and a bearing provided to the carriage and having two sloped sides slidably contacting an outer circumferential surface of the guide shaft. In a plane perpendicular to an axis of the guide shaft, the two sloped sides are disposed such that a line passing through both the axis of the guide shaft and an intersection of two tangent lines from contact portions in which the two sloped sides contact the outer circumferential surface of the guide shaft diagonally intersects a line extending along a plane of the nozzle surface.

摘要翻译： 一种图像形成装置，包括：可沿主扫描方向移动的支架，并且包括具有喷嘴表面的记录头，在所述喷嘴表面上形成有沿水平方向喷射液滴的喷嘴，所述喷嘴表面沿垂直方向设置; 引导轴，以在主扫描方向上引导托架; 以及设置在滑架上并具有两个可滑动地接触导向轴的外圆周表面的倾斜侧面的轴承。 在垂直于导向轴的平面的平面中，两个倾斜侧被设置成使得穿过引导轴的轴线的线和来自接触部分的两条切线的交点，其中两个倾斜侧面接触外部 引导轴的圆周表面与沿着喷嘴表面的平面延伸的线对角地相交。

公开(公告)号：US20130021412A1

公开(公告)日：2013-01-24

申请号：US13554318

申请日：2012-07-20

申请人： Hideaki NISHIMURA ,  Yukitoshi Tajima ,  Mitsuya Matsubara ,  Masaki Kato ,  Kiyoshi Yamaguchi

发明人： Hideaki NISHIMURA ,  Yukitoshi Tajima ,  Mitsuya Matsubara ,  Masaki Kato ,  Kiyoshi Yamaguchi

IPC分类号： B41J2/045 ,  B21D53/00

CPC分类号： B41J2/14201 ,  B41J2002/14362

摘要： A droplet ejection head that is attachable to and removable from a droplet ejection apparatus, includes: a nozzle plate having multiple nozzle holes to eject droplets; an individual-channel substrate in which multiple individual-liquid-chambers to supply liquid to the nozzle holes are formed; a common-channel substrate to supply liquid to the individual-channel substrate; a base plate made of metal and including a first positioning part to be engaged with a part of the droplet ejection apparatus at a given position to perform positioning with respect to the droplet ejection apparatus in a direction along an opening surface of the nozzle plate at which the nozzle holes are opened; and a housing made of resin and including a second positioning part to perform positioning with respect to the droplet ejection apparatus in a direction intersecting with the opening surface.

摘要翻译： 液滴喷射头，其可附接到液滴喷射装置并且可从液滴喷射装置移除，包括：具有喷射液滴的多个喷嘴孔的喷嘴板; 单个通道基板，其中形成用于向喷嘴孔供应液体的多个单独液体室; 用于向单通道基板供应液体的共通道基板; 由金属构成的基板，其特征在于，具有与所述液滴喷射装置的一部分接合的第一定位部，以在沿着所述喷嘴板的开口面的方向相对于所述液滴喷射装置进行定位， 喷嘴孔打开; 以及由树脂制成的壳体，并且包括第二定位部件，以在与开口表面相交的方向上相对于液滴喷射装置执行定位。

公开(公告)号：US07920373B2

公开(公告)日：2011-04-05

申请号：US12728360

申请日：2010-03-22

申请人： Mitsuya Matsubara

发明人： Mitsuya Matsubara

IPC分类号： H05K5/00 ,  H05K7/00

CPC分类号： G03G21/1633 ,  G03G2221/169

摘要： A cover unit to open and close an opening formed in a main body includes a cover including a hinged first end portion, a second end portion including an engagement portion provided on a side facing the opening, and a deformable portion deformable toward the main body, provided in the second end portion, a rotation stopper disposed between the cover and the opening, to inhibit the cover from rotating excessively, and a push latch unit disposed in the main body to lock and unlock the cover, including an engagement pawl to contact the engagement portion of the cover when the rotation stopper prohibits the cover from rotating further to the main body. When the second end portion is pressed while the rotation stopper prohibits the cover from rotating, the engagement portion of the cover is engaged or disengaged from the engagement pawl of the push latch unit.

摘要翻译： 用于打开和关闭形成在主体中的开口的盖单元包括：盖，包括铰接的第一端部;第二端部，包括设置在面向开口的一侧的接合部;以及可变形部，其可朝向主体变形; 设置在所述第二端部中的旋转止动件，设置在所述盖和所述开口之间，以防止所述盖过度旋转;以及推动闩锁单元，其设置在所述主体中以锁定和解锁所述盖，包括接合爪以接触所述盖 当旋转止动件禁止盖进一步旋转到主体时，盖的接合部分。 当第二端部被按压，同时旋转止动器禁止盖旋转时，盖的接合部分与推动闩锁单元的接合爪接合或分离。

公开(公告)号：US08777342B2

公开(公告)日：2014-07-15

申请号：US13361123

申请日：2012-01-30

申请人： Mitsuya Matsubara

发明人： Mitsuya Matsubara

IPC分类号： B41J2/195

CPC分类号： B41J2/17566 ,  B41J2002/17579

摘要： Disclosed is an ink container rotatable to take a first position and a second position, including an ink reservoir containing ink; and first and second detecting sensors connected to a detecting unit that determines whether the ink reservoir contains a predetermined amount of the ink based on current flowing through the first and second detecting sensors. The first and second detecting sensors are provided to face directions different from each other such that whether the ink reservoir contains a first predetermined amount of the ink for the first position is determined based on whether the first detecting sensor contacts the ink when the ink container takes the first position, and whether the ink reservoir contains a second predetermined amount of the ink for the second position is determined based on whether the second detecting sensor contacts the ink when the ink container takes the second position.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种能够旋转以承载第一位置和第二位置的油墨容器，包括包含油墨的油墨容器; 以及连接到检测单元的第一和第二检测传感器，其基于流过第一和第二检测传感器的电流来确定墨水容器是否包含预定量的墨。 第一检测传感器和第二检测传感器被设置为面对彼此不同的方向，使得墨储存器包含第一预定量的用于第一位置的墨水是基于当墨盒容纳时第一检测传感器是否接触墨水来确定的 基于第二检测传感器在油墨容器处于第二位置时是否与油墨接触来确定第一位置以及油墨储存器是否包含用于第二位置的第二预定量的油墨。

公开(公告)号：US08708459B2

公开(公告)日：2014-04-29

申请号：US13554318

申请日：2012-07-20

申请人： Hideaki Nishimura ,  Yukitoshi Tajima ,  Mitsuya Matsubara ,  Masaki Kato ,  Kiyoshi Yamaguchi

发明人： Hideaki Nishimura ,  Yukitoshi Tajima ,  Mitsuya Matsubara ,  Masaki Kato ,  Kiyoshi Yamaguchi

IPC分类号： B41J2/14

CPC分类号： B41J2/14201 ,  B41J2002/14362

摘要： A droplet ejection head that is attachable to and removable from a droplet ejection apparatus, includes: a nozzle plate having multiple nozzle holes to eject droplets; an individual-channel substrate in which multiple individual-liquid-chambers to supply liquid to the nozzle holes are formed; a common-channel substrate to supply liquid to the individual-channel substrate; a base plate made of metal and including a first positioning part to be engaged with a part of the droplet ejection apparatus at a given position to perform positioning with respect to the droplet ejection apparatus in a direction along an opening surface of the nozzle plate at which the nozzle holes are opened; and a housing made of resin and including a second positioning part to perform positioning with respect to the droplet ejection apparatus in a direction intersecting with the opening surface.

摘要翻译： 液滴喷射头，其可附接到液滴喷射装置并且可从液滴喷射装置移除，包括：具有喷射液滴的多个喷嘴孔的喷嘴板; 单个通道基板，其中形成用于向喷嘴孔供应液体的多个单独液体室; 用于向单通道基板供应液体的共通道基板; 由金属构成的基板，其特征在于，具有与所述液滴喷射装置的一部分接合的第一定位部，以在沿着所述喷嘴板的开口面的方向相对于所述液滴喷射装置进行定位， 喷嘴孔打开; 以及由树脂制成的壳体，并且包括第二定位部件，以在与开口表面相交的方向上相对于液滴喷射装置执行定位。