公开(公告)号：US20080158322A1

公开(公告)日：2008-07-03

申请号：US12005742

申请日：2007-12-28

申请人： Takahiro Yamada ,  Naoya Okazaki ,  Yoichiro Shimizu ,  Masaru Someya

发明人： Takahiro Yamada ,  Naoya Okazaki ,  Yoichiro Shimizu ,  Masaru Someya

IPC分类号： B41J2/19

CPC分类号： B41J2/17596

摘要： A liquid jetting apparatus includes: a head; an ink storage chamber communicating with the head; a gas distributing chamber in which a gas introducing hole is formed; a buffer chamber in which a communicating hole for communicating with the gas distributing chamber, and an atmosphere opening hole for opening to the atmosphere are formed; a combination valve which is capable of opening and closing the gas introducing hole and the communicating hole; a gas introducing mechanism which introduces the compressed air through the gas introducing hole to the head to jet the ink forcibly, and a positive-pressure control valve which opens the atmosphere opening hole when a pressure in the buffer chamber exceeds a predetermined value. It is possible to operate a positive-pressure purge while suppressing an excessive increase in the pressure inside the liquid storage chamber, without increasing a size and a cost of the apparatus.

摘要翻译： 一种液体喷射装置，包括：头部; 与头部连通的储墨室; 形成气体导入孔的气体分配室; 缓冲室，其中形成有用于与气体分配室连通的连通孔和用于向大气开放的气氛开口孔; 能够打开和关闭气体导入孔和连通孔的组合阀; 气体引入机构，其将压缩空气通过气体导入孔引入头部以强制地喷射墨;以及正压控制阀，其在缓冲室中的压力超过预定值时打开大气开放孔。 在不增加设备的尺寸和成本的同时，可以抑制液体储存室内的压力的过度增加来操作正压吹扫。

公开(公告)号：US20080158272A1

公开(公告)日：2008-07-03

申请号：US12005759

申请日：2007-12-28

申请人： Yoichiro Shimizu ,  Takahiro Yamada ,  Naoya Okazaki ,  Masaru Someya

发明人： Yoichiro Shimizu ,  Takahiro Yamada ,  Naoya Okazaki ,  Masaru Someya

IPC分类号： B41J2/195

CPC分类号： B41J29/00 ,  B41J2/17509 ,  B41J2/17513 ,  B41J2/17566 ,  B41J29/38

摘要： A recording apparatus includes a recording head which discharges an ink onto a recording medium to form an image thereon; a sub tank which is movable together with the recording head and which stores the ink to be supplied to the recording head; an ink supplement section which supplements the sub tank with the ink; and a controller which controls the ink supplement section. The controller controls the ink supplement section to supplement the sub tank with the ink when a residual-ink amount of the ink contained in the sub tank is not more than a threshold value, and the controller is capable of changing the threshold value. Therefore, the number of times of the ink supplement operation is reduced as much as possible by flexibly changing the threshold value depending on the situation while avoiding the discontinuity of the recording operation.

摘要翻译： 记录装置包括：记录头，其将油墨排放到记录介质上以在其上形成图像; 副罐，其与记录头一起可移动，并存储要供应到记录头的油墨; 用墨水补充副罐的墨水补充部分; 以及控制墨水补充部分的控制器。 当副容器中所含的墨水的残留墨水量不大于阈值时，控制器控制墨水补充部分用墨水补充副墨盒，并且控制器能够改变阈值。 因此，通过在避免记录操作的不连续性的情况下根据情况灵活地改变阈值来尽可能地减少墨水补充操作的次数。

公开(公告)号：US07878608B2

公开(公告)日：2011-02-01

申请号：US12005755

申请日：2007-12-28

申请人： Yoichiro Shimizu ,  Takahiro Yamada ,  Naoya Okazaki ,  Masaru Someya

发明人： Yoichiro Shimizu ,  Takahiro Yamada ,  Naoya Okazaki ,  Masaru Someya

IPC分类号： B41J29/38

CPC分类号： B41J2/1707 ,  B41J2/17509 ,  B41J2/17566

摘要： A liquid discharge apparatus includes a discharge head which discharges a liquid from a discharge port onto a recording medium to form an image, a sub tank which is movable together with the discharge head and which stores the liquid to be supplied to the discharge head, a liquid supplement section which supplements the sub tank with the liquid, a purge section which performs a purge operation in which the liquid in the sub tank is pressurized to be fed to the discharge head, and the liquid in the discharge head is forcibly discharged from the discharge ports, a judging mechanism which judges whether or not an amount of the liquid in the sub tank is not more than a predetermined amount V1, and a controller which controls the liquid supplement section and the purge section.

摘要翻译： 液体排出装置包括：排出头，其将液体从排出口排出到记录介质上以形成图像;副罐，其可与排出头一起移动并将要供给到排出头的液体存储在其中; 液体补充部分，其用液体补充副罐;净化部，其执行清洗操作，其中副罐中的液体被加压以供给到排出头，并且排出头中的液体被强制地从 排出口，判断机构，其判断副箱中的液体量是否不大于预定量V1;以及控制液体补充部分和净化部分的控制器。

公开(公告)号：US20080158271A1

公开(公告)日：2008-07-03

申请号：US12005755

申请日：2007-12-28

申请人： Yoichiro Shimizu ,  Takahiro Yamada ,  Naoya Okazaki ,  Masaru Someya

发明人： Yoichiro Shimizu ,  Takahiro Yamada ,  Naoya Okazaki ,  Masaru Someya

IPC分类号： B41J2/195

CPC分类号： B41J2/1707 ,  B41J2/17509 ,  B41J2/17566

摘要： A liquid discharge apparatus includes a discharge head which discharges a liquid from a discharge port onto a recording medium to form an image, a sub tank which is movable together with the discharge head and which stores the liquid to be supplied to the discharge head, a liquid supplement section which supplements the sub tank with the liquid, a purge section which performs a purge operation in which the liquid in the sub tank is pressurized to be fed to the discharge head, and the liquid in the discharge head is forcibly discharged from the discharge ports, a judging mechanism which judges whether or not an amount of the liquid in the sub tank is not more than a predetermined amount V1, and a controller which controls the liquid supplement section and the purge section.

摘要翻译： 液体排出装置包括：排出头，其将液体从排出口排出到记录介质上以形成图像;副罐，其可与排出头一起移动并将要供给到排出头的液体存储在其中; 液体补充部分，其用液体补充副罐;净化部，其进行净化操作，其中副罐中的液体被加压以供给到排出头，并且排出头中的液体被强制地从 排出口，判断机构，其判断副箱中的液体量是否不大于预定量V 1，以及控制液体补充部分和净化部分的控制器 。

公开(公告)号：US08092001B2

公开(公告)日：2012-01-10

申请号：US12005742

申请日：2007-12-28

申请人： Takahiro Yamada ,  Naoya Okazaki ,  Yoichiro Shimizu ,  Masaru Someya

发明人： Takahiro Yamada ,  Naoya Okazaki ,  Yoichiro Shimizu ,  Masaru Someya

IPC分类号： B41J2/19 ,  B41J2/17 ,  B41J2/175

CPC分类号： B41J2/17596

摘要： A liquid jetting apparatus includes: a head; an ink storage chamber communicating with the head; a gas distributing chamber in which a gas introducing hole is formed; a buffer chamber in which a communicating hole for communicating with the gas distributing chamber, and an atmosphere opening hole for opening to the atmosphere are formed; a combination valve which is capable of opening and closing the gas introducing hole and the communicating hole; a gas introducing mechanism which introduces the compressed air through the gas introducing hole to the head to jet the ink forcibly, and a positive-pressure control valve which opens the atmosphere opening hole when a pressure in the buffer chamber exceeds a predetermined value. It is possible to operate a positive-pressure purge while suppressing an excessive increase in the pressure inside the liquid storage chamber, without increasing a size and a cost of the apparatus.

摘要翻译： 一种液体喷射装置，包括：头部; 与头部连通的储墨室; 形成气体导入孔的气体分配室; 缓冲室，其中形成有用于与气体分配室连通的连通孔和用于向大气开放的气氛开口孔; 能够打开和关闭气体导入孔和连通孔的组合阀; 气体引入机构，其将压缩空气通过气体导入孔引入头部以强制地喷射墨;以及正压控制阀，其在缓冲室中的压力超过预定值时打开大气开放孔。 在不增加设备的尺寸和成本的同时，可以抑制液体储存室内的压力的过度增加来操作正压吹扫。

公开(公告)号：US07901060B2

公开(公告)日：2011-03-08

申请号：US11691254

申请日：2007-03-26

申请人： Yoichiro Shimizu ,  Naoya Okazaki

发明人： Yoichiro Shimizu ,  Naoya Okazaki

IPC分类号： B41J2/175

CPC分类号： B41J2/17509 ,  B41J2/17503 ,  B41J2/17513 ,  B41J2/1752 ,  B41J2/19

摘要： A volume of an ink-deliver chamber is efficiently utilized to dampen pressure changes of ink within the chamber, and prevent air bubbles produced in the chamber from flowing into an ink-jet recording head. In addition, an ink-jet recording apparatus having a plurality of ink-deliver chambers in a small space, is provided. Two ink cases are stacked on each other, which include two ink-deliver chambers that accommodate different inks. Open sides of the four ink-deliver chambers are closed by flexible films. An ink-deliver chamber has an ink-flow inlet through which ink is introduced, and an ink-flow outlet through which ink flows to the ink-jet recording head, and the ink-flow inlet and outlet are provided at respective positions that are substantially most distant from each other such that almost all portions of an inner space of the ink-deliver chamber, where ink flows, are located between the ink-flow inlet and outlet.

摘要翻译： 油墨输送室的体积被有效地用于抑制室内的油墨的压力变化，并且防止在室中产生的气泡流入喷墨记录头。 此外，提供了一种在小空间中具有多个墨水输送室的喷墨记录装置。 两个油墨盒彼此堆叠，其中包括两个适应不同油墨的油墨输送室。 四个墨水输送室的开放侧面被柔性膜封闭。 墨水输送室具有通过墨水引入的墨水流入口和墨水流出到喷墨记录头的墨水流出口，并且墨水流入口和出口设置在各个位置 基本上最远离彼此，使得油墨流动的墨水输送室的内部空间的几乎所有部分位于墨水流入口和出口之间。

公开(公告)号：US07581813B2

公开(公告)日：2009-09-01

申请号：US11390358

申请日：2006-03-28

申请人： Naoya Okazaki ,  Yoichiro Shimizu ,  Masayuki Takata

发明人： Naoya Okazaki ,  Yoichiro Shimizu ,  Masayuki Takata

IPC分类号： B41J23/00 ,  B41J2/17 ,  B41J2/175

CPC分类号： B41J2/17509

摘要： An ink-jet recording apparatus includes a recording head, a carriage, an ink tank and a flexible ink supply member. The carriage is provided with an ink channel which supplies the recording head with ink that is supplied from the ink supply member and a valve body which controls the supply of ink to the recording head in the ink channel, the valve body being disposed so as to be movable in a movement direction of the carriage. In an ordinary state the valve body is urged relative to the ink channel so as to be located at a position where to restrict the supply of ink to the recording head. When the carriage is moved in such a direction that a positive ink pressure acts in a direction from the ink supply member to the recording head, the valve body is kept at the position due to inertia thereof.

摘要翻译： 喷墨记录装置包括记录头，托架，墨盒和柔性墨供给件。 滑架设置有墨水通道，其向记录头提供从供墨构件供应的墨水和控制向墨水通道中的墨水供应到记录头的阀体，阀体设置成 可以在滑架的移动方向上移动。 在普通状态下，阀体相对于墨水通道被推压以便位于限制向记录头供应墨水的位置。 当滑架沿着从墨供给构件到记录头的方向作用正向墨水的方向移动时，阀体由于其惯性而保持在该位置。

公开(公告)号：US20060221147A1

公开(公告)日：2006-10-05

申请号：US11390358

申请日：2006-03-28

申请人： Naoya Okazaki ,  Yoichiro Shimizu ,  Masayuki Takata

发明人： Naoya Okazaki ,  Yoichiro Shimizu ,  Masayuki Takata

IPC分类号： B41J2/175

CPC分类号： B41J2/17509

摘要： An ink-jet recording apparatus includes a recording head, a carriage, an ink tank and a flexible ink supply member. The carriage is provided with an ink channel which supplies the recording head with ink that is supplied from the ink supply member and a valve body which controls the supply of ink to the recording head in the ink channel, the valve body being disposed so as to be movable in a movement direction of the carriage. In an ordinary state the valve body is urged relative to the ink channel so as to be located at a position where to restrict the supply of ink to the recording head. When the carriage is moved in such a direction that a positive ink pressure acts in a direction from the ink supply member to the recording head, the valve body is kept at the position due to inertia thereof.

公开(公告)号：US07726794B2

公开(公告)日：2010-06-01

申请号：US11712779

申请日：2007-02-27

申请人： Yoichiro Shimizu ,  Naoya Okazaki

发明人： Yoichiro Shimizu ,  Naoya Okazaki

IPC分类号： B41J2/175

CPC分类号： B41J2/17509 ,  B41J2/14201 ,  B41J2002/14419

摘要： An inkjet printer includes a recording head having nozzles to discharge ink and a storage chamber for storing the ink which is supplied to the nozzles from an ink source. The chamber includes an inlet to which the ink flows from the ink source and an outlet from which the ink flows out to the nozzles, two walls opposite to each other and parallel to a flow direction of the ink flowing to the outlet from the inlet, and an annular rim formed along edges of the two walls. The chamber includes a pair of ribs for adjusting an ink flow, which are provided in one of the walls, protrude from the one towards the other, and extend parallel to the flow direction apart from the other. The other wall has flexibility and the ribs are spaced from the rim inside the rim.

摘要翻译： 喷墨打印机包括具有用于排出墨的喷嘴的记录头和用于存储从墨水供应到喷嘴的墨的存储室。 所述腔室包括墨水从墨源流出的入口和墨水从喷嘴流出的出口，彼此相对的两个壁并平行于从入口流到出口的墨的流动方向， 以及沿两个壁的边缘形成的环形边缘。 该腔室包括一对用于调节墨水流的肋条，它们设置在一个壁上，从一个朝向另一个突出，并且平行于与另一个的流动方向平行地延伸。 另一个壁具有柔性，并且肋与轮缘内的边缘间隔开。

公开(公告)号：US20060028519A1

公开(公告)日：2006-02-09

申请号：US11074069

申请日：2005-03-08

申请人： Hirotake Nakamura ,  Masayuki Takata ,  Takamasa Usui ,  Bing Wang ,  Yoichiro Shimizu ,  Naoya Okazaki

发明人： Hirotake Nakamura ,  Masayuki Takata ,  Takamasa Usui ,  Bing Wang ,  Yoichiro Shimizu ,  Naoya Okazaki

IPC分类号： B41J2/175

CPC分类号： B41J2/17523

摘要： An ink jet printer including a stationary frame; a tank supporter which is provided in the stationary frame and which supports at least one ink storing tank storing at least one sort of ink; a recording head which records an image on a recording medium by ejecting a droplet of the ink, and which has at least one ink flow inlet; at least one ink delivering tank which delivers the ink and has at least one ink flow outlet; at least one ink supply tube 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 which includes a main portion 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 which prevents the ink that leaks from the ink delivering channel, from contacting the recording head.

摘要翻译： 一种包括固定框架的喷墨打印机; 罐支架，其设置在固定框架中，并且支撑至少一个存储至少一种油墨的储墨罐; 记录头，其通过喷射墨滴而在记录介质上记录图像，并且具有至少一个墨流入口; 至少一个墨水输送槽，其输送墨水并具有至少一个墨水流出口; 至少一个墨水供应管，其设置在所述罐支撑件和所述墨水输送箱之间，并且所述墨水通过所述墨水从所述墨水储存箱经由所述墨水输送罐供应到所述记录头，其中所述输送罐提供至少一部分 连接在供墨管和记录头之间的至少一个墨水输送通道; 头保持器，其包括保持记录头和墨水输送箱的主要部分，并且可相对于固定框架移动，使得记录头将图像记录在记录介质上; 以及防止从墨水输送通道泄漏的墨水不与记录头接触的墨水接触防止部分。