IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FORMING IMAGE ON RECORDING MEDIUM

    公开(公告)号:US20240359932A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-31

    申请号:US18638821

    申请日:2024-04-18

    发明人: Satoru NAKAMURA

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes a recording head including a plurality of nozzles that each eject a liquid droplet to a recording medium, the nozzles being arranged in an array, a transport device including an endless belt that transports the recording medium toward an image forming position where the recording head forms an image, a plurality of through holes formed in the endless belt, to be used for a flushing operation, a liquid droplet receptacle that receives a flushing liquid droplet, which has been ejected from the nozzle and passed through the through hole, without being involved in image forming, a skew detection device that detects whether the endless belt is running straightly or skewing so as to shift in a belt width direction, and a levelness adjustment device that adjusts levelness of the transport device.

    PRINTING APPARATUS
    2.
    发明公开
    PRINTING APPARATUS 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240308225A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-19

    申请号:US18602133

    申请日:2024-03-12

    IPC分类号: B41J2/17

    CPC分类号: B41J2/1721 B41J2/1742

    摘要: A holding portion holding a waste liquid container is disposed at a position at which a waste liquid container region overlapping the waste liquid container in a region inside a printing apparatus and a movement path of a carriage overlap when viewed from a transport direction, above a transport path and downstream of the movement path of the carriage in the transport direction, a liquid supply tube overlaps the waste liquid container region when viewed from the transport direction, the waste liquid container region is spaced apart from the liquid supply tube, and a discharge portion including a nozzle in which a discharge port for discharging the waste liquid is formed is provided to be movable relative to the holding portion.

    Liquid discharge apparatus
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12076996B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-03

    申请号:US17683788

    申请日:2022-03-01

    IPC分类号: B41J2/165 B41J2/17

    摘要: A liquid discharge apparatus includes an apparatus body, a liquid discharge head in the apparatus body, the liquid discharge head configured to discharge a liquid, and a waste liquid tube coupled to a coupling portion of the apparatus body, the waste liquid tube having flexibility and including a spiral structure portion at least in a part of the waste liquid tube, the waste liquid tube configured to discharge, outside the apparatus body, a waste liquid discharged from the liquid discharge head.

    DRAINAGE CONTAINER AND RECORDING APPARATUS
    4.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240269986A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-15

    申请号:US18641964

    申请日:2024-04-22

    摘要: A drainage container configured to be attached and detached in an attachment/detachment direction to and from an apparatus including a discharge portion to discharge drainage and configured to store the drainage discharged from the discharge portion, includes: a housing that stores the drainage and includes an opening formed in an upper surface of the housing; an accepting portion that accepts the drainage discharged from the discharge portion; and a lid portion configured to open and close the opening, in which the lid portion takes on an open state to open the opening when the drainage container is attached to the apparatus, and the lid portion takes on a closed state to close the opening when the drainage container is detached from the apparatus.

    LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS
    5.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240227403A9

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US18488813

    申请日:2023-10-17

    IPC分类号: B41J2/17

    CPC分类号: B41J2/1721 B41J2002/1735

    摘要: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejection head to eject liquid, a recovery unit, a housing, a discharge unit, a casing including the discharge unit and the housing, and a liquid receptacle. The recovery unit maintains liquid ejecting performance of the liquid ejection head. The housing houses a container that accommodates liquid received by the recovery unit. The discharge unit discharges the liquid received by the recovery unit to the container. The liquid receptacle is disposed below the discharge unit in a direction of gravity in the casing and includes a first groove extending in a first direction crossing the direction of gravity and a second groove extending in a second direction crossing the direction of gravity and the first direction.

    Drainage container and recording apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11981146B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-14

    申请号:US17820507

    申请日:2022-08-17

    摘要: A drainage container configured to be attached and detached in an attachment/detachment direction to and from an apparatus including a discharge portion to discharge drainage and configured to store the drainage discharged from the discharge portion, includes: a housing that stores the drainage and includes an opening formed in an upper surface of the housing; an accepting portion that accepts the drainage discharged from the discharge portion; and a lid portion configured to open and close the opening, in which the lid portion takes on an open state to open the opening when the drainage container is attached to the apparatus, and the lid portion takes on a closed state to close the opening when the drainage container is detached from the apparatus.

    INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS
    9.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240131847A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-25

    申请号:US18488408

    申请日:2023-10-16

    IPC分类号: B41J2/17 B41J11/00

    摘要: An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head, a conveyance belt, a control portion, an ink collector, and a suction portion. The ink collector includes a plurality of ink receivers that receives ink that has passed through openings of the conveyance belt during execution of flushing, a waste ink tank disposed below the ink receivers, a suction path that is formed in the waste ink tank and leads from each of the ink receivers to the suction portion, and an ink absorber that is filled in the waste ink tank and absorbs the ink sucked from the ink receivers. The suction path is formed by void spaces surrounded by the ink absorber.

    INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS
    10.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240131846A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-25

    申请号:US18488321

    申请日:2023-10-16

    IPC分类号: B41J2/17 B41J11/00

    摘要: An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head, a conveyance belt, a control portion, an ink collector, and a suction portion. The ink collector includes a plurality of ink receivers that receives ink that has passed through openings of the conveyance belt during execution of flushing and a suction path leading from each of the ink receivers to the suction portion. The suction path includes a plurality of first flow paths each connected to each of the plurality of ink receivers and a merging chamber in which the plurality of first flow paths merges together and that is linked to the suction portion. As each of the first flow paths, the plurality of first flow paths is provided in parallel between each of the ink receivers and the merging chamber.