Waste liquid recovery apparatus and inkjet recording apparatus
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorMasaki Murashima
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Abstract
A waste liquid recovery apparatus including a waste liquid tube through which waste liquid flows and a displacement mechanism. The displacement mechanism includes a driven portion that receives a driving force and operates owing to the driving force and a displacement portion that is displaced within a predetermined displacement range in conjunction with the operation of the driven portion. The waste liquid tube includes a flexible tube at least at a terminal end from which the waste liquid is issued. When the displacement portion is displaced within the predetermined displacement range, a contact depth of the displacement portion with respect to the contacted portion of the flexible tube, near the terminal end, changes.
Claims7
A waste liquid recovery apparatus for recovering waste liquid containing waste ink and issued when an ink head that discharges ink onto a sheet is cleaned, comprising:
- a waste liquid tube through which the waste liquid flows;
- a pump that is operated by a first driving force to cause the waste liquid in the waste liquid tube to flow from a starting end of the waste liquid tube toward the terminal end of the waste liquid tube;
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- a displacement mechanism including a driven portion that is operated by a second driving force different from the first driving force and a displacement portion that is displaced within a predetermined displacement range in conjunction with an operation of the driven portion,
- wherein the waste liquid tube includes a flexible tube at least at the terminal end, from which the waste liquid is issued, and
- wherein, when the displacement portion is displaced within the predetermined displacement range, a contact depth of the displacement portion with respect to a contacted portion of the flexible tube, near the terminal end, changes.
A waste liquid recovery apparatus for recovering waste liquid containing waste ink and issued when an ink head that discharges ink onto a sheet is cleaned, comprising:
- a waste liquid tube through which the waste liquid flows;
- a pump that causes the waste liquid in the waste liquid tube to flow from a starting end of the waste liquid tube toward the terminal end of the waste liquid tube;
- a displacement mechanism including a driven portion that receives a driving force and operates owing to the driving force and a displacement portion that is displaced within a predetermined displacement range in conjunction with an operation of the driven portion;
- a state detection sensor that detects a state of the driven portion or the displacement portion;
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- a controller,
- wherein the waste liquid tube includes a flexible tube at least at a terminal end, from which the waste liquid is issued, and
- wherein, when the displacement portion is displaced within the predetermined displacement range, a contact depth of the displacement portion with respect to a contacted portion of the flexible tube, near the terminal end, changes,
- wherein the driven portion is an operated portion that mechanically receives the driving force by a human operation, and
- wherein the controller controls output of the pump according to a detection result of the state detection sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.