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US 12,629,941 B2Granted
Inkjet recording device
AssigneeKYOCERA Corporation
InventorsHiroatsu Tamai, Masaaki Maruta, Daisuke Eto, Masahiro Higashitani, Tomoya Hotani
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Abstract
An inkjet recording apparatus includes a processing liquid head ejecting a processing liquid, an ink head ejecting an ink, a processing liquid wiper wiping the processing liquid head, an ink wiper wiping the ink head, and an ink container including a first opening receiving the ink. A movement range of the processing liquid wiper during the wiping is set to a position without a region directly above the first opening.
Claims19
An inkjet recording apparatus, comprising:
- a treatment liquid head configured to eject treatment liquid;
- an ink head configured to eject ink;
- a treatment liquid wiper configured to wipe the treatment liquid head;
- an ink wiper configured to wipe the ink head;
- an ink container with a first opening, the first opening being configured to receive the ink;
- and
- a treatment liquid container with a second opening, the second opening being configured to receive the treatment liquid,
- wherein a movement range of the treatment liquid wiper at a time of wiping is set at a position without a region directly above the first opening,
- wherein the treatment liquid container is located at a position covering a part of an upper side of the first opening, and
- wherein the movement range of the treatment liquid wiper at the time of wiping is set at a position directly above the second opening.
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An inkjet recording apparatus, comprising:
- a treatment liquid head configured to eject treatment liquid;
- an ink head configured to eject ink;
- a treatment liquid wiper configured to wipe the treatment liquid head;
- an ink wiper configured to wipe the ink head;
- an ink container with a first opening, the first opening being configured to receive the ink;
- and
- a cleaning area where the treatment liquid wiper and the ink wiper are cleaned,
- wherein a movement range of the treatment liquid wiper at a time of wiping is set at a position without a region directly above the first opening, and
- wherein in a movement direction from an area where wiping is performed to the cleaning area, the treatment liquid wiper is located at a position closer to the cleaning area than the ink wiper.
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An inkjet recording apparatus comprising:
- a treatment liquid head configured to eject treatment liquid;
- an ink head configured to eject ink;
- a treatment liquid wiper configured to wipe the treatment liquid head;
- an ink wiper configured to wipe the ink head;
- an ink container with a first opening, the first opening being configured to receive the ink;
- and
- a printing area where ink is ejected from the ink head to form an image,
- wherein a movement range of the treatment liquid wiper at a time of wiping is set at a position without a region directly above the first opening, and
- wherein in a movement direction from the printing area to an area where wiping is performed, the treatment liquid wiper is located at a position closer to the printing area than the ink wiper.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.