Liquid jet device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorMasaki Kato
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Abstract
The liquid jet device 1 includes a nozzle 3 that ejects liquid L from a nozzle aperture 3a in a jet direction B along a first axis AX, a liquid transport tube 7 that transports the liquid L to the nozzle 3, and a suction tube 10 that has a suction port 12a and sucks the liquid L jetted from the nozzle 3 through a suction port 12a. The suction tube 10 has an extended portion 11 that extends along the first axis AX and a bent portion 12 that connects to the extended portion 11 and bends in a bending direction that intersects the first axis AX, the suction port 12a is disposed on an opposite side of the bent portion 12 from the side of the bent portion 12 connecting to the extended portion 11, and the suction port 12a is located, in the direction along the first axis AX, on a side of the jet direction B from the nozzle aperture 3a.
Claims7
A liquid jet device comprising:
- a nozzle configured to jet liquid from a nozzle aperture in a jet direction along a first axis;
- a liquid transport tube that transports the liquid to the nozzle;
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- a suction tube that has a suction port and that sucks the liquid jetted from the nozzle through the suction port, wherein
- the suction tube has an extended portion that extends along the first axis and a bent portion that is connected to the extended portion and that bends in a bending direction that intersects the first axis,
- the suction port is disposed on an opposite side of the bent portion from the side of the bent portion connected to the extended portion, and
- the suction port is located further to a jet direction side than the nozzle aperture in a direction along the first axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.