Degassing device and inkjet recording apparatus
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorHideki Ishida
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Abstract
A degassing device removes air dissolved in liquid under a pressure decreased atmosphere. The degassing device includes a liquid tank, a pressure decreasing device, and a lifting/lowering device. The liquid tank has a small sectional part and a large sectional part provided above or below the small sectional part and having a horizontal sectional area larger than that of the small sectional part, and stores the liquid. The pressure decreasing device decreases pressure in the liquid tank. The lifting/lowering device lifts and lowers the liquid surface in the liquid tank to the small sectional part and the large sectional part.
Claims10
A degassing device which removes air dissolved in liquid under a pressure decreased atmosphere, the degassing device comprising:
- a liquid tank having a small sectional part and a large sectional part provided above or below the small sectional part and having a horizontal sectional area larger than that of the small sectional part, and storing the liquid;
- a pressure decreasing device which decreases pressure in the liquid tank;
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- a lifting/lowering device which lifts and lowers the liquid surface in the liquid tank to the small sectional part and the large sectional part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.