Liquid distribution unit, ink-jet recording apparatus and image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorHideki Sueoka
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Abstract
A liquid distribution unit for use between a container of a liquid and an apparatus supplied with said liquid, said liquid distribution unit includes a hollow body, a single inlet port provided in the hollow body for connection to the container, the hollow body being supplied with the liquid from the container via the single inlet port, and two or more outlet ports provided in the hollow body for feeding the liquid out from the hollow body.
Claims12
A liquid distribution unit for use between a container of a liquid and an apparatus supplied with said liquid, said liquid distribution unit comprising:
- a hollow body;
- a single inlet port provided in said hollow body for connection to said container, said hollow body being supplied with said liquid from said container via said single inlet port;
- and
- two or more outlet ports provided in said hollow body for feeding said liquid out from said hollow body.
An ink-jet recording apparatus, comprising:
- a sheet feed mechanism feeding a sheet along a path;
- an ink tank holding an ink therein;
- a plurality of recording heads each ejecting said ink onto said recording sheet;
- and
- an ink distribution unit distributing said ink in said ink tank to said plurality of recording heads,
- said ink distribution unit comprising:
- a hollow body;
- a single inlet port provided in said hollow body for connection to said container, said hollow body being supplied with said ink from said ink tank via said single inlet port;
- and
- two or more outlet ports provided in said hollow body for feeding said ink out from said hollow body to said plurality of recording heads.
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- an ink jet recording apparatus, said ink-jet recording apparatus comprising:
- a sheet feed mechanism feeding a sheet along a path;
- an ink tank holding an ink therein;
- a plurality of recording heads each ejecting said ink onto said recording sheet;
- and
- an ink distribution unit distributing said ink in said ink tank to said plurality of recording heads,
- said ink distribution unit comprising:
- a hollow body;
- a single inlet port provided in said hollow body for connection to said container, said hollow body being supplied with said ink from said ink tank via said single inlet port;
- and
- two or more outlet ports provided in said hollow body for feeding said ink out from said hollow body to said plurality of recording heads.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.