Liquid discharge apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsEiji TACHIBANA, Tadayasu Enomoto
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Abstract
A liquid discharge apparatus includes an apparatus body, a holder, a stage, an exhaust fan, a suction port, and a partition. The holder holds a target object. The stage reciprocates while holding the holder that holds the target object. The exhaust fan generates an airflow. The suction port is disposed on a side portion of the holder to suck the airflow generated by the exhaust fan. The partition partitions an interior of the apparatus body into a space including the suction port and a space not including the suction port. The partition and the holder are arranged to form an airflow path toward the suction port between the partition and the holder.
Claims19
A liquid discharge apparatus comprising:
- an apparatus body;
- a holder to hold a target object;
- a stage to reciprocate while holding the holder that holds the target object;
- an exhaust fan to generate an airflow;
- a suction port disposed on a side portion of the holder to suck the airflow generated by the exhaust fan;
- and
- a partition partitioning an interior of the apparatus body into a space including the suction port and a space not including the suction port,
- the partition and the holder being arranged to form an airflow path toward the suction port between the partition and the holder.
A liquid discharge apparatus comprising:
- an apparatus body;
- a holder to hold a target object;
- a stage to reciprocate while holding the holder that holds the target object;
- an exhaust fan to generate an airflow;
- a suction port disposed on a side portion of the holder to suck the airflow generated by the exhaust fan;
- a liquid discharge head to discharge a liquid onto the target object;
- a carriage to hold the liquid discharge head;
- and
- a gap forming member to form a spatial gap between the holder and the gap forming member,
- a lower surface of the gap forming member being arranged at a position higher than a nozzle surface of the liquid discharge head.
A mist collection device comprising:
- an exhaust fan to generate an airflow;
- and
- a plurality of opening members arranged on a downstream side of the exhaust fan in a direction of the airflow generated by the exhaust fan,
- each of the plurality of opening members including an opening portion and a wall portion,
- at least a part of the opening portion of one opening member on an upstream side in the direction of the airflow out of adjacent two of the plurality of opening members being opposed to at least a part of the wall portion of another opening member on the downstream side in the direction of the airflow out of the adjacent two of the plurality of opening members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.