Liquid discharge apparatus and liquid discharging method
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsHitoshi Kida, Ryuji Higashi, Tomomasa Kajita
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Abstract
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid chamber including a nozzle plate having a nozzle hole, a supply unit to supply a liquid to the liquid chamber, a valve disposed in the liquid chamber, and a valve conveyor to move the valve. When the liquid is to be discharged and when the liquid is not to be discharged, the liquid is supplied from the liquid chamber to the nozzle hole. An amount of the liquid to be supplied to the nozzle hole when the liquid is not to be discharged is smaller than an amount of the liquid to be supplied to the nozzle hole when the liquid is to be discharged.
Claims18
A liquid discharge apparatus comprising:
- a liquid chamber including a nozzle plate having a nozzle hole;
- a supply unit to supply a liquid to the liquid chamber;
- a valve disposed in the liquid chamber;
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- a valve conveyor to move the valve,
- wherein when the liquid is to be discharged and when the liquid is not to be discharged, the liquid is supplied from the liquid chamber to the nozzle hole, and
- wherein an amount of the liquid to be supplied to the nozzle hole when the liquid is not to be discharged is smaller than an amount of the liquid to be supplied to the nozzle hole when the liquid is to be discharged.
A method of discharging a liquid, the method comprising
- supplying the liquid from a liquid chamber to a nozzle hole of a nozzle plate when the liquid is to be discharged and when the liquid is not to be discharged,
- wherein an amount of the liquid to be supplied to the nozzle hole when the liquid is not to be discharged is smaller than an amount of the liquid to be supplied to the nozzle hole when the liquid is to be discharged.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.