Inkjet recording apparatus
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorsTakuma ARAKI, Yuna NIIMI
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Abstract
An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head, a tank, and a liquid flow passage. The recording head has a plurality of nozzles through which ink is ejected onto a recording medium. The tank temporarily stores the ink fed from a container and feeds the stored ink to the recording head. The liquid flow passage connects together the container and the tank and, through it, the ink circulates. The liquid flow passage includes a feed flow passage and a branch flow passage. The feed flow passage is connected to a bottom part of the tank and feeds the ink from the container to the tank. The branch flow passage branches off the feed flow passage and is connected to a top part of the container. The branch flow passage is transparent.
Claims4
An inkjet recording apparatus comprising:
- a recording head that has a plurality of nozzles through which ink is ejected onto a recording medium;
- a tank that temporarily stores the ink fed from a container, the tank feeding the ink stored therein to the recording head;
- and
- a liquid flow passage that connects together the container and the tank, the ink circulating through the liquid flow passage,
- wherein
- the liquid flow passage includes:
- a feed flow passage that is connected to a bottom part of the tank and that feeds the ink from the container to the tank;
- and
- a branch flow passage that branches off the feed flow passage and that is connected to a top part of the container, and
- the branch flow passage is transparent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.