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US 5,883,653 AGranted
Ink jet recording device and head holder with ink reserve section having a plurality of reserve grooves
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorToyonori Sasaki
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Abstract
An ink jet recording device comprises an ink reserve section that includes a plurality of grooves in the bottom of a cartridge holding section of a head holder, which supports a recording head. Ink that may leak from the ink cartridge is held in the ink reserve section, and can be quickly dries by the capillary action of the grooves. This prevents the ink from spreading over the surface of the ink cartridge.
Claims22
An ink jet recording device, comprising:
- a recording head;
- a head holder for holding the recording head, the head holder having a connecting part connected to the recording head;
- an ink cartridge containing ink, the ink cartridge being removably mounted in said head holder and supplying the ink to the recording head, the ink cartridge comprising an ink supply port connected to the connecting part for connecting the ink cartridge to the recording head;
- an ink reserve section provided in said head holder, the ink reserve section having a plurality of reserve grooves for holding ink that leaks from said ink cartridge and for allowing the ink to dry;
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- an ink absorbing body positioned adjacent and substantially level with the reserve grooves such that the ink absorbing body and the reserve grooves form a flush surface, the ink absorbing body absorbing ink in the reserve grooves, wherein an end of at least one of the reserve grooves abuts the ink absorbing body.
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A head holder for mounting an ink cartridge containing ink, the head holder comprising:
- a cartridge holding section for receiving said ink cartridge therein, the cartridge holding section having a width;
- an ink leakage holding section provided in said cartridge holding section, the ink leakage holding section having a plurality of reserve grooves for holding ink that leaks from said ink cartridge when mounted in said cartridge holding section and for allowing the ink to dry, the plurality of reserve grooves being provided along the width of the cartridge holding section so that ink leakage is spread among the plurality of reserve grooves to enhance drying of the ink;
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- an ink absorbing body positioned adjacent and substantially level with the plurality of reserve grooves, to form a flush surface wherein an end of at least one of the reserve grooves abuts the ink absorbing body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.