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Ink jet recording apparatus with higher flexibility in layout of components
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorMasatoshi Sakakitani
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AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorMasatoshi Sakakitani
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An ink jet recording apparatus includes a recording head, a maintenance recovery unit for maintaining and recovering a state of the recording head, a waste liquid tank removably loaded to the maintenance recovery unit to store a waste liquid from the maintenance recovery unit, a shutter mechanism arranged between the maintenance recovery unit and the waste liquid tank and including a shutter member which moves between a closed position at which the maintenance recovery unit is isolated from the waste liquid tank and an open position at which the maintenance recovery unit is linked to the waste liquid tank and a close mechanism which causes the shutter member to stay at the closed position, and a holding member removably inserted to the ink jet recording apparatus in a first direction and causes the shutter member to move to the open position in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
An ink jet recording apparatus, comprising:
An ink jet recording apparatus, comprising:
A method for maintaining an ink jet recording apparatus including a recording head, a maintenance unit, a waste liquid tank, a shutter member and a holding member installable to or removable from the ink jet recording apparatus, said method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
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1. Field
This patent specification describes an ink jet recording apparatus, and more particularly an ink jet recording apparatus with a high degree of flexibility in layout of components included therein.
2. Discussion of the Background
A more complete appreciation of the disclosure and many of the attendant advantages thereof will be readily obtained as the same becomes better understood by reference to the following detailed description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
FIG. 1 is a cross section view of an ink jet copier according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a maintenance recovery unit and a waste liquid tank included in the ink jet copier shown in FIG. 1;
In describing preferred embodiments illustrated in the drawings, specific terminology is employed for the sake of clarity. However, the disclosure of this patent specification is not intended to be limited to the specific terminology so selected and it is to be understood that each specific element includes all technical equivalents that operate in a similar manner. Referring now to the drawings, wherein like reference numerals designate identical or corresponding parts throughout the several views, particularly to FIG. 1, an ink jet copier according to a preferred embodiment is described.
A general configuration of an ink jet copier 100 which serves as an ink jet recording apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure is described below referring to drawings.
FIG. 1 is a cross section view of the ink jet copier 100. A direction perpendicular to the cross section view is a main scanning direction of the ink jet copier 100.