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US 7,681,982 B2Granted
Ink jet recording apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorTomoji Suzuki
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AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorTomoji Suzuki
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An ink jet recording apparatus including: a cartridge mounting portion, on which an ink cartridge having a waste ink containing portion containable a waste ink can be mounted; a waste ink introduction portion, adapted to connect to a waste ink introduction port of the waste ink containing portion of the ink cartridge so as to introduce the waste ink; a waste ink introduction portion holder, supporting the waste ink introduction portion; and a cartridge moving mechanism, operable to move the ink cartridge to a cartridge replacement position, located on an outside of the cartridge mounting portion where the ink cartridge can be attached to or detached from the cartridge mounting portion, and a cartridge use position located on an inside of the cartridge mounting portion, wherein the waste ink introduction portion holder is constructed to move integrally with the ink cartridge between the cartridge replacement and the cartridge use position while the waste ink introduction portion is connected to the waste ink introduction port.
An ink jet recording apparatus comprising:
An ink jet recording apparatus comprising:
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By driving a fluid through the nozzles to the outside thereof, e.g. by applying pressure to the inside or vacuum at the outside of the print head:…
Caps, spittoons or covers for cleaning or preventing drying out: connected with the printer frame
Typewriters
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1. Technical Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an ink jet recording apparatus that has an ink supply needle, which is inserted into and connected to an ink outlet port of an ink cartridge, and a waste ink introduction needle, which is inserted into and connected to a waste ink introduction port of the ink cartridge, in a cartridge mounting portion, on which the ink cartridge is mounted.
2. Description of the Related Art
FIG. 1 is an exterior perspective view of an ink jet recording apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state where a roll paper cover and a mounting portion opening/closing cover of the ink jet recording apparatus shown in FIG. 1 are opened;
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state where a case is removed from the ink jet recording apparatus shown in FIG. 2;
An ink jet recording apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an exterior perspective view of an ink jet recording apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state where a roll paper cover and a mounting portion opening/closing cover of the ink jet recording apparatus shown in FIG. 1 are opened. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state where a case is removed from the ink jet recording apparatus shown in FIG. 2. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state where a front upper panel, a case cover, and so on of the ink jet recording apparatus shown in FIG. 1 are removed. FIG. 5 is an expanded perspective view of a cartridge mounting portion shown in FIG. 4. FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state where a mounting portion opening/closing cover of the cartridge mounting portion shown in FIG. 5 is opened. FIG. 7 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing the positional relationship between an ink cartridge and a waste ink introduction needle to be connected to the ink cartridge. FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view showing a connection structure of the ink cartridge to be mounted on the cartridge mounting portion shown in FIG. 2 and a waste ink introduction portion having the waste ink introduction needle to be connected to the ink cartridge. FIG. 9 is an explanatory view illustrating an engagement of the waste ink introduction portion and a cartridge attachment/detachment lever when the ink cartridge is located at a cartridge use position shown in FIG. 4. FIG. 10 is an explanatory view illustrating an engagement state of the waste ink introduction portion and the cartridge attachment/detachment lever when the ink cartridge is located at a cartridge replacement position shown in FIG. 6. FIG. 11 is an explanatory view of a cartridge movement detecting sensor that is provided in the cartridge mounting portion.
A printer (an ink jet recording apparatus) of this embodiment performs color printing on a roll paper using a plurality of color ink liquids. The printer is suitable for printing of discount coupons of a supermarket or the like.