Inkjet recording apparatus
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorKenichi Satake
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Abstract
An inkjet recording apparatus is provided, which includes a plurality of recording heads that record an image on a recording medium by ink ejected from the inkjet nozzles and a plurality of wiper members, each arranged corresponding to each recording head, and performing cleaning of a nozzle face of each recording head by moving relative to each recording head. Timing at which at least one of the wiper members abuts against one recording head is different from another timing at which another wiper member differing from the one wiper member abutting against the one recording head abuts against another recording head.
Claims10
An inkjet recording apparatus, comprising:
- a plurality of recording heads each including a nozzle face in which inkjet nozzles are formed and recording an image on a recording medium by ink ejected from the inkjet nozzles;
- and
- a plurality of wiper members, each arranged corresponding to each recording head, and performing cleaning of the nozzle face of each recording head by moving relative to each recording head,
- wherein the wiper members move in a wiping direction along nozzle faces after respective front ends of the wiper members abut against the recording heads, and timing at which at least one of the wiper members abuts against one recording head is different from another timing at which another wiper member differing from the one wiper member abutting against the one recording head abuts against another recording head, and
- wherein the plurality of recording heads are formed to extend in a width direction perpendicular to a conveying direction of the recording medium and are arranged sequentially in the conveying direction, and the plurality of wiper members move in the conveying direction.
An inkjet recording apparatus, comprising:
- a plurality of recording heads each including a nozzle face in which inkjet nozzles are formed and recording an image on a recording medium by ink ejected from the inkjet nozzles;
- and
- a plurality of wiper members, each arranged corresponding to each recording head, and performing cleaning of the nozzle face of each recording head by moving relative to each recording head,
- wherein the wiper members move in a wiping direction along nozzle faces after respective front ends of the wiper members abut against the recording heads, and timing at which at least one of the wiper members abuts against one recording head is different from another timing at which another wiper member differing from the one wiper member abutting against the one recording head abuts against another recording head, and
- wherein the plurality of recording heads are formed to extend in a width direction perpendicular to a conveying direction of the recording medium and are arranged sequentially in the conveying direction, and the plurality of wiper members move in the width direction.
An inkjet recording apparatus, comprising:
- a plurality of recording heads each including a nozzle face in which inkjet nozzles are formed and recording an image on a recording medium by ink ejected from the inkjet nozzles;
- a plurality of wiper members, each arranged corresponding to each recording head, and performing cleaning of the nozzle face of each recording head by moving relative to each recording head;
- a wiper movement unit that moves the wiper members in unison in a wiping direction along nozzle surfaces;
- and
- a single drive source configured to drive the wiper movement unit,
- wherein the wiper members move in the wiping direction after respective front ends of the wiper members abut against the recording heads, and timing at which at least one of the wiper members abuts against one recording head is different from another timing at which another wiper member differing from the one wiper member abutting against the one recording head abuts against another recording head, and
- wherein the drive source drives the wiper movement unit to cause the plurality of wiper members to perform wiping of the plurality of the recording heads.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.