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20080259116 | RECORDING APPARATUS - There is provided a recording apparatus including a recording head which includes a nozzle plate having conductive property including an opening and for ejecting ink toward a medium to be recorded from the opening, an absorbing member disposed so as to oppose the nozzle plate in the ejecting direction of the ink from the recording head and for absorbing the ink not adhered to the medium to be recorded, an electrode disposed so as to make contact with the absorbing member, and an electric potential difference generator for generating an electric potential difference between the nozzle plate and the electrode and electrically attracting the ink not adhered to the medium to be recorded toward the electrode side. The electric potential difference generator generates an electric potential difference so that the magnitude of the electric potential difference is varied in accordance with a distance between a portion of the absorbing member to which the ink is absorbed and the nozzle plate. | 10-23-2008 |
20080266351 | PRINTHEAD ARRANGEMENT HAVING A MAINTENANCE ASSEMBLY WITH A MOLDING TO FACILITATE VENTILATION - Provided is a printhead arrangement for an inkjet printer. The arrangement has a maintenance assembly operatively positioned adjacent a printhead. The maintenance assembly includes a maintenance chassis and a lower maintenance molding having air vents to facilitate ventilation of the printhead. The assembly also includes a retainer insert provided to fit within the chassis to provide added rigidity to the maintenance assembly, and an upper maintenance molding to enclose absorbent material within the retainer insert. | 10-30-2008 |
20080291237 | PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY HAVING A WICKING ELEMENT AND A PRINTHEAD MAINTENANCE STATION - Provided is a printhead assembly that includes a support structure and a printhead mounted on the support structure, said printhead having an ink ejection face. The assembly also includes a print media guide proximate the support structure for guiding print media past the printhead for printing, and a wicking element mounted on the support structure between the support structure and the print media guide. Further included is a pad with an angled contact surface to facilitate the transfer of ink from the printhead to the wicking element, as well as a printhead maintenance station. The maintenance station has a body defining an elongate slot along a length thereof, said pad slidably mounted inside said body to be slidable to a first position, where the pad protrudes from the slot, and a second position, where the pad is inside the body. | 11-27-2008 |
20080291238 | PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY WITH A PRINTHEAD MAINTENANCE STATION - Provided is a printhead assembly that includes a support structure with a printhead mounted on the support structure, said printhead having an ink ejection face, and a print media guide proximate the support structure for guiding print media past the printhead for printing. Also included is a wicking element mounted on the support structure between the support structure and the print media guide, as well as a printhead maintenance station configured to facilitate the transferral of ink from the printhead to the wicking element. | 11-27-2008 |
20080303859 | MAINTENANCE ASSEMBLY FOR A PAGEWIDTH PRINTER HAVING A MOTORIZED DRIVE - A maintenance assembly for a pagewidth printer, said assembly operatively mounted between posts of a main body of the printer so that the maintenance assembly is positioned adjacent a printhead assembly of the printer. The maintenance assembly includes a maintenance chassis defining tongue portions and having ends which are shaped to fit over the posts of the main body to secure the maintenance assembly in position, and a retainer element operatively engaging the chassis. Also included are a lower molding and an upper molding operatively fast with each other to sandwich an absorbent insert between them, the moldings in turn sandwiched between the chassis and retainer element, and a motorized drive for moving the maintenance chassis between a capped position and an uncapped position to facilitate wiping the printhead of the printer. | 12-11-2008 |
20090002434 | PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY WITH A WICKING ELEMENT - Provided is a printhead assembly having a support structure with a printhead mounted on the support structure, said printhead having an ink ejection face, and a print media guide proximate the support structure for guiding print media past the printhead for printing. The assembly also includes a wicking element mounted on the support structure between the support structure and the print media guide. An ink collector is arranged on the wicking element for receiving ink that has wicked through the wicking element to ensure that wicked ink is removed away from the printhead. | 01-01-2009 |
20090033709 | Inkjet printing device having rotating platen - An inkjet printing device is disclosed. The inkjet printing device includes a rotating platen. The platen has disposed on part of the surface of the platen an ink absorbing member. | 02-05-2009 |
20090033710 | INKJET PRINTER HAVING AN INKJET PRINTHEAD AND A ROTATING PLATEN - An inkjet printer is disclosed. The printer has an inkjet printhead and a rotating platen. The platen has disposed on part of the surface of the platen an ink absorbing member. | 02-05-2009 |
20090033711 | ROTATING PLATEN - A rotating platen for an inkjet printing device is disclosed. The platen includes an ink absorbing member disposed on part of the surface of the platen. | 02-05-2009 |
20090033712 | ROTATABLE PLATEN - A rotatable platen for use in an inkjet printing device. The platen is arranged to rotate about a rotational axis and has a functional outer surface around the rotational axis. The surface has first and second portions. The first portion is adapted to support print media during a printing operation. The second portion is a printhead servicing region, which includes a stationary ink absorbing member | 02-05-2009 |
20090033713 | METHOD OF OPERATING INKJET PRINTER - A method of operating an inkjet printer having a printhead and a rotatable platen. The platen has an ink absorbing member disposed in its outer surface. The method includes the steps of: (i) positioning the ink absorbing member adjacent the printhead; (ii) ejecting ink droplets from the printhead so that the ink droplets are received by the ink absorbing member; (iii) rotating the platen to an angular position wherein a print media supporting portion of the platen is adjacent the printhead; and (iv) feeding print media past the printhead and printing onto the print media. | 02-05-2009 |
20090085964 | CAPPING UNIT AND INK JET RECORDING UNIT - A capping unit is detachably mountable to an ink jet recording head. The ink jet recording head has an ejection outlet surface provided with ejection outlets for ejecting ink. The capping unit includes: a liquid-absorbing member provided with a projection contactable to a periphery of an area, in which the ejection outlets are formed, on the ejection outlet surface so as to form a gap between the area and the liquid-absorbing chamber; and a capping member including an engaging portion and an elastic portion for contacting a rear surface opposite from a surface on which the projection of said liquid-absorbing member is formed to press said liquid-absorbing member against the ejection outlet surface. | 04-02-2009 |
20090085965 | Inkjet printer - An inkjet printer is provided. The inkjet printer includes: an inkjet head which ejects ink toward a surface of a recording medium; a platen provided opposed to the inkjet head to support the recording medium from an opposite side of the inkjet head; and an absorber provided opposed to the inkjet head at the same side as the platen with respect to the recording medium supported by the platen. The absorber includes a plurality of regions different in absorption rate from one another in a plan view observed from a normal direction of the recording medium supported by the platen. | 04-02-2009 |
20090109257 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A fluid ejecting apparatus that ejects a fluid includes a head that ejects the fluid, a first moisturizing cap device that covers the head to moisturize the head, and a first moisturizing liquid supply portion that supplies, to the first moisturizing cap device, a first moisturizing liquid for moisturizing the head when the first moisturizing cap device covers the head. The first moisturizing liquid supply portion has a first tank that stores the first moisturizing liquid. The first moisturizing cap device has a first moisturizing liquid storage portion that stores the first moisturizing liquid to be supplied from the first moisturizing liquid supply portion. The first moisturizing liquid supply portion supplies the first moisturizing liquid stored in the first tank to the first moisturizing cap device in accordance with a water head difference between the first moisturizing liquid stored in the first tank and the first moisturizing liquid storage portion. | 04-30-2009 |
20090184997 | DROPLET DISCHARGE DEVICE - A droplet discharge device includes: a droplet discharge head attached to a carriage, a stage placing a substrate thereon, and a moisture adsorption device disposed adjacent to the droplet discharge head. In the device, a droplet of a functional liquid containing a functional material is sequentially discharged from the droplet discharge head to the substrate so as to draw a pattern on a surface of the substrate while the droplet discharge head moves relative to the substrate. | 07-23-2009 |
20090207205 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising nozzles capable of ejecting a liquid onto a medium, a rotational drum including a circumferential surface having a holding area for holding the medium and a non-holding area provided with an opening, wherein the circumferential surface rotates while facing the nozzles, and an absorptive drum which is provided inside the rotational drum which is capable of absorbing the liquid ejected from the nozzles toward the opening of the outer circumference in order to perform a flushing operation. | 08-20-2009 |
20090244170 | INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet printer comprising a printhead for allowing ink to be ejected from a nozzle portion to form an image on a recording medium, a cap member switchable between a sealing position for sealing nozzle surfaces of the nozzle portion and a free position where the cap member is moved away from the nozzle surfaces, and a closing mechanism for closing an opening of the cap member located in the free position. | 10-01-2009 |
20090262162 | Liquid ejecting apparatus and platen unit - There is provided a liquid ejecting apparatus including: a liquid ejecting head that has a conductive nozzle plate and discharges liquid from openings of the nozzle plate to recording material; an absorbing member that is arranged opposite the nozzle plate in a direction in which the liquid is discharged and has electrical conductivity to absorb liquid not attached to the recording material; an electrode member that is adjacent to a rear face of a face facing the nozzle plate in the absorbing member; and a potential difference generating means that generates a potential difference between the nozzle plate and the electrode member to electrically attract the liquid toward the electrode member. | 10-22-2009 |
20090278885 | Printhead Maintenance Station Having Contact Pad With Sloping Profile - A printhead maintenance station for maintaining a printhead in an operable condition. The maintenance station comprises an elastically deformable pad having a contact surface for sealing contact with nozzles in an ink ejection face of the printhead. The contact surface has a sloping profile. The maintenance station has a motor and cam arrangement for moving the pad substantially perpendicularly with respect to the ink ejection face. The pad moves from a first position in which the contact surface is sealingly contacted with the nozzles to a second position in which the contact surface is disengaged from the face. The movement and the sloping profile of the pad causes the contact surface to be peeled away from the face during disengagement. | 11-12-2009 |
20090303281 | BLOTTING FILLISTER STRUCTURE AND PAPER CARRYING APPARATUS - A blotting fillister structure including a first side, a second side and a blotting area is provided. The first side has a first lead-angle surface. The second side opposite to the first side has a second lead-angle surface. The blotting area is located between the first side and the second side. A width of the first lead-angle surface is greater than a width of the second lead-angle surface. | 12-10-2009 |
20100026756 | DEVICE FOR CLEANING WIPING ELEMENTS FOR AN INK PRINT HEAD - A device cleans wiping elements for an ink print head of an ink dispensing apparatus that has a print carriage on whose base plate a stripper element is integrally formed, an immovably situated wiping lip mount that supports wiping lips that are cleaned by the stripper element. At least one ink absorber is situated in a holder, close to the rear side of a cowling carriage of the ink printing apparatus. The stripper element of the print carriage is located opposite the at least one ink absorber during the maintenance interval, in a position that is reached when a segment of the stripper element of the print carriage comes to abut the entraining hook of the cowling carriage. The at least one ink absorber designed for cleaning the stripper element is pushed partially over the stripper element by movement of the cowling carriage. | 02-04-2010 |
20100079537 | HEAD CAP AND INK-JET PRINTER - A head cap, including: a bottom plate portion which has a bottom surface opposed to a liquid-droplets ejecting surface of a liquid-droplets ejecting head and through which a through hole is formed; a projecting portion which functions as a side wall, which extends from the bottom plate portion so as to define a recessed portion with the bottom plate portion, and whose distal end contacts with a surrounding of a liquid-droplets ejecting area formed in the liquid-droplets ejecting surface so as to enclose the liquid-droplets ejecting area; a liquid holding member which covers at least a part of the bottom surface and which holds a liquid by a holding force determined on the basis of a frictional force with respect to the liquid and a capillary force, wherein the liquid holding member includes (a) a first area contacting with an opening portion of the through hole in the bottom surface and (b) a second area located further from the opening portion than the first area, and wherein the holding force of the first area is larger than that of the second area. | 04-01-2010 |
20100085399 | TRAY INSERT FOR AN INK TRAY OF A PRODUCTION PRINTING SYSTEM - Tray inserts are disclosed for production printing systems. The tray inserts rest in ink trays and hold ink absorbing elements. The tray inserts and ink absorbing elements collect ink when printheads print outside of the margin of a printable medium, or otherwise discharge ink that does not contact the medium, such as during a cleaning cycle. When the ink absorbing elements become saturated and excess ink collects in the tray inserts, the tray inserts may be lifted vertically out of the ink trays and the ink absorbing elements may be removed from the tray inserts. The excess ink may then be dumped or otherwise cleaned from the tray inserts. In one embodiment, the tray inserts include drains which are used to empty the excess ink. | 04-08-2010 |
20100085400 | INK TRAY OF A PRODUCTION PRINTING SYSTEM HAVING AN OPEN BOTTOM SECTION - Production printing systems are disclosed. The production printing system comprises a printhead array operable to discharge ink to print on a printable medium, and an ink tray that is affixed in the printing system facing the printhead array. The ink tray has a bottom section that is open. The production printing system further comprises a tray insert adapted to rest in the ink tray and to be lifted from the ink tray, and an ink absorbing element adapted to rest in the tray insert and operable to absorb ink that is discharged from the printhead array when the ink does not contact the printable medium. With the tray insert removed from the ink tray, the printhead array is visible through the bottom of the ink tray so that the printheads may be inspected or cleaned. | 04-08-2010 |
20100118083 | WASTE LIQUID RECOVERY APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A waste liquid recovery apparatus includes a container body; a liquid absorbing body which is accommodated in the container body and absorbs liquid discharged as a waste liquid; and a sealing member which seals the container body, wherein a first space into which liquid is discharged from a liquid ejecting head and a second space which links with the outside through a ventilation hole formed in the sealing member are formed in a space closed by the container body and the sealing body, and the first space and the second space are connected with each other at the ventilation hole side. | 05-13-2010 |
20100118084 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A fluid ejecting apparatus includes: a fluid ejecting head which includes nozzle rows each having a plurality of nozzles and ejects a fluid onto a medium, the fluid ejecting apparatus being capable of performing a flushing operation in which the fluid is ejected to an absorbing member used to absorb the fluid ejected from the nozzles, wherein the absorbing member is a linear member which extends along the nozzle row and is capable of relatively moving to a position retracted from a flying path of the fluid ejected from the nozzles. | 05-13-2010 |
20100134557 | PLATEN AND IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - A platen for supporting a reverse surface of a recording medium under a recording head capable of performing image recording with ink droplets on the recording medium, which is conveyed along a specified direction in a main body of an inkjet recording apparatus. The platen comprises an ink receiving portion which receives ink and an ink guiding portion. The ink guiding portion guides the ink received by the ink receiving portion to an ink absorbing member. Specifically, the ink guiding portion guides the ink to an ink guide groove provided in an upper surface of a placement portion, on which the ink absorbing member is placed. | 06-03-2010 |
20100141705 | COMPACT WASTE INK ABSORBER FACILITATING FLUID EVAPORATION - A waste ink absorber and evaporator for an inkjet printing system includes a body of porous capillary medium that wicks liquid ink to an outer surface having several corrugations that form an evaporative outer surface area of the body of porous capillary medium. | 06-10-2010 |
20100171789 | NOZZLE CAPPING DEVICE OF INKJET PRINTER - Provided is a nozzle capping device of an inkjet printer including a cap covering a nozzle chip of an inkjet head, and a humidity supply unit supplying humidity to an inner space formed by the cap covering the nozzle chip and the inkjet head. | 07-08-2010 |
20100188459 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING SPLATTER FOR CONTINUOUS PRINTING - An apparatus and method for liquid-phase dispensing of layers onto a substrate of an electronic device. An absorbent material reduces or eliminates splatter of printing material on the substrate during continuous printing operations. The absorbent material can be regenerated by exposure of new surface area or vacuum drawing of printing material through the absorbent material. | 07-29-2010 |
20100194820 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND FLUID EJECTING METHOD - A fluid ejecting apparatus includes: a rotating body which rotates while holding a medium at its circumferential surface; a fluid ejecting section which ejects fluid toward the medium such that a margin is not formed at an end portion of the medium on the circumferential surface in an axial direction of the rotating body; an absorber which absorbs fluid which has come out of the end portion of the medium on the circumferential surface in the axial direction, out of fluid ejected from the fluid ejecting section, at a position further outside than the end portion; and a rotating body driving mechanism for rotating the rotating body, which drives the rotating body such that driving force by the rotating body driving mechanism is not transmitted to the absorber. | 08-05-2010 |
20100201738 | LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS - A liquid discharge apparatus includes: nozzles discharging liquid; a liquid discharge head including nozzle arrays where the nozzles are arranged in one direction; a liquid adsorbent adsorbing liquid attached to a portion of the liquid discharge head where the nozzle arrays are formed; a moving means for relatively moving the liquid adsorbent in an arrangement direction of the nozzles; support rollers supporting the liquid adsorbent so as to allow the liquid adsorbent to rotate; a rotating shaft corresponding to the axis of rotation of the support roller and being rotated in a normal or reverse direction by using the relative movement of the liquid adsorbent, which is caused by the moving means, as a source of power; and a reverse rotation preventing means for transmitting the normal rotation of the rotating shaft to the support roller and not transmitting the reverse rotation of the rotating shaft to the support roller. | 08-12-2010 |
20100271421 | MAINTENANCE ASSEMBLY FOR PAGEWIDTH PRINTHEAD - A maintenance assembly for a pagewidth printer mounted between posts of a main body of the printer and positioned adjacent a printhead assembly of the printer includes a maintenance chassis defining tongue portions and having ends shaped to fit over the posts of the main body to secure the maintenance assembly in position; a retainer element operatively engaging the chassis; and a lower molding and an upper molding operatively fast with each other to sandwich an absorbent insert between them, the moldings in turn sandwiched between the chassis and retainer element, the maintenance assembly for wiping the printhead of the printer. The lower maintenance molding is made from a plastic material and forms a body having closed ends and an open top, the ends of the lower maintenance molding defining air vents to facilitate ventilation of the maintenance assembly. | 10-28-2010 |
20100295894 | INKJET PRINTER HAVING ROTATABLE SERVICING MEMBER - An inkjet printer includes an inkjet printhead and a servicing assembly. The servicing assembly includes a rotatable elongate servicing member arranged to rotate about an axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the printhead. The rotatable elongate servicing member integrally comprises a plurality of radially disposed elongate working surfaces which rotate with the servicing member to service the printhead. One of the working surfaces comprises a blotting material. | 11-25-2010 |
20110025756 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a recording head which discharges ink, an ink absorbing member which receives ink uselessly ejected by the recording head, directly from the recording head, or indirectly through another member, and a vibration application unit which applies vibration to the ink absorbing member. | 02-03-2011 |
20110032305 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes: a recording head that ejects ink; a sheet material that receives ink discarded from the recording head directly from the recording head or indirectly via another member; an ink absorption material that absorbs ink, and includes an ink absorption surface that forms a surface that intersects with an ink receiving surface of the sheet material that receives ink, and faces the ink receiving surface; and a sheet material movement unit that causes the sheet material to slide in at least a direction in which the ink receiving surface approaches the ink absorption surface. | 02-10-2011 |
20110050800 | LIQUID RECEIVING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid receiving apparatus includes a liquid receiving member that receives first liquid discharged from a liquid ejecting head and stores second liquid, thereby suppressing the first liquid from being precipitated. An upper portion of the liquid receiving member is opened. An absorbing member in the liquid receiving member contacts stored liquid containing the second liquid stored in the liquid receiving member and absorbs the stored liquid and the discharged first liquid. A liquid level lowering suppressing unit partitions the liquid receiving member into a first region in which an upper portion is covered by the absorbing member and second regions in which upper portions are not covered and suppresses the liquid level in the first region from lowering until the liquid level of the stored liquid in the second regions lowers to threshold height when the liquid level of the stored liquid is lowered. | 03-03-2011 |
20110057989 | INKJET PRINTING DEVICE HAVING ROTATING PLATEN - An inkjet printing device is disclosed. The inkjet printing device includes a rotating platen. The platen has disposed on part of the surface of the platen an ink absorbing member. | 03-10-2011 |
20110063363 | INKJET PRINTER HAVING AN INKJET PRINTHEAD AND A ROTATING PLATEN - An inkjet printer is disclosed. The printer has an inkjet printhead and a rotating platen. The platen has disposed on part of the surface of the platen an ink absorbing member. | 03-17-2011 |
20110063364 | ROTATING PLATEN - A rotating platen for an inkjet printing device is disclosed. The platen includes an ink absorbing member disposed on part of the surface of the platen. | 03-17-2011 |
20110063365 | METHOD OF OPERATING AN INKJET PRINTER - A method of operating an inkjet printer having an inkjet printhead and a rotating platen is disclosed. The platen has disposed on part of the surface of the platen an ink absorbing member and a print media supporting area for supporting print media being printed on. The method includes rotating the platen to place the ink absorbing member in an ink ejection path of the printhead, and receiving ink from the printhead by the ink absorbing member. | 03-17-2011 |
20110080445 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head that has a nozzle forming surface on which nozzles for ejecting liquid are opened and which is provided so as to be inclined, a cleaning unit that executes a cleaning process of discharging liquid through the nozzles on the nozzle forming surface, and an absorbing member that is capable of absorbing the liquid and is arranged on a side position of the liquid ejecting head which is lower in the gravity direction in a direction of inclination of the nozzle forming surface. | 04-07-2011 |
20110080446 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS - Provided is a fluid ejecting apparatus including: a fluid ejecting head which includes a plurality of nozzle rows formed of arranged nozzles ejecting a fluid onto a medium; linear fluid absorbing members which extend along the nozzle row, which are fewer in number than the nozzle rows, and which are disposed between the medium and the fluid ejecting head so as to absorb the fluid; and a movement mechanism which moves the fluid absorbing member to a position opposite the nozzle row by moving the fluid absorbing member relative to the fluid ejecting head. | 04-07-2011 |
20110080447 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS - Provided is a fluid ejecting apparatus including: a fluid ejecting head which includes a nozzle row formed of a plurality of nozzles ejecting a fluid; a linear fluid absorbing member which extends along the nozzle row, and is movable between a position of receiving the fluid ejected from the nozzles and a position retreating from a flying path of the fluid; and a vibration suppressing member which damps vibration of the fluid absorbing member. | 04-07-2011 |
20110080448 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS - Provided is a fluid ejecting apparatus including: a fluid ejecting head which includes a nozzle row formed of a plurality of nozzles ejecting a fluid; a transportation device which transports a medium; and a linear fluid absorbing member which extends along the nozzle row and is relatively movable between a flushing position receiving the fluid ejected from the nozzles and a retreat position retreating from a flying path of the fluid, wherein the fluid absorbing member is disposed between the fluid ejecting head and the medium at the flushing position and the retreat position, and wherein the fluid absorbing member is inclined at the retreat position with respect to an upstream end of the transportation direction of the medium onto which the fluid is ejected. | 04-07-2011 |
20110102498 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND MAINTENANCE METHOD - A fluid ejecting apparatus including: a fluid ejection head configured to eject fluid from a plurality of nozzles; a medium supporting member configured to support a medium at a position opposing the fluid ejection head, a thread-type fluid absorbing member configured to absorb the fluid ejected from the nozzles; and a moving mechanism configured to cause the fluid absorbing member to move between a first position opposing the nozzles between the fluid ejection head and the medium supporting member and a second position farther from a nozzle surface of the fluid ejection head than a transporting area of the medium, wherein the fluid is ejected from the nozzles to the fluid absorbing member at the first position. | 05-05-2011 |
20110102499 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS - Provided is a fluid ejecting apparatus including: a linear absorbing member which is disposed so as to face two or more nozzle rows adjacent to each other in a direction intersecting an extension direction of the nozzle rows while extending from one end of the nozzle row in the extension direction and being reversed at the other end thereof and to be turned back in a manner of reciprocating at least once in the extension direction, and absorbs the fluid ejected from the nozzles; a first movement mechanism which moves the absorbing member in a direction intersecting the extension direction of the nozzle row; and a second movement mechanism which moves the absorbing member while turning back the absorbing member so as to reciprocate at least once in the extension direction of the nozzle row. | 05-05-2011 |
20110102500 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS - Provided is a fluid ejecting apparatus including: a plurality of nozzle rows which is arranged in the direction intersecting the extension direction of nozzles; a linear absorbing member which is suspended while being parallel to the nozzle rows or inclined with respect to the nozzle rows at a predetermined angle; a first movement section which relatively moves at least one of the absorbing member and the nozzle rows in the direction intersecting the nozzle rows; and a control section which performs a flushing process in which a fluid is selectively ejected from the nozzles facing the absorbing member toward the absorbing member while moving the absorbing member using the first movement section. | 05-05-2011 |
20110102501 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head ejecting liquid from nozzles thereof formed on a nozzle formation surface onto a target that is being transported; and a rotating member rotatably disposed opposite the nozzle formation surface, the rotating member having a supporting surface for supporting the target and an absorbing surface for absorbing the liquid ejected from the nozzle. The rotating member has such a configuration that a first maximum length from a rotational center to the absorbing surface is longer than a second maximum length from the rotational center to the supporting surface. | 05-05-2011 |
20110115847 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS - Provided is a fluid ejecting apparatus including a fluid ejecting head which includes a nozzle surface having a plurality of opening ends of nozzles arranged thereon and ejects a fluid from the nozzles to a medium, the fluid ejecting apparatus being capable of performing a flushing process in which the fluid is ejected from the nozzles to an absorbing member absorbing the fluid, wherein the absorbing member is a linear member which extends along a nozzle row formed by arranging the plurality of nozzles in a line, and wherein the fluid ejecting apparatus further includes a first movement mechanism which moves the absorbing member between a flushing position facing the nozzles and a retreat position retreating from the nozzle surface in a direction opposite to the fluid ejecting direction. | 05-19-2011 |
20110115848 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS - Provided is a fluid ejecting apparatus including: a fluid ejecting head which has nozzle rows formed by a plurality of nozzles and ejects a fluid to a medium; an absorbing member absorbs the fluid that is ejected from the nozzles during a flushing process, and is a linear member which extends along a nozzle row; a first movement mechanism which relatively moves the absorbing member in a direction intersecting the extension direction of the nozzle rows between a retreat position where the absorbing member retreats from the ejection direction of the fluid ejected from the nozzles and a flushing position where the absorbing member overlaps with the ejection direction; and an accommodating portion which is formed on the fluid ejecting head and accommodates the absorbing member at the retreat position. | 05-19-2011 |
20110164088 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND PLATEN UNIT - There is provided a liquid ejecting apparatus including: a liquid ejecting head that has a conductive nozzle plate and discharges liquid from openings of the nozzle plate to recording material; an absorbing member that is arranged opposite the nozzle plate in a direction in which the liquid is discharged and has electrical conductivity to absorb liquid not attached to the recording material; an electrode member that is adjacent to a rear face of a face facing the nozzle plate in the absorbing member; and a potential difference generating means that generates a potential difference between the nozzle plate and the electrode member to electrically attract the liquid toward the electrode member. | 07-07-2011 |
20110199428 | Fluid Ejecting Apparatus, Method of Maintaining Fluid Ejecting Apparatus, and Method of Driving Tube Pump - When a real absorption operation is performed many times as one maintenance operation, a starting position of a roller member when performing a real absorption operation is adjusted by performing an idle absorption operation on at least one side before and after each real absorption operation. | 08-18-2011 |
20110254895 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A fluid ejecting apparatus includes a fluid ejecting head and a fluid receiver. The fluid ejecting head has an ejection face in which a plurality of nozzles for ejecting fluid is formed. The ejection face is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane. The fluid receiver receives the fluid discharged from the fluid ejecting head. The fluid receiver includes a holding portion that holds an absorbing member. The absorbing member absorbs the fluid. A fluid reservoir is formed in the fluid receiver. The fluid reservoir can contain the fluid, thereby offering a fluid-retaining function that is different from the retention of the fluid due to absorption by the absorbing member. | 10-20-2011 |
20110273511 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING LIQUID-EJECTION RECORDING HEAD - An image forming apparatus includes a carriage movable in a main scanning direction in the image forming apparatus; a recording head mounted on the carriage to eject droplets; a maintenance unit disposed outboard of a recording area in the main scanning direction of the carriage and including a first liquid receptacle to collect droplets not used for image formation; a first space provided between the recording area and the maintenance unit; and a first sloped member provided at a side of the first space close to the maintenance unit. The sloped member has a sloped portion inclined downwardly from an upper side toward a lateral side close to the recording area to guide droplet mist generated by ejection of droplets from the head to a lower part of the first space with movement of the carriage from a position facing the maintenance unit to a position facing the recording area. | 11-10-2011 |
20110279526 | MAINTENANCE APPARATUS HAVING ROTATABLE WIPER FOR PRINTHEAD - A maintenance apparatus for a printhead, the apparatus having a rotatable shaft; a porous material about the shaft; and a mechanism for rotating the shaft so that the porous material rotates against the printhead, the porous material being configured to absorb fluid from the printhead during the rotation. | 11-17-2011 |
20110279527 | MAINTENANCE APPARATUS HAVING ROTATABLE PRINTHEAD WIPER WITH SCRAPER - A maintenance apparatus for a printhead, the apparatus having: a porous member for rotatably contacting the printhead to absorb particulates from the printhead; and a scraper for contacting the porous member to remove the absorbed particulates from the porous member during the rotation. | 11-17-2011 |
20110279528 | MAINTENANCE APPARATUS HAVING MULTIPLE FLUID ABSORBERS FOR PRINTHEAD - A maintenance apparatus for a printhead, the apparatus having a first porous member for contacting the printhead to absorb fluid from the printhead; and a second porous member for contacting the first porous member to absorb fluid from the first porous member. | 11-17-2011 |
20110285784 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS - Provided is a fluid ejecting apparatus including a fluid ejecting head that has a nozzle row made of a plurality of nozzles and ejects fluid from the nozzle row. The fluid ejecting apparatus includes a line-shaped absorbing member that is provided to extend along the nozzle row and absorbs the fluid ejected from the nozzles at a position opposite the nozzles, and a retraction unit that retracts the absorbing member from the position opposite the nozzles by abutting on the absorbing member. The absorbing member is positioned at the position opposite the nozzles when the retraction unit does not abut on the absorbing member. | 11-24-2011 |
20110285785 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A fluid ejecting apparatus includes a line-shaped absorbing member that extends along a nozzle row and absorbs fluid ejected from nozzles, a head moving mechanism that moves a fluid ejecting head between a standby position and a flushing position, and an absorbing member moving mechanism that moves the absorbing member between the flushing position and the standby position. As the fluid ejecting head is moved from the standby position to the flushing position, the absorbing member is moved from the standby position to the flushing position. | 11-24-2011 |
20120062647 | RECOVERY APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A recovery apparatus for recovering an ejection state of an ejection opening is disclosed. The recovery apparatus includes a cap member to seal an ejection surface of a droplet ejection head for ejecting a droplet from the ejection opening, and an absorber mounted in the cap member and to absorb ink attached to the ejection surface, so that the ink within a sealed space is suctioned and discharged. The absorber includes, when the ejection surface is sealed with the cap member, a first absorbing part to face the ejection surface at a first side where the ejection opening is provided through a first gap and a second absorbing part to face the ejection surface at a second side where the ejection opening is not provided through a second gap, wherein the first gap is greater than the second gap. | 03-15-2012 |
20120105541 | LAYER FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A layer forming device forms a layer of liquid absorbing particles on a surface of a layer of a hardenable solution capable of being hardened in response to a given stimulus so that the liquid absorbing particles absorb liquid drops supplied to the surface of the layer of the hardenable solution. | 05-03-2012 |
20120154484 | CAPPING DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - There is provided a capping device having a bottomed box-shaped cap having an opening at one of ends of short side walls and long side walls formed in a ring shape and a bottom portion on the other side, the bottom portion is formed with a waste liquid disposal port configured to discharge liquid flowed therein from the opening and a rib extended so as to connect two opposing wall surfaces of the long side walls at a position overlapping at least partly with the waste liquid disposal port two-dimensionally when viewed from the side of the opening, and the rib including a communication hole configured to penetrate in the width direction intersecting the direction of extension of the rib and communicate with the waste liquid disposal port. | 06-21-2012 |
20120218345 | WASTE INK ABSORBENT MEMBER, AND WASTE INK CONTAINER AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH WASTE INK ABSORBENT MEMBER - To provide a waste ink absorbing tank, capable, even in the case of utilizing an ink of a high coagulating property, of causing a waste ink absorbent member to efficiently absorb such ink. A waste ink absorbent member has a hole portion corresponding to an introducing position of the waste ink, and the hole portion is opened on a lateral face of the absorbent member. The waste ink, introduced into the hole portion moves in one direction toward the waste ink absorbent member and absorbed therein. | 08-30-2012 |
20120242743 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND MEDIA SUPPORT DEVICE THEREOF - A media support device usable with an image forming apparatus is disclosed. The media support device includes a support surface having at least one media support area. The media support area is configured to receive and support media to receive ink ejected from an image forming apparatus thereto. The media support device also includes a plurality of cavities configured to store ink ejected from the image forming apparatus thereto. Each one of the cavities includes a cavity opening configured to receive the ink ejected from the image forming apparatus thereto. | 09-27-2012 |
20120242744 | COMPOSITE INK ABSORBER - In one embodiment, a composite ink absorber includes a porous layer and an absorbent layer integrated together into a single part. The porous layer is configured to trap inky sludge while simultaneously allowing ink liquids to pass through to the absorbent layer and the absorbent layer is configured to absorb ink liquids passing through the porous layer. In one embodiment, a printer platen assembly includes a platen and a composite, single part ink absorber covering the floor of the platen for capturing ink overspray in the platen area. | 09-27-2012 |
20120320126 | LOW-PROFILE SERVICE STATIONS FOR USE WITH PRINTERS - Low-profile service stations for use with printers are described herein. One example service station includes a shuttle to support a cap sled. The shuttle has a shuttle drive and a pump drive positioned such that at least one of the shuttle drive and the pump drive does not extend between a first side and a second side of the shuttle. The shuttle drive is coupled to a printer drive to move the shuttle between a first position and a second position. | 12-20-2012 |
20120327158 | FLUID EJECTION APPARATUS - There is provided a fluid ejection apparatus for ejecting a fluid including a head for ejecting the fluid and a moisture retention head cap device for retaining moisture of the head. The moisture retention head cap device is disposed so as to surround a periphery of the head to cover the whole of the head when retaining moisture of the head. | 12-27-2012 |
20130021408 | METHOD OF MINIMIZING INK CONSUMPTION DURING PRINTHEAD PRIMING - A method of minimizing ink consumption during printhead priming in an inkjet printer. The printhead has a nozzle face defining an array of nozzles for ejecting ink on to a media substrate. The method includes the steps of: providing a porous pad having a contact face dimensioned so that it can encompass all the nozzles in the array; moving the porous pad such that the contact face engages the nozzle face to cover the array of nozzles; forcing ink into the printhead under pressure until ink flows out the nozzles in the array and into the porous pad engaged with the nozzle face; and withdrawing the porous pad such that the contact face disengages the nozzle face. | 01-24-2013 |
20130038661 | INKJET RECORDING DEVICE AND NOZZLE SURFACE WIPING METHOD FOR AN INKJET RECORDING DEVICE - An inkjet printer | 02-14-2013 |
20130057612 | Large-Format Inkjet Printing Apparatus - A large-format printing apparatus includes multiple printing head units. Each of the printing head units can intermittently and steppingly move in a first direction and has a printing nozzle which can move reciprocatingly in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction for printing sub-images. Before printing starts, the printing head units are disposed at one end of a printing medium, and arranged to seamlessly splice the sub-images printed by the printing head units into a complete large-format printing image. | 03-07-2013 |
20130100202 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head configured to discharge ink, a first waste ink retaining member configured to absorb ink discharged from the recording head, a second waste ink retaining member arranged below the first waste ink retaining member, a first inclined surface configured to flow waste ink overflowing the first waste ink retaining member downward, a waste ink receiving surface connected with a bottom end of the first inclined surface and including a porous body sheet for absorbing waste ink, and a second inclined surface configured to flow waste ink overflowing the porous body sheet to the second waste ink retaining member. | 04-25-2013 |
20130222472 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A printer includes a recording head having a nozzle forming surface formed with nozzles adapted to eject liquid; a wiper having an outer surface of a cylindrical surface shape capable of absorbing the ink attached to the nozzle forming surface; a motor that is driven, when moving the wiper in a direction in which the outer surface reaches the nozzle forming surface and in a direction in which the outer surface is separated from the nozzle forming surface, and is also driven when rotating the wiper; and a contact member coming into contact with the outer surface of the wiper rotated along with driving of the motor. | 08-29-2013 |
20130249998 | MAINTENANCE DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A maintenance device includes a liquid absorption body which absorbs a liquid which is attached to a nozzle forming surface by abutting the nozzle forming surface of a liquid ejecting head in which a plurality of nozzle rows configured of a plurality of nozzles ejecting the liquid are provided in parallel, wherein the liquid absorption body has a penetration suppressing section which suppresses the spread of the liquid due to penetration of the liquid absorbed from the nozzle forming surface of the liquid ejecting head, and wherein the penetration suppressing section is disposed between the nozzle rows ejecting the liquids of different colors from each other in a direction intersecting the nozzle row direction, in a case where the liquid absorption body abuts the nozzle forming surface of the liquid ejecting head. | 09-26-2013 |
20130249999 | WASTE LIQUID RECOVERY APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A waste liquid recovery apparatus includes a container body; a liquid absorbing body which is accommodated in the container body and absorbs liquid discharged as a waste liquid; and a sealing member which seals the container body, wherein a first space into which liquid is discharged from a liquid ejecting head and a second space which links with the outside through a ventilation hole formed in the sealing member are formed in a space closed by the container body and the sealing body, and the first space and the second space are connected with each other at the ventilation hole side. | 09-26-2013 |
20130307900 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a recording head ejecting ink onto a paper; a tray which moves in a direction along a nozzle forming surface in a state where a plurality of units are displaceably supported in a direction approaching and separating from the nozzle forming surface of the recording head; and a cam which is disposed on a moving path of the tray and engages individually with at least two units while the tray moves in a direction along the nozzle forming surface, and makes the units engage individually to be displaced in the direction approaching and separating from the nozzle forming surface. | 11-21-2013 |
20130321526 | ATTACHING ARRANGEMENT FOR INK ABSORBING MEMBER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A platen defines a groove in which an ink absorbing member can be fitted. The ink absorbing member forms a pressed portion. There is provided a fixing member for pressing pressed portions of a plurality of ink absorbing members fitted in the groove, thereby fixing these ink absorbing members. The fixing member is configured to assume a fixing posture when the fixing member presses the plurality of ink absorbing members appropriately. | 12-05-2013 |
20140049581 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a carriage having a removable liquid receptacle that holds a liquid or a removable connector connected via a flexible liquid channel to an external liquid receptacle that holds a liquid, an ejecting head, mounted in the carriage, that has a nozzle that ejects the liquid, and a maintenance unit that runs maintenance on the ejecting head; the ejecting head has a filter disposed so as to be capable of contact with a liquid absorption member provided in the liquid receptacle and in the connector. | 02-20-2014 |
20140055522 | LIQUID ABSORBENT AND PRINTER - A liquid absorbent for ink contains a cellulose fiber, a heat-fusible material, and a flame-retardant material. The absorbent satisfies the relation σ | 02-27-2014 |
20140152739 | INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink-jet recording apparatus includes a recording head having a plurality of nozzles through which an ink composition containing an inorganic pigment is ejected, a nozzle surface having nozzle orifices, and a liquid-repellent film disposed on the nozzle surface; an absorbing member that absorbs the ink composition from the nozzle orifices and the nozzle surface; and an actuating mechanism including a pressing member that presses the absorbing member and the nozzle surface relative to each other with a force of 50 to 500 gf. The actuating mechanism moves at least one of the absorbing member and the recording head relative to the other to perform a cleaning operation in which the ink composition is removed from the nozzle surface with the absorbing member. The absorbing member contains an impregnation liquid during the cleaning operation. | 06-05-2014 |
20140152740 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head which ejects a liquid from a plurality of nozzles disposed on a nozzle surface; an absorbing member which makes contact with the nozzle surface and can absorb a liquid which is adhered to the nozzle surface; and a pressing member which causes the ink absorbing member to contact the nozzle surface by pressing the absorbing member from a side which opposes a side which contacts the nozzle surface. In the liquid ejecting apparatus, a pressure applied to a nozzle peripheral region within the nozzle surface due to the absorbing member which is pressed by the pressing member making contact with the nozzle surface is smaller than a pressure applied to a region other than the nozzle peripheral region within the nozzle surface. | 06-05-2014 |
20140152741 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording apparatus includes a recording head having a plurality of nozzles through which an ink composition containing an inorganic pigment is ejected, a nozzle surface having nozzle orifices, and a liquid-repellent film disposed on the nozzle surface; an absorbing member that absorbs the ink composition containing the inorganic pigment from the nozzle orifices and the nozzle surface; and an actuating mechanism including a pressing member that presses the absorbing member, which contains an impregnation liquid, and the nozzle surface relative to each other. The actuating mechanism moves at least one of the absorbing member and the recording head relative to the other to perform a cleaning operation in which the ink composition is removed from the nozzle surface with the absorbing member. | 06-05-2014 |
20140152742 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording apparatus includes a recording head having a plurality of nozzles through which an ink composition containing an inorganic pigment is ejected, a nozzle surface having nozzle orifices, and a liquid-repellent film disposed on the nozzle surface; an absorbing member that absorbs the ink composition containing the inorganic pigment from the nozzle orifices and the nozzle surface; and an actuating mechanism including a pressing member that presses the absorbing member and the nozzle surface relative to each other. The actuating mechanism moves at least one of the absorbing member and the recording head relative to the other to perform a cleaning operation in which the ink composition is removed from the nozzle surface with the absorbing member. The absorbing member contains an impregnation liquid having a surface tension of 45 mN/m or less during the cleaning operation. | 06-05-2014 |
20140184691 | WASTE INK ABSORBER, WASTE INK TANK, LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING DEVICE - To provide a waste ink absorber excellent in permeability and retention performance, it is directed to a waste ink absorber for absorbing waste ink discharged from a head for ink. In a side cross-sectional view of the waste ink absorber, a portion low in density and a portion higher in density as compared with the portion low in density are laid alternately obliquely. | 07-03-2014 |
20140184692 | WASTE INK ABSORBER, WASTE INK TANK, AND LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING DEVICE - To provide a waste ink absorber having excellent permeability and retention, a waste ink absorber absorbing waste ink discharged from a head for injecting ink is provided with a first portion and a second portion having different densities, and the first portion has higher density than the second portion. | 07-03-2014 |
20140204151 | LIQUID RECOVERY CONTAINERS AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - First, second, and third ink absorbing bodies are accommodated in a container of a recovery reservoir in this order from the side corresponding to a bottom surface of the container, so that an introduction chamber is defined in the middle of a recovery space. A lid having a shutter plate and a communication hole is located over the third ink absorbing body. The upper side of the introduction chamber is covered by the shutter plate to suppress volatilization of solvent element of waste ink introduced into the introduction chamber. In addition, the communication hole is located in a portion of the upper surface of the third ink absorbing body, so that solvent element of ink absorbed by the third ink absorption body volatilizes. | 07-24-2014 |
20140267492 | WASTE INK ABSORBER, WASTE INK TANK, LIQUID DROPLET EJECTION DEVICE - A waste ink absorber for absorbing waste ink discharged from a head for ejecting ink includes layers the same in density and different in flame retardant content ratio, which are stacked. | 09-18-2014 |
20140267493 | WASTE INK RETAINING DEVICE - An ink-jet printer including: (i) a recording head which has an outer surface and includes at least one nozzle opening in the outer surface; (ii) a carriage which carries the recording head and which is reciprocateable in a main scanning direction; and (iii) a waste-ink retaining device which retains a waste ink forcedly ejected from the at least one nozzle of the recording head when a flushing operation is performed by the recording head. The waste-ink retaining device includes an ink receiving portion which is provided below a flushing position to which the recording head is moved to perform the flushing operation, and which receives the waste ink ejected by the recording head, and a first ink retaining portion which receives the waste ink from the ink receiving portion and retains the waste ink and which extends upward such that a top end thereof is positioned higher than a height position of the ink receiving portion. | 09-18-2014 |
20140292912 | Liquid Discharge Recording Apparatus and Method for Recovering Liquid - A liquid discharge recording apparatus includes: a liquid containing first glycol ether; a liquid discharge head which discharges the liquid; an absorber which absorbs the liquid discharged from the liquid discharge head; and second glycol ether which is contained in the absorber and of which vapor pressure is lower than that of the first glycol ether. | 10-02-2014 |
20140292913 | LIQUID ABSORBER, LIQUID TANK, LIQUID DROPLET EJECTION DEVICE, AND SOUND ABSORBER - A liquid absorber that is constituted mainly by fibers, includes fusion bondable resin, and is configured to absorb liquid, includes a first surface having a largest surface area, and a second surface perpendicular to the first surface. The second surface includes a surface low in degree of fusion bond of the fusion bondable resin and a surface high in degree of fusion bond of the fusion bondable resin that has a higher degree of fusion bond of the fusion bondable resin than the surface low in degree of fusion bond, and at least a part of the surface low in degree of fusion bond absorbs the liquid. | 10-02-2014 |
20150029260 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a carriage having a removable liquid receptacle that holds a liquid or a removable connector connected via a flexible liquid channel to an external liquid receptacle that holds a liquid, an ejecting head, mounted in the carriage, that has a nozzle that ejects the liquid, and a maintenance unit that runs maintenance on the ejecting head; the ejecting head has a filter disposed so as to be capable of contact with a liquid absorption member provided in the liquid receptacle and in the connector. | 01-29-2015 |
20150062241 | PRINTHEAD DRIP MANAGEMENT USING INDEXING CLEANING WEB-BACKED FLEXURE CHUTE - A printhead cleaning device is configured to use a cleaning web to absorb the residual ink left on the faceplate of the printhead. The cleaning web is supplied from a feed cartridge and taken up by a take-up cartridge. The cartridges include indexing mechanisms that are configured to dispense and pull-in, respectively, a predetermined length of the cleaning web during each maintenance cycle of the printhead. | 03-05-2015 |
20150091978 | Liquid Discharge Recording Apparatus and Method for Recovering Liquid - A liquid discharge recording apparatus includes a first liquid containing first 1,2-alkanediol; a liquid discharge head configured to discharge the first liquid; a second liquid containing second 1,2-alkanediol of which vapor pressure is lower than that of the first 1,2-alkanediol; and an absorber which contains the second liquid and which is configured to absorb the first liquid exited from the liquid discharge head. | 04-02-2015 |
20150091979 | Liquid Discharge Recording Apparatus and Method for Recovering Liquid - A liquid discharge recording apparatus includes: a first liquid containing 2-pyrrolidone; a liquid discharge head configured to discharge the first liquid; a second liquid containing a solvent of which freezing point is less than 20 degrees Celsius and of which specific gravity is less than 1.12 g/cm | 04-02-2015 |
20150290941 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording apparatus includes an ink composition including a pigment and a resin and not substantially including an alkyl polyol with a standard boiling point of 280° or higher; a recording head including a plurality of nozzles that discharge the ink composition, and a nozzle forming surface having the discharge ports of the plurality of nozzles; an absorption member that absorbs the ink attached to the discharge ports of the nozzles and the nozzle formation surface; and a driving mechanism that performs a cleaning operation by relatively moving at least one of the absorption member and the recording head, and removing the ink composition attached to the nozzle forming surface with the absorption member, where the resin is a core-shell resin provided with a core polymer and a shell polymer, and a glass-transition temperature of the shell polymer is higher than a glass-transition temperature of the core polymer. | 10-15-2015 |
20150375511 | LIQUID ACCOMMODATING CONTAINER, LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE AND LIQUID INTRODUCING METHOD - There are provided a liquid accommodating container that has a sufficient volume for reserving waste ink and can accommodate therein a sufficient amount of ink used in printing with space-saving, a liquid ejecting device provided therewith and a liquid introducing method. Therefore non-print ink is discharged and reserved in a portion, in which unused ink for printing was reserved, in an ink tank for replacement of the unused ink. | 12-31-2015 |
20160001562 | METHOD OF MAINTAINING PRINTHEAD USING MOVABLE CARRIAGE - A method for maintaining an elongate stationary printhead includes the steps of: moving a carriage lengthwise along the elongate stationary printhead, the carriage having a roller urged against the printhead and a strip of absorbent material around the roller, such that the printhead is wiped by the absorbent material during movement of the carriage; extending the strip of absorbent material lengthwise along the elongate stationary printhead during movement of the carriage, such that the strip of absorbent material opposes nozzles in the printhead; and ejecting ink from the nozzles onto the strip of absorbent material. | 01-07-2016 |
20160052275 | LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS - Provided is a liquid discharging apparatus for discharging a liquid. The liquid discharging apparatus includes droplet dischargers each discharging droplets onto a substrate, a cap unit provided with recesses covering outlets of the droplet dischargers, and movable between a retracting position away from the outlets of the droplet dischargers and a capping position in which the outlets of the droplet dischargers are closed, and a cleaner provided with absorbers contacting edges of the recesses of the cap unit, and closing the recesses in synchronization with movement of the cap unit to the retracting position. | 02-25-2016 |
20160075140 | WASTE INK ABSORBER, WASTE INK TANK, LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING DEVICE - A waste ink absorber is for absorbing waste ink discharged from a head for ejecting ink. In a side cross-sectional view of the waste ink absorber, a portion low in density and a portion high in density as compared with the portion low in density are laid alternately and obliquely such that the portion low in density and the portion high in density appear alternately on each surface of the waste ink absorber. | 03-17-2016 |
20160096370 | LIQUID RECOVERY CONTAINERS AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - First, second, and third ink absorbing bodies are accommodated in a container of a recovery reservoir in this order from the side corresponding to a bottom surface of the container, so that an introduction chamber is defined in the middle of a recovery space. A lid having a shutter plate and a communication hole is located over the third ink absorbing body. The upper side of the introduction chamber is covered by the shutter plate to suppress volatilization of solvent element of waste ink introduced into the introduction chamber. In addition, the communication hole is located in a portion of the upper surface of the third ink absorbing body, so that solvent element of ink absorbed by the third ink absorption body volatilizes. | 04-07-2016 |
20160114585 | PRINTER - A head includes a nozzle face having a nozzle discharging a first liquid. A wiper contacts to the nozzle face and moves in relation to the nozzle face. An absorption member moistened by a second liquid absorbs the first liquid adhered to the wiper while moving in relation to the wiper and has a contact portion and a surface groove. The contact portion is provided on a side of an absorption face of the absorption member so as to come into contact with the wiper. The absorption face is a face on a side of the absorption member facing the wiper. The surface groove is provided on an absorption face side. The surface groove is recessed in a direction apart from the wiper than the contact portion and extends along an extending direction in which an edge on an absorption member side of the wiper extends. | 04-28-2016 |
20160129692 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid path that connects a liquid storage portion for storing liquid and a liquid ejecting portion for ejecting liquid, a receiving tray that is provided on a gravity direction side of the liquid path and is capable of receiving the liquid, and a detector that has a detecting portion for detecting the liquid received on the receiving tray. In the liquid ejecting apparatus, the receiving tray includes a receiving region for receiving the liquid, a detection region in which the detecting portion is arranged so as to make contact with the liquid, and a groove portion formed in the receiving region, and a part of the groove portion makes contact with the detection region. | 05-12-2016 |
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