B41J2/17563

LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE, LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS, AND INTERMEDIATE MEMBER
20220024215 · 2022-01-27 · ·

A liquid discharge head includes a liquid port, a frame including a liquid channel in which a liquid supplied from the liquid port flows, and an intermediate member between the liquid port and the frame. The liquid port includes a first connection portion connectable to the frame, the frame includes a second connection portion connectable to the first connection portion of the liquid port, and the intermediate member includes a third connection portion connectable to the second connection portion of the frame and a fourth connection portion connectable to the first connection portion of the liquid port.

Liquid ejecting apparatus and method of maintaining liquid ejecting apparatus

A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting portion having a filter configured to filter a supplied liquid and eject the liquid filtered by the filter from nozzles, a liquid ejecting portion holding portion replaceably holding the liquid ejecting portion, a liquid supply flow channel coupled to the liquid ejecting portion so as to supply the liquid to the liquid ejecting portion, a flow mechanism configured to flow the liquid, and a control portion configured to drive the flow mechanism to cause the liquid to flow in the liquid supply flow channel toward the liquid ejecting portion in replacement of the liquid ejecting portion.

Channel structure, liquid ejecting unit, and liquid ejecting apparatus

A channel structure includes a base body having a first surface, a second surface that is opposite from the first surface, and a side surface that extends in a direction intersecting the first surface. The base body includes a first channel having a supply port into which a liquid is supplied, a liquid storing chamber formed in the first surface and storing the liquid, a second channel having a discharge port through which the liquid in the liquid storing chamber is discharged, and a pressure adjusting unit that supplies the liquid from the first channel to the liquid storing chamber according to pressure in the liquid storing chamber and that located between the first surface and the second surface. The supply port is formed in the second surface of the base body or formed in the side surface of the base body.

FILTERS

Example filters are disclosed herein. In an example, the filter includes a housing including a central axis, an inlet, and an outlet. The central axis extends perpendicularly to a fluid flow direction at the outlet. In addition, the filter includes an outlet flow path defined within the housing that extends angularly about the central axis to the outlet. Further, the filter includes a first plurality of vanes extending from a radially outer surface of the outlet flow path.

Damper unit and liquid ejecting apparatus

A damper unit includes a damper chamber which has a wall partially composed of a flexible membrane with a rubber elasticity and which is configured to store a liquid; a gas chamber partitioned from the damper chamber by the flexible membrane; a communication portion provided for the gas chamber so that the gas chamber is in communication with an outside of the damper unit; and a one-way valve provided in the communication portion to allow a gas to flow into the gas chamber from the outside of the damper unit and to restrict a gas to flow from the gas chamber to an outside thereof.

Liquid ejecting apparatus and control method of liquid ejecting apparatus
11780236 · 2023-10-10 · ·

A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head that ejects liquid from a nozzle, a liquid storage portion having a storage chamber configured to store the liquid supplied from a liquid supply source to the liquid ejecting head, and a carriage on which the liquid ejecting head and the liquid storage portion are mounted and configured to reciprocate in a scanning direction. The liquid ejecting apparatus includes a discharge flow path configured to discharge air in an upper part of the storage chamber, a coupling portion configured to be coupled to and separated from a coupled portion of the discharge flow path, and a negative pressure generating portion that applies a negative pressure to the coupling portion. When the carriage moves to a predetermined position, the coupling portion is coupled to the coupled portion of the discharge flow path.

Ink jet recording apparatus
11161348 · 2021-11-02 · ·

An ink jet recording apparatus is provided with a conveying unit, a drive roller controller and a discharge timing controller. The drive roller controller controls a rotation speed of a drive roller based on pulse signals output by an encoder and corresponding to an angular velocity of a driven roller and an actual outer diameter of the driven roller. The discharge timing controller controls an ink discharge timing based on signals obtained by attenuating multiple frequency components of a target frequency corresponding to a pulse number of the pulse signals output from the encoder during one turn of the driven roller in the pulse signals and an actual outer diameter of the driven roller.

LIQUID DISCHARGING HEAD, LIQUID DISCHARGING UNIT, AND DEVICE FOR DISCHARGING LIQUID

A liquid discharging head includes a nozzle plate having a plurality of nozzles from which liquid is discharged; a plurality of individual liquid chambers that are communicably connected to the plurality of nozzles, respectively; a common liquid chamber that supplies liquid to the plurality of individual liquid chambers; and a circulation common liquid chamber that leads to a plurality of circulation channels. A part of the common liquid chamber overlaps the circulation common liquid chamber from a direction in which liquid is discharged from the nozzles, and another part of the common liquid chamber overlaps the circulation common liquid chamber from a direction orthogonal to both the direction in which liquid is discharged from the nozzles and a direction in which the nozzles are aligned.

INK RECIRCULATING SYSTEM FOR AN INKJET PRINTER
20230286287 · 2023-09-14 ·

An ink recirculating system for an inkjet printer includes an ink tank having a cavity having a lower side wall converging towards a bottom and closing wall of the tank, of a decreasing cross-section; an outlet duct for ink inside the cavity and coaxial to a longitudinal axis of the tank, and an inlet opening above and near the bottom and closing wall; a first duct with an end portion having an opening for supplying ink to the tank provided in the lower portion of the tank; a pump to pump ink from the outlet duct to the inlet duct, the end portion being substantially tangent to a portion of a circular sector of the side wall of the lower portion of the tank, to create a substantially swirling flow in the ink and a mixing of the ink or the components thereof.

LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE, LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS, AND LIQUID CIRCULATION APPARATUS
20230286277 · 2023-09-14 ·

A liquid discharge head includes: multiple nozzles though which a liquid is to be discharged, each of the multiple nozzles having a nozzle diameter; a multiple pressure chambers respectively communicating with the multiple nozzles; a supply common chamber communicating with each of the multiple pressure chambers to supply the liquid to each of the multiple pressure chambers; a collection common chamber communicating with each of the multiple pressure chambers to collect the liquid from the multiple pressure chambers; a supply port communicating with the supply common chamber to supply the liquid to the supply common chamber; a discharge port communicating with the collection common chamber to discharge the liquid from the collection common chamber; and a first filter between the supply port and the pressure chamber, the first filter having first multiple openings each having a first diameter smaller than the nozzle diameter.