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Suction recovery device and ink jet recording apparatus using the device

US5717444A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 1, 1996
Grant dateFeb 10, 1998
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Expiry dateNov 1, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2/16508
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A suction recovery device of ink jet recording apparatus comprises a cap which can contact with or separate from a face formed with discharge ports for recording by discharging the ink, the cap communicating to a suction system for performing the suction recovery through the discharge ports via the cap, said cap having a groove portion for guiding ink, and formed of an elastic material integrally with an ink communication member for communicating to the suction system via a suction port provided on an inner wall of the cap, and said suction system having a cylinder and a piston reciprocating within the cylinder, and having disposed ink absorbing member in an ink exhaust portion within the cylinder.

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