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Patent US8152259 - Image forming apparatus - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsAn image forming apparatus comprises a body, an engine part provided in the body and including a recording head that ejects droplets of a recording liquid, the engine part recording an image on a recording medium by the recording head while feeding the recording medium in a main scanning direction, a...http://www.google.com/patents/US8152259?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8152259 - Image forming apparatusAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS8152259 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 12/319,878Publication dateApr 10, 2012Filing dateJan 13, 2009Priority dateFeb 24, 2005Also published asCN1824505A, CN100572067C, DE602006017762D1, EP1695836A1, EP1695836B1, US7497568, US20060187245, US20090128597Publication number12319878, 319878, US 8152259 B2, US 8152259B2, US-B2-8152259, US8152259 B2, US8152259B2InventorsTaku KudohOriginal AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (27), Non-Patent Citations (2), Classifications (10) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetImage forming apparatus
US 8152259 B2Abstract
said cartridge loading part is provided underneath said discharge path and is not provided underneath said engine part. Description
Further, there is a multifunctional image forming apparatus that uses the technology of ink-jet recording for the image forming part. With the recording apparatus of this type, a recording head that ejects droplets of a recording liquid called also as �ink�, is used for forming images on a medium, which is called also as �recording sheet�, �recording medium�, �recording object�, or the like, wherein such recording of images is called �recording�, �printing�, �reprography�, �character printing�, or the like.
With an image forming part that uses an ink-jet process, it is inevitable to provide a mechanism for maintaining and recovering the performance of the recording head that ejects droplets of the recording liquid, wherein it should be noted that the mechanism of maintenance generally includes a humidity maintenance cap that tightly covers the nozzle surface for preventing increase of viscosity of the recording liquid caused by evaporation of the recording liquid, a suction cap, serving sometimes also for the humidity maintenance cap, for sucking and discharging the viscous recording liquid from the nozzle, a wiper blade, called also as �cleaning blade�, �wiper�, �blade member�, or �blade�, for wiping away the recording liquid adhered to the nozzle surface, a dummy ejection part for conducting dummy ejection of the liquid droplets without forming images, and the like.
It should be noted that the recording head 24 includes five liquid ejection heads, two of them (liquid ejection heads 24 k 1 and 24 k 2) ejecting black color inks (Bk), while the remaining liquid ejection heads 24 c, 24 m and 24 y eject the inks of cyan (C), magenta (M) and yellow (Y), respectively. Collectively, these liquid ejection heads are designated as �recording heads 24�. The liquid ejection heads 24 are supplied with inks of the respective colors from the corresponding sub-tanks mounted upon the carriage 23.
It should be noted that this maintenance and recovery unit 121 includes: five humidity maintenance caps 122 k 2, 122 k 1, 122 c, 122 m and 122 y (collectively designated as �humidity maintenance caps 122�) respectively for the five recording heads 24; a suction cap 123; a wiper blade 124 for wiping the nozzle surface of the recording head 24, and a dummy ejection part 125 for receiving dummy ejection of the liquid droplets conducted for the purpose of maintenance of the recording head. This dummy ejection does not contribute to image recording.
Further, in a non-printing region at the other end of the scanning direction of the carriage 23, there is provided another dummy ejection part 126 for receiving dummy ejection of the liquid droplets from the five recording heads 24 not contributing to the image formation. This dummy ejection part 126 is formed with five openings 127 k 2, 127 k 1, 127 c, 127 m and 127 y in correspondence to the recording head 24, wherein the openings 127 k 2, 127 k 1, 127 c, 127 m and 127 y are also designated collectively as �opening 127�.
The sheet discharge feed part 7 comprises: three discharging rollers 71 a, 71 b and 71 c (collectively designated also as �discharging rollers 71�) for feeding the sheet 5 separated by the separation nail 38 of the sub-scanning feeding part 3 and spurs 72 a, 72 b and 72 c (collectively designated also as �spurs 72�) cooperating with the foregoing rollers 71 a, 71 b and 71 c; a lower guide part 73 and an upper guide part 74 for guiding the sheet 5 fed between the discharging rollers 71 and the spurs 72; and a reverse roller pair 77 for sending the sheet 5 fed out along the path between the lower guide part 73 and the upper guide part 74 to the discharging tray 8 in a facedown state via a reversal discharging path 81, which functions as a first feeding path, after turning the sheet 5 upside down, and a reversal discharging roller pair 78.
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