Inkjet recording apparatus

Details Inkjet recording apparatus Inkjet recording apparatus

2008-01-29

2008-01-29

Luu, Matthew (Department: 2861)

Incremental printing of symbolic information

Ink jet

Ejector mechanism

C347S022000, C347S029000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07322670

ABSTRACT:
An inkjet recording apparatus includes: a slider30movable back and forth with respect to a fixed base4disposed near a home position of an ink cartridge10; a cap20which is attached to the upper part of the slider30, formed of an elastic member that is opened on its upper end portion21so as to cover the head surface11of the ink cartridge10, narrowed at the middle portion22, and widened toward the lower end portion23; and a cam mechanism5which changes the pressure inside the cap20from a positively pressurized status into a negatively pressurized status when the ink cartridge10moves within the home position, and at a standby state, maintains the negatively pressurized status so that the cap20adsorbs to the head surface11.

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Japanese Office Action dated Feb. 23, 2007 with English translation (Seven (7) Pages).

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