Incremental printing of symbolic information – Ink jet – Fluid or fluid source handling means
Reexamination Certificate
2008-11-14
2011-12-20
Feggins, Kristal (Department: 2861)
Incremental printing of symbolic information
Ink jet
Fluid or fluid source handling means
Reexamination Certificate
active
08079679
ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus includes a carriage, a plurality of sub-tanks, a main tank, and a plurality of supply tubes. The carriage includes a plurality of recording heads that jet liquid droplets of a plurality of colored ink. The plurality of sub-tanks supply the plurality of recording heads with the corresponding colored ink. The main tank supplies the corresponding colored ink to each of the sub-tanks. The plurality of supply tubes connect the main tank and the sub-tanks. The plurality of supply tubes are fused in a band-shape at a position between the main tank and the carriage, and a maximum of two of the supply tubes are fused together at a position corresponding to a groove of a tube fixing unit provided to the carriage.
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Naruse Shinichiro
Niihara Takayuki
Cooper & Dunham LLP
Feggins Kristal
Ricoh & Company, Ltd.
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