Incremental printing of symbolic information – Ink jet – Fluid or fluid source handling means
Patent
1994-02-02
1997-12-16
Fuller, Benjamin R.
Incremental printing of symbolic information
Ink jet
Fluid or fluid source handling means
347 30, 347 93, B41J 219
Patent
active
056990952
ABSTRACT:
An ink-jet type recording apparatus including a connecting member which is provided with a first ink supply passage disposed in a carriage and extending in parallel toward a print head unit and a second ink supply passage extending upwardly and communicated with the ink tank and the first ink supply passage, an ink head unit connected to the connecting member for jetting ink droplets corresponding to print signals, a hollow needle engaging with a needle insertion hole of the ink tank, a filter member provided in parallel with a tapered concave portion formed between the hollow needle and the second ink supply passage, a cap member detachably mounted on the print head unit for communicating with a suction pump, and a control member for driving the suction pump in a first suction mode which operates intervally and a second suction mode which operates continuously.
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Akahane Fujio
Kurashima Norihiko
Mitsuzawa Toyohiko
Fuller Benjamin R.
Seiko Epson Corporation
Tran Thien
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