Inkjet recording apparatus

Details Inkjet recording apparatus Inkjet recording apparatus

2011-08-16

2011-08-16

Luu, Matthew (Department: 2861)

Incremental printing of symbolic information

Ink jet

Controller

C347S085000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07997669

ABSTRACT:
An inkjet recording apparatus including: (a) a recording head; (b) an ink supply source; (c) an ink supply conduit interconnecting the recording head and the ink supply source, such that the ink is supplied from the ink supply source to the recording head in an ink supplying direction; (d) a movable body disposed in the ink supply conduit and movable in the ink supply conduit; (e) a moving device configured to move the movable body in the ink supply conduit; and (f) a control device configured to control the moving device. The ink supply conduit includes a small-clearance defining portion in which a small clearance is to be defined between the movable body and an inner surface of the ink supply conduit when the movable body is being positioned in the small-clearance defining portion. The control device is configured to control the moving device, such that the movable body is moved from a first position located in the small-clearance defining portion, to a second position located in the small-clearance defining portion, whereby the ink within the small-clearance defining portion is caused to flow toward the recording head.

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Machine translation of JP 2008-079428 A.
Translation of JP 48-076102 A.
Translation of JP 2008-079428 A.
Japan Patent Office; Notification of Reason for Refusal in Japanese Patent Application No. 2008-219204 (counterpart to the above captioned US application) mailed Jul. 13, 2010.

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