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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186804 | Ink jet recording apparatus configured to clean a blade An ink jet recording apparatus includes a recording head having an ink ejection surface; a blade for wiping the ink ejection surface; a blade cleaning device that cleans the blade by collecting contamination liquid deposited on the blade and including at least ink; ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8182061 | Apparatus having head cleaning unit for enhanced capability for cleaning liquid dispensing head A cleaning unit for use in an inkjet recording apparatus, having an inkjet head including a nozzle face, includes a first wiping member and a second wiping member. The first wiping member slides on the nozzle face in a given direction while in contact with the nozzl... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182062 | Maintenance apparatus, liquid ejection apparatus and nozzle surface maintenance method A maintenance apparatus for a nozzle surface in which a plurality of nozzles ejecting a liquid are formed, in an ejection head having a nozzle row in which the nozzles are aligned in a main scanning direction, has: a liquid storage member which is disposed in a posi... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8177325 | Inkjet image forming apparatus An inkjet image forming apparatus includes a device to protect an ink sensing device operated without use of a separate drive source. The inkjet image forming apparatus includes at least one protecting device having a protecting member to protect the ink sensing dev... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8162436 | Fluid discharging apparatus A fluid discharging apparatus including a head that has a nozzle which discharges fluid from the nozzle and a sheet shaped wiping member for wiping a nozzle surface of the head. The wiping member is moved relative to the nozzle surface so that portions of the wiping... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8136918 | Printhead maintenance station having one-piece elastomer pad for peeling engagement with nozzles A printhead maintenance station for maintaining a printhead in an operable condition. The maintenance station has an elastically deformable pad coextensive with the printhead. The pad is a one-piece elastomer pad having a uniform contact surface configured for seali... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8132891 | Image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus including an ink-jet head having four ink supply passages, manifold passages communicating with the respective ink supply passages, and individual ink passages extending from the common passages to nozzles open in an ink ejecting surface... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8128195 | Cross-wipe cleaning of page-wide array printing Methods and means for wiping a page-wide print array are provided. An installable and removable cartridge includes a quantity of web material. The web material traverses a serpentine pathway and is driven by a motor such that fresh web material can be provided to a ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128194 | Inkjet recording apparatus An inkjet recording apparatus of the present invention includes: a drum which conveys a recording medium, a wiper extended in the axial direction of the drum, and inkjet heads aligned in the circumferential direction of the drum along the outer circumferential surfa... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8123332 | Printhead assembly with a printhead maintenance station Provided is a printhead assembly that includes a support structure with a printhead mounted on the support structure, said printhead having an ink ejection face, and a print media guide proximate the support structure for guiding print media past the printhead for p... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8118397 | Printhead assembly with a wicking element A printhead maintenance station includes a housing operatively positioned with respect to an ink ejection face to be maintained. The housing defines a pair of slots. A support arm has lugs at each end that are slidably received in respective slots. A support is moun... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118396 | Ink-jet printer An ink-jet printer including: (a) a medium feeder operable to feed a recording medium in a medium-feed direction along a medium-feed path; (b) a recording head having (b-1) a nozzle opening surface which extends in a widthwise direction perpendicular to the medium-f... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8113623 | Liquid ejecting apparatus A liquid ejecting apparatus, including: a medium conveying mechanism which conveys a medium in a first direction; a head pair composed of two liquid ejecting heads respectively having liquid ejection surfaces in which liquid ejection areas are respectively formed, t... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113624 | Image recording apparatus that prevents deterioration of an elastic blade An image recording apparatus includes a recording head having an ejection surface which includes an ejection area and non-ejection areas, an elastic blade, a first moving device, a second moving device, and a controller. During a first predetermined period of time, ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8109600 | Inkjet recording apparatus The inkjet recording apparatus includes: a drum which conveys a recording medium, an inkjet head having an ejection surface which faces the outer circumferential surface of the drum, and a cap facing the outer circumferential surface. The inkjet heads are moved by a... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109599 | Liquid ejection apparatus and method of inspecting cleaning apparatus of liquid ejection apparatus The liquid ejection apparatus has: a liquid ejection head which includes a nozzle plate forming a nozzle surface in which nozzles ejecting droplets of a first liquid are provided; a wiping member which wipes the nozzle surface; an edge determination device which inc... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8104869 | Device for keeping an inkjet print head clean In a device for cleaning an inkjet print head (in particular the surface with nozzle exit openings) for a franking and/or addressing machine in which the print substrates are directed along a stationary but pivotably arranged inkjet print head, the entire nozzle exi... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104868 | Liquid ejection apparatus A liquid ejection apparatus includes a wiper, first and second movement mechanisms, and a controller. The wiper wipes an ejection face of a head. The controller controls the first movement mechanism to make at least either one of the wiper and the head move in a fir... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104870 | Printhead maintenance method with purging, ink removal and printing steps A method of purging and printing from an inkjet printhead. The method comprises the steps of: (i) purging the printhead using a purging ink, thereby flooding an ink ejection face of the printhead; (ii) removing the flooded ink from the ink ejection face by feeding a... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8091978 | Ink collection for printers An exemplary printer system may include a print head for dispensing ink during a printing operation. A roller is positioned beneath a platen to collect excess ink from the print head. A scraper is positioned against the roller to remove ink from the roller. ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8075090 | Method of maintaining inkjet printhead using non-contact roller A method of maintaining an ink ejection face of an inkjet printhead. The method comprises the steps of: (i) flooding the ink ejection face with ink from nozzles in the printhead; and (ii) rotating a roller adjacent the face, such that flooded ink is transferred from... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8038257 | Inkjet recording apparatus An inkjet recording apparatus of the present invention includes: a drum which conveys a recording medium, a wiper extended in the axial direction of the drum, and inkjet heads aligned in the circumferential direction of the drum along the outer circumferential surfa... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8033638 | Inkjet recording device An inkjet recording device includes a recording head having a nozzle surface formed with a plurality of nozzle arrays and a wiping mechanism having a wiper for wiping the nozzle surface. The wiping mechanism moves the wiper relative to and in contact with the nozzle... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8033639 | Inkjet recording apparatus, method of cleaning a recording head, and a computer readable medium encoding the method An inkjet recording apparatus, method and computer readable medium are provided. The inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head comprising a nozzle formation surface having a plurality of ink discharging nozzles formed thereon; a wiper which has elasticity... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8029092 | Printing apparatus The invention prevents and suppresses wasteful expenditure of ink which occurs when recovering nozzles. In greater detail, a plurality of head units arranged in a direction which intersects a transportation direction of a printing medium is provided, a plurality of ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8020963 | Wiping unit and inkjet printer Provided is a wiping unit capable of reliably removing contamination of ink or the like adhering to a wiping blade after being wiped in spite of a simple configuration. Provided is a wiping unit having a wiping blade that performs wiping cleaning with respect to a r... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8007073 | Liquid ejecting apparatus and method of wiping liquid discharge head in liquid ejecting apparatus A liquid ejecting apparatus includes two liquid discharge heads, a wiper unit, and an actuating mechanism. Each of the two liquid discharge heads has a nozzle face on which at least one nozzle opening for discharging liquid is formed. The two liquid discharge heads ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8007072 | Cleaning blade, method of fabricating cleaning blade, and cleaning apparatus for liquid discharge head A cleaning blade which wipes a liquid discharge area by being moved relatively with respect to the liquid discharge area of a liquid discharge head having the liquid discharge area in which liquid discharge nozzles are arranged to discharge a liquid is disclosed. Th... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8002382 | Print head wiping Various embodiments and methods relating to wiping of a print head are disclosed. ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8002383 | Liquid ejection apparatus and image forming apparatus The liquid ejection apparatus comprises: a liquid ejection head having an ejection port surface on which ejection ports for ejecting liquid are formed; a wiping device having a blade member which wipes and cleans the ejection port surface; a sliding device which cau... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7997683 | Device for servicing an inkjet print head on a hand held printer A hand-held printer that includes an inkjet array having a plurality of inkjets is disclosed. The hand-held printer may include an inkjet cap sized to cooperatively engage the inkjet array, wherein the inkjet cap is movable between and open position and a closed pos... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7988256 | Web A web has a surface layer integrally extending between opposite transverse edges. The surface layer includes absorbent region separated by at least one nonabsorbent region. ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7980660 | Ink jet printer and method of cleaning platen An ink jet printer feeds a sheet of recording medium onto a platen, and record an image by ejecting droplets of ink from a print head attached to the platen. The ink jet printer has a media deforming section for deforming a part of the recording medium into a downwa... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7980659 | Liquid droplet ejecting apparatus A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus includes a liquid droplet ejecting head that includes nozzles that eject liquid droplets in accordance with image information, a nozzle surface thereof being inclined so as to correspond to a peripheral surface of a rotating membe... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7976122 | Printhead maintenance system for stationary pagewidth printhead A printhead maintenance system comprises: a stationary pagewidth printhead having an ink ejection face; an elastically deformable roller having a contact surface for contacting the ink ejection face; and a mechanism for rolling the roller across the face. In use, th... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7971958 | Inkjet printer with maintenance assembly having non-absorbent roller An inkjet printer having a printhead maintenance assembly for maintaining a printhead in an operable condition. The maintenance assembly comprises a maintenance roller having an elastically-deformable non-absorbent contact surface for sealing engagement with an ink ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7971959 | Inkjet printer employing disposable sheet for printhead maintenance An inkjet printer comprises a printhead having an ink ejection face and an ink supply system including a face flooding system. A sheet feed arrangement feeds a disposable sheet past the printhead and through a maintenance zone spaced apart from the face, and a print... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7967411 | Liquid ejecting apparatus, wiping method of liquid ejecting head, and printing apparatus An apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head capable of ejecting liquid from a plurality of ejection ports by driving a plurality of ejection energy generation elements corresponding to the plurality of ejection portions. The apparatus includes a wiping mechanism ca... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7959256 | Device for cleaning out residual ink A device for cleaning out residual ink. The device includes an assembly of a bed and a slide mount. The bed has an oblique rail. The slide mount is equipped with a wiping blade. The slide mount is drivable by an ink cartridge carrier to reciprocally move along the o... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7926903 | Ink-jet recording apparatus An ink-jet recording apparatus according to this invention has an ink-head unit, a head holder, and a wiper unit. The ink-head unit extends in a direction that intersects at right angles to the direction a recording medium is transported, for a distance equal to or ... | 04/19/2011 |
