Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.

Kyocera Mita Corporation

Kyocera Documents Solutions Inc.

Daisuke Eto

Hirohito Konishi

Takahisa Nakaue

Yoshiaki Ikebata

Toshinori Nishimura

Riku Minamoto

Arata Nakamura

Koichi Hayashi

Sadanori Nakae

Daichi Kawano

Tomoya Hotani

Yuki Tamura

Masaaki Maruta

Ryo Matsuyama

Nobuhiro Fukuma

Koji Tanio

Hidehiko Kojo

A printer () includes an endless conveyance belt () which attracts a sheet and conveys it in a predetermined conveyance direction; a recording head () provided with an ejection port formed surface () on which an ejection port for ejecting ink is formed, the ejection port formed surface () facing an outer circumferential surface of the conveyance belt () with a predetermined gap; and a conveyance guide () which faces the conveyance belt () on an upstream side of the ejection port formed surface () in the conveyance direction, is provided within a range containing both end portions of the conveyed sheet in a width direction intersecting the conveyance direction, and projects toward the conveyance belt () more than the ejection port formed surface ().

Inkjet recording apparatus

A linear motion extensible device () includes: rod-shaped members (); and a rotating plate () rotating in a wind-up direction to wind up the rod-shaped members () while rotating them around a coupling rotational shaft () and rotating in a wind-off direction to push out the rod-shaped members () so as to arrange them in a line, wherein the rod-shaped member () has: an intermediate shaft () and an angle regulating part () which regulates widening an angle between the adjacent rod-shaped members (), the rotating plate () has engagement grooves () engaged with the coupling rotational shaft () and the intermediate shaft (), and when the rotating plate () is rotated in the wind-off direction, the coupling rotational shaft () and the intermediate shaft () come into contact with an inner surface () of the engagement groove (), are pushed out, and leave the engagement grooves ().

Linear motion extensible device, maintenance device and image forming apparatus

A waste liquid collection apparatus includes a waste liquid tray, a collection tank, a collection pump, and a circulation pump. The waste liquid tray includes a waste liquid receiving surface inclined downward to receive a waste liquid discharged from a head unit and allow the waste liquid to flow from an upper end to a lower end of the waste liquid receiving surface, and a waste liquid discharge part that is disposed adjacent to the lower end of the waste liquid receiving surface to discharge the waste liquid. The collection pump feeds a part of the waste liquid discharged from the waste liquid discharge part to the collection tank. The circulation pump returns another part of the waste liquid discharged from the waste liquid discharge part to the upper end of the waste liquid receiving surface to circulate the other part of the waste liquid.

Waste liquid collection apparatus and inkjet recording apparatus provided with same

An inkjet recording device has a head base, a head unit, and an adjustment mechanism. The adjustment mechanism has a guide screw, a moving member, the operation member for rotating the moving member, and an adjusting member. The moving member has a shaft hole screwed into the guide screw, and moves in an axial direction of the guide screw by rotating with respect to the guide screw. The adjusting member has a first contact portion in contact with the moving member and a second contact portion in contact with the head unit. The second contact portion moves in a direction toward the head unit and a direction away from the head unit, by moving the moving member in contact with the first contact portion in the axial direction of the guide screw.

Inkjet recording device

Provided is a liquid ejection device capable of improving the sealing property of a gap between a main housing and a liquid ejection head while maintaining a position adjustment allowance of the liquid ejection head with respect to the main housing. A main housing has one or more ejection unit protrusion opening into which the liquid ejection unit is inserted downward and protrudes through a gap in a horizontal direction, and covers and internally houses a portion of the liquid ejection head other than the liquid ejection unit. The size of the ejection unit insertion opening is smaller than the size of the ejection unit protrusion opening. The sealing member comes in contact with the outer peripheral portion of the liquid ejection unit in a state where the edge portion of the ejection unit insertion opening is bent.

Liquid ejection device and inkjet recording apparatus

A liquid ejection device includes a liquid ejection head which ejects a first liquid, and a liquid supply unit. The liquid ejection head includes a plurality of liquid discharge holes with individual passages and a common passage for supplying the first liquid to the individual passages. The liquid supply unit includes a pressure chamber, a first supply passage communicating with the pressure chamber, and a second supply passage that makes an upstream side of a common passage communicate with the pressure chamber, a liquid drain path that makes a downstream side of the common passage communicate with the second supply passage, and a pump mechanism. The pump mechanism supplies the first liquid to the upstream side and the downstream side of the common passage through the second supply passage and the liquid drain path, and discharges the second liquid, which is filled in advance, from the liquid discharge hole.

Liquid ejection device

Provided is a liquid ejection apparatus capable of cooling a control board of a liquid ejection head without cooling a liquid supply path. Ae liquid ejection unit ejects ink onto paper. Ae control board controls the operation of the liquid ejection unit. Ae head housing covers and houses the control board inside thereof. Ae liquid supply path supplies ink to the liquid ejection head. Ae main body housing covers and houses a portion of the liquid ejection head except for the liquid ejection unit. A fan causes air to flow between the main body housing and the head housing. The liquid supply path is inserted from the outside to the inside of the main body housing in the vicinity of the liquid ejection head, and is connected to the liquid ejection head.

Liquid ejection apparatus and inkjet recording apparatus capable of cooling a control board of a liquid ejection head without cooling a liquid supply path

A liquid supply unit supplies predetermined liquid from a liquid storage container storing the liquid to a liquid injection head for injecting the liquid. The liquid supply unit includes a pressure chamber, a first supply passage, a second supply passage, a bypass supply passage and a pressurizing mechanism. The pressure chamber is capable of storing the liquid. The first supply passage allows communication between the liquid storage container and the pressure chamber. The second supply passage allows communication between the liquid injection head and the pressure chamber. The bypass supply passage has an upstream end in a liquid supply direction connected to the first supply passage and a downstream end joining the second supply passage. The pressurizing mechanism is arranged in the bypass supply passage and pressurizes the liquid flowing in the bypass supply passage.

Liquid supply unit and liquid injection device

A liquid supply unit includes a first chamber communicating with a liquid storage container, a second chamber communicating with a liquid ejection head, a communication opening allowing communication between the both chambers, an opening/closing member configured to open and close the communication opening, a biasing member configured to bias the opening/closing member in a direction toward the closing posture, a pressing member capable of pressing the opening/closing member in a direction toward the opening posture, and a flexible film member configured to be displaced based on a negative pressure. The pressing member includes a pivot portion, a pressure receiving portion configured to receive the displacement force from the flexible film member and a pressing portion configured to press the opening/closing member. The pivot portion is arranged on one end side of the pressing member, and the pressing portion is arranged on the other end side of the pressing member.

Liquid supply unit and liquid ejection device

A liquid ejection device includes a liquid ejection head and a liquid supply unit configured to supply liquid to the liquid ejection head. The liquid ejection head includes a plurality of liquid discharge holes, individual passages configured to individually supply the liquid to the respective liquid discharge holes, and a common passage configured to supply the liquid to the individual passages. The liquid supply unit includes a pressure chamber capable of storing the liquid, a first supply passage allowing communication between the liquid storage container and the pressure chamber, a second supply passage allowing communication between an upstream side of the common passage and the pressure chamber, a return passage allowing communication between a downstream side of the common passage and the pressure chamber, and a pump mechanism capable of circulating the liquid at least through the second supply passage, the common passage and the return passage.

A liquid feeding unit has a first chamber, a second chamber, a wall portion, an opening-closing member, and a filter member. The first chamber has a first feed passage connected to it to receive liquid through the first feed passage. The second chamber receives the liquid from the first chamber, and has a second feed passage for feeding the liquid connected to it. The wall portion has a communication hole through which the first and second chambers communicate with each other. The opening-closing member is arranged in the communication hole to open and close it. The filter member is arranged in the first feed passage or in the first chamber to remove foreign matter in the liquid.

Liquid feeding unit and liquid ejection device

Provided is a joint mechanism where a rotational drive force of a drive shaft is transmitted to a driven shaft. The joint mechanism includes a first engaging portion, a second engaging portion which is engageable with the first engaging portion, a coupling, a first distal end portion, and a second distal end portion. The coupling has the second engaging portion, and is swingable in a direction intersecting with the axial direction in a state where the second engaging portion is engaged with the first engaging portion. The first distal end portion is a distal end portion of the driven shaft, and the first engaging portion or the coupling is mounted on the first distal end portion. The second distal end portion is a distal end portion of the drive shaft, and the coupling or the first engaging portion is mounted on the second distal end portion.

Joint mechanism and liquid ejection device including the same

Each of a first pressing member and a second pressing member is rotatable about a predetermined axis so as to be capable of changing its posture between a first posture and a second posture inclined upward at its end from the first posture, and is disposed on the mounting part in a rockable manner in a direction pressing the head unit, so as to press the head unit in the first posture.

Liquid processing device

A liquid supply unit includes a first chamber, a second chamber, an opening/closing member, a biasing member, a pressing member and a flexible film member. The first chamber communicates with a liquid storage container, and the second chamber communicates with a liquid injection head. The opening/closing member changes a posture between a closing posture for closing a communication opening and an opening posture for opening it. The biasing member biases the opening/closing member in a direction toward the closing posture. The pressing member presses the opening/closing member in a direction toward the opening posture. The flexible film member is displaced based on a negative pressure generated in the second chamber. When a pressure receiving portion of the pressing member receives the displacement force from the flexible film member, the pressing member rotates about a pivot point and presses the opening/closing member against a biasing force of the biasing member.

A first retractable member is provided so as to be freely retractable with respect to the first location hole of a turning member in a state where the first retractable member makes contact with a fitting portion. The first retractable member turns the turning member based on a contact force with the fitting portion corresponding to advance and retreat with respect to the first location hole. The first retractable member moves a fourth engagement portion as the turning member is turned so as to change an engagement position with a third engagement portion, and thereby makes a head unit swing with the engagement position of a first engagement portion and a second engagement portion serving as a fulcrum point so as to adjust the position of the head unit in the fitting portion.

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Osaka, Japan

Daisuke Eto