Kyocera Mita Corporation

Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.

Sou Takahashi

Yasuyuki Horiguchi

Masahiro Higashitani

Kei Ouchi

Katsuhiko Okamoto

Hirotoshi Tagawa

Kikunosuke Tsuji

In a cap mode where a cap member covers a nozzle surface, a controller controls a second movement mechanism so that the cap member is disposed opposite to the nozzle surface. In an ejection recovery mode where ink is ejected from a plurality of nozzles and the ink adhered to the nozzle surface is wiped off by a wiping member, the controller controls a first movement mechanism and the second movement mechanism so that the nozzle surface, a wiping tray and the cap member are arranged downward in this order.

Inkjet recording apparatus

An image reading device is provided. The image reading device suppresses uneven intensity of light emitted on a subject, by disposing a diffusion plate between the subject and a plurality of luminescence portions, and an image forming device that includes this image reading device. The image reading device includes an illumination portion that irradiates light onto a subject. The illumination portion includes: a plurality of LED's disposed at predetermined intervals in a main scanning direction; and an elliptical diffuser plate that is disposed between the subject and the plurality of LED's and diffuses light emitted by the plurality of LED's in a higher diffusion rate in the main scanning direction than in a sub-scanning direction.

Image reading device and image forming device

The present invention is aimed at providing an image reading device that suppresses generation of a so-called edge shadow while suppressing uneven intensity of light emitted onto an original. A color copy machineincludes an illumination portionthat irradiates an original G with light. The illumination portionincludes a plurality of LEDsdisposed at predetermined intervals in a main scanning direction, an elliptical diffuser platethat is disposed between the plurality of LEDsand the original G and causes the light emitted by the plurality of LEDsto diffuse, and a second reflection mirrorB that reflects light, which is a portion of the light diffused by the elliptical diffuser plateand not directly irradiated onto the original G, so as to irradiate the light onto the original G.

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Osaka, Japan

Sou Takahashi