Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Tetsuya Hiruma

Masanori Kusunoki

Masakazu Muranaka

Nobuyuki Akaishi

A head capping member for capping an ejection face of a liquid ejecting head which face is provided with a nozzle for ejecting a liquid drop is provided, which includes a contact part which contacts the ejection face of the head and is made of an elastic member and a recess which forms a closed space together with the ejection head when the contact part contacts the ejection head, wherein a flat part is formed around the recess and an absorbing member is provided on the flat part so as to cover the recess.

Head capping member, head maintenance or recovery device, device for ejecting a liquid drop, and image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus that has a carriage with a recording head having a nozzle for ejecting an ink includes a capping member configured to cover the nozzle of the recording head, a locking member configured to lock the carriage at a predetermined position, and an interlocking mechanism configured to perform one of locking and unlocking the carriage with the locking member according to one operation of contacting and separating the nozzle with the capping member.

Image forming method and apparatus with interlocking inkjet printing operations

An ink cartridge includes an ink containing part and first through third housings. The ink containing part includes a holding member with an ink supply opening part and a sealed ink filling opening part. The first housing includes a holding part holding the holding member of the ink containing part. The second housing has an outline analogous to that of the first housing. The third housing is fitted to the side of the assembly of the first and second housings from which side ink is supplied. The first, second, and third housings are assemblable and disassemblable.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Tetsuya Hiruma