Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Yumiko Namba

Jun Isozaki

Fumihiko Ogasawara

Kazuyuki Oda

Ichiro Tomikawa

Atsumichi Imazeki

Yoshihiko Fujimura

Koji Ikegami

Hisayuki Kinoshita

An ink jet printer is disclosed which, only when ink is to be supplied, supplies ink from a main tank disposed outside a carriage and which can effect the supply of ink stably without the leakage of ink. When it is detected by an ink level sensor that the ink level in a second ink chamber of an ink tank has become lower than a predetermined position, pipes in ports are inserted respectively into slit valves provided in the second ink chamber. Then, by operating a pump, the air present in the second ink chamber is discharged by suction to increase a negative pressure in the second ink chamber, allowing ink to be supplied from a main tank into the second ink chamber. Thus, since the supply of ink is performed by a negative pressure, it is possible to prevent the leakage of ink from the portion where the pipe is inserted into the slit valve.

Ink jet printer

A drying device capable of keeping substantially constant the temperature of a moving recording sheet and evenly drying it without increasing radiation heat. Though the surface temperature of a recording sheet is lower on the upstream in the drying region and the temperature of outside air blown into the drying region is lower, the temperature of the recording sheet moved in the drying region is kept substantially constant by making the output of the upstream halogen lamp larger than that of the downstream halogen lamp. Even if the airflow velocity in the drying region is different, the radiation heat amount is adjusted according to the velocity to keep substantially constant the temperature of the recording sheet moved in the drying region. Thus, the recording sheet can be evenly dried and even if a jam of the recording sheet occurs in the drying region, there is no possibility of scorching, fuming or the like. The opening of a reflector holder is closed by a plate formed of heat resisting glass, and the plate is disposed parallel to a surface of a platen. By the plate, the airflow is kept from entering the reflector to generate a turbulent flow, but the airflow having passed round the reflector holder to be guided to the platen surface passes through a space formed by the plate and the platen to be rectified. Accordingly, the wind velocity in the space becomes constant, thereby the recording sheet can be evenly dried.

Drying device

A jetting element has a plurality of nozzles, a heating body for jetting ink droplets from the nozzles, and an ink chamber communicating with the nozzles. A manifold is bonded with the jetting element through an adhesive, and has an ink flow path formed therein to supply an ink to the jetting element. After the ink has been charged, the interior of the ink flow path is held at a negative pressure. An adhesive whose gas permeability is smaller than 2.0.times.10.sup.-6 cm.sup.3 .multidot.cm/cm.sup.2 .multidot.sec.multidot.atm and whose angle of contact with respect to the ink is 45.degree. or less is used as the adhesive. The bonded portion created by the adhesive has a smooth shape so that air bubbles are hard to adhere to the bonded portion.

Ink jet recording head and method manufacturing thereof

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Yumiko Namba