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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2016
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Arihito Miyakoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Ken Tsuchii, Sagamihara, JP;
Nobuhito Yamaguchi, Inagi, JP;
Hiroshi Arimizu, Kawasaki, JP;
Yumi Komamiya, Kawasaki, JP;
Koichi Ishida, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/14 (2006.01); B41J 2/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/14 (2013.01); B41J 2/1433 (2013.01); B41J 2/15 (2013.01); B41J 2202/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
Gas is ejected toward a region between a liquid ejection head and a recording medium so as to enlarge and stabilize a vortex generated by an airflow generated by liquid droplets ejected from ejection ports. Accordingly, an airflow turbulence generated between the liquid ejection head and the recording medium is reduced and displacements of positions at which the liquid droplets are applied due to the airflow turbulence are reduced.