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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
May. 25, 2018
Applicants:
Tomomi Katoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuta Moriwaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoru Yoshida, Ibaraki, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 2/055 (2006.01); B41J 2/14 (2006.01); B41J 2/18 (2006.01); B41J 29/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17556 (2013.01); B41J 2/04508 (2013.01); B41J 2/04583 (2013.01); B41J 2/04588 (2013.01); B41J 2/055 (2013.01); B41J 2/14274 (2013.01); B41J 2/175 (2013.01); B41J 2/17513 (2013.01); B41J 2/18 (2013.01); B41J 29/38 (2013.01); B41J 2002/14483 (2013.01); B41J 2202/02 (2013.01); B41J 2202/12 (2013.01); B41J 2202/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a plurality of liquid discharge heads to discharge liquid, and a plurality of head tanks communicating with the plurality of liquid discharge heads, respectively. Each of the plurality of head tanks includes a liquid chamber to store the liquid and a gas chamber separated from the liquid chamber by a diaphragm, and the gas chamber of one of the plurality of head tanks communicates with the gas chamber of another of the plurality of head tanks.