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Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 06, 2020
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yohei Nakamura, Yokohama, JP;

Kazuhiro Yamada, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/18 (2013.01); B41J 2/16505 (2013.01); B41J 2/17566 (2013.01); B41J 2/17596 (2013.01); B41J 2/16508 (2013.01); B41J 2002/17579 (2013.01);
Abstract

A liquid ejection apparatus includes a plurality of liquid ejection units ejecting different types of liquids. Each liquid ejection unit includes an ejection orifice which ejects a liquid, first and second liquid tanks which store the liquid, and a liquid flow path which connects the first liquid tank and the second liquid tank to each other across the ejection orifice. The liquid ejection apparatus further includes a cap member which covers of the ejection orifices of the plurality of liquid ejection units and forms a space sealed between the ejection orifices of the plurality of liquid ejection units and the cap member, and a pressure control mechanism which simultaneously pressurizes the first and second liquid tanks.


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