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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2020
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Noboru Shimoyama, Yokohama, JP;
Soji Kondo, Yokohama, JP;
Akira Kida, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuji Kurata, Yokohama, JP;
Atsushi Kohnotoh, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/155 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17523 (2013.01); B41J 2/155 (2013.01); B41J 2/17553 (2013.01);
Abstract
A print head can suppress contamination due to ink at the time of being mounted on a printing apparatus and/or after being detached from the printing apparatus. For this purpose, a positioning pin longer than a needle is provided in a joint unit of the print head, and the joint unit includes a shutter which closes an opening on a supply side and an opening on a collection side when the print head is detached.