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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takaya Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Ryohei Maruyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Daigo Kuronuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenta Iimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohito Abe, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoaki Wada, Kanagawa, JP;
Masakazu Nagashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiaki Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Ryutaro Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording apparatus includes a carriage, a tank, and a flow passage. The carriage includes a liquid ejecting recording head and reciprocates in first and second directions. The flow passage supplies liquid from the tank to the recording head, and includes a fixed flow passage, a first flow passage, and a second flow passage. The fixed flow passage is connected to the tank and does not to follow a movement of the carriage. The first flow passage is branched off from the fixed flow passage, is connected to the recording head in the first direction, and follows the carriage movement. The second flow passage is branched off from the fixed flow passage, is connected to the recording head in the second direction, and follows the carriage movement. After the carriage moves in the first direction, stops, and moves in the second direction, liquid is sucked from the recording head.