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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Ryohei Maruyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenta Iimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Daigo Kuronuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Takaya Sato, Tokyo, 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, a flow passage, and a valve. The carriage includes a recording head that ejects liquid contained in the tank and supplied from the flow passage. The flow passage includes (i) a fixed flow passage connected to the tank without following a movement of the carriage, (ii) a first flow passage that follows the movement of the carriage and is branched off from the fixed flow passage and connected to the recording head, and (iii) a second flow passage that follows the movement of the carriage and is branched off from the fixed flow passage and connected to the recording head. The valve is provided in one of the first and second flow passages and limits a flow of liquid from the tank to the recording head and allows liquid to flow from the recording head to the tank.