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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025
Filed:
May. 02, 2023
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Shigetaka Kurosu, Hino, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 29/377 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17596 (2013.01); B41J 2/17553 (2013.01); B41J 29/377 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ink supply device includes: a main tank that stores ink; a sub-tank that stores the ink supplied from the main tank and supplies the ink stored to a plurality of inkjet heads connected; and a heater that heats the ink before the ink flows into the sub-tank, wherein the heater includes a plurality of ink outlet ports that can supply the ink with different temperatures to the sub-tank midway in a flow path of the ink to be heated.