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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
May. 22, 2023
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Satoru Osawa, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17596 (2013.01); B41J 2/17503 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a main tank that stores ink; a first storage tank that stores the ink supplied from the main tank; an ink head that ejects the ink; a first supply channel for supplying the ink from the main tank to the first storage tank; a second supply channel for supplying the ink from the first storage tank to the ink head; a heating section that is provided in the first supply channel and heats the ink; and a circulation channel for returning the ink in the second supply channel to a part, located between the main tank and the heating section, of the first supply channel.