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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2023
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroyuki Tokimatsu, Hino, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17596 (2013.01); B41J 2/0451 (2013.01); B41J 2/16579 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a main tank that stores ink; an ink head unit that includes a first heating device to heat the ink and that ejects the heated ink; a supply channel that supplies the ink from the main tank to the ink head unit; and a second heating device that heats the supply channel. The second heating device starts heating at a predetermined timing such that a temperature of a specific region in the supply channel becomes equal to or more than a second temperature that is a melting point of a component having a highest melting point.