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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2023
Screen Holdings Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Yuto Suzuki, Kyoto, JP;
Hideaki Onishi, Kyoto, JP;
Takanori Tsuji, Kyoto, JP;
Noboru Hamaguchi, Kyoto, JP;
Akihiro Ogawa, Kyoto, JP;
Miki Nakagawa, Kyoto, JP;
Mitsuru Tanemoto, Kyoto, JP;
Takaharu Yamamoto, Kyoto, JP;
SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An inkjet printing apparatus includes a discharge head configured to discharge ink, a supply tank in which ink supplied to the discharge head is stored, a collecting tank in which ink collected from the discharge head is stored, a connecting pipe connecting the supply tank and the collecting tank, a circulation pump that is interposed in the connecting pipe and is configured to deliver ink from the collecting tank to the supply tank, a replenishment tank in which ink with which the supply tank is replenished is stored, a replenishment pipe connecting the replenishment tank and the connecting pipe, and a replenishment pump that is interposed in the replenishment pipe and is configured to deliver ink from the replenishment tank to the connecting pipe. A connection point of the replenishment pipe and the connecting pipe is positioned between the circulation pump and the supply tank.