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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2023
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Noriaki Furukawa, Osaka, JP;
Shunsuke Yamasaki, Osaka, JP;
Kaori Kitayama, Osaka, JP;
Yuko Yano, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In an inkjet recording device (), an intermediate flow passage () is connected to a downstream section of a first flow passage (), and is in communication with a recording head () and a second flow passage (). A communicating flow passage () includes a first branch flow passage (A) that supplies ink from the intermediate flow passage () to the recording head (), a second branch flow passage (B) that causes the ink to circulate from the recording head () to the second flow passage (), and a third branch flow passage (C) that causes the ink to flow from the intermediate flow passage () to the second flow passage (). Opening/closing valves (), (A), (B), (C) are respectively provided to a third flow passage () and the first branch flow passage (A), the second branch flow passage (B), and the third branch flow passage (C).