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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1991
Shinichi Hirasawa, Hiratsuka, JP;
Koichi Sato, Hiratsuka, JP;
Koji Terasawa, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Miyakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Tsutomu Abe, Isehara, JP;
Yoshifumi Hattori, Yamato, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recovery process for an ink jet recording head of a recording apparatus and a device for performing the recovery process are disclosed. The ink jet recording apparatus includes a recording head with a plurality of discharge ports and a liquid chamber common to the discharge ports. The liquid chamber is supplied with ink through an ink supply path from an ink tank. The recovery device includes a device for introducing air into the liquid chamber of the recording head, a cap unit for covering the discharge ports of the recording head, and a pumping device for applying suction to the cap unit to suck the introduced air and ink through the discharge ports.