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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1998
Hisashi Yoshimura, Nara, JP;
Norihiro Ochi, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A recording apparatus capable of printing with high resolution and high precision at high speed while preventing drying of the ink jet head includes an ink jet head for emitting a plurality of types of inks one by one while performing reciprocating operation, an ink receiving equipment provided outside a recording area for receiving the inks emitted from the ink jet head, an ink emission amount setting unit for each ink, for setting the amount of emission of the ink emitted to the ink receiving equipment, and a control unit for controlling the ink jet head such that the ink of the emission amount is periodically emitted to the ink receiving equipment.