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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:
Jan. 22, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Isao Ebisawa, Yokohama, JP;
Atsushi Arai, Kawasaki, JP;
Hisao Yaegashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Hidehiko Kanda, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 ; B41J 2/938 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 ; B41J 2/938 ;
Abstract
An ink jet recording apparatus comprising a recording head having discharge ports for discharging the ink, an ink tank for storing said ink to be supplied to the recording head, and suction recovery device for stabilizing the ink discharge from the recording head, characterized in that the suction recovery device has a plurality of suction operations, which can be selected in accordance with the content of the discharge stabilization.