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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2004
Applicants:
Takashi Hasebe, Hachioji, JP;
Saburo Shimizu, Hachioji, JP;
Tetsu Sekine, Hachioji, JP;
Shuta Hamada, Hachioji, JP;
Inventors:
Takashi Hasebe, Hachioji, JP;
Saburo Shimizu, Hachioji, JP;
Tetsu Sekine, Hachioji, JP;
Shuta Hamada, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/393 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An ink jet printer for recording an image on a recording medium by jetting ink from nozzles having: an ink jet section which is provided with the nozzles; and an ink droplet detection section for detecting an impact force generated when an ink droplet jetted from the nozzles lands with a piezoelectric element, which is provided ahead in an ink droplet jetting direction from the nozzles.