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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2005
Hirotake Nakamura, Nagoya, JP;
Masayuki Takata, Nagoya, JP;
Takamasa Usui, Nagoya, JP;
Bing Wang, Nagoya, JP;
Yoichiro Shimizu, Kasugai, JP;
Naoya Okazaki, Gifu-ken, JP;
Hirotake Nakamura, Nagoya, JP;
Masayuki Takata, Nagoya, JP;
Takamasa Usui, Nagoya, JP;
Bing Wang, Nagoya, JP;
Yoichiro Shimizu, Kasugai, JP;
Naoya Okazaki, Gifu-ken, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
An ink jet printer including a stationary frame; a tank supporter which is provided in the stationary frame and which supports at least one ink storing tank storing at least one sort of ink; a recording head which records an image on a recording medium by ejecting a droplet of the ink, and which has at least one ink flow inlet; at least one ink delivering tank which delivers the ink and has at least one ink flow outlet; at least one ink supply tube which is provided between the tank supporter and the ink delivering tank and through which the ink is supplied from the ink storing tank to the recording head via the ink delivering tank, wherein the delivering tank provides at least a portion of at least one ink delivering channel connecting between the ink supply tube and the recording head; a head holder which includes a main portion holding the recording head and the ink delivering tank, and which is movable relative to the stationary frame so that the recording head records the image on the recording medium; and an ink-contact preventing portion which prevents the ink that leaks from the ink delivering channel, from contacting the recording head.