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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Sii Printek Inc., Chiba, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshinori Domae, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
SII Printek Inc., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/14 (2006.01); B41J 2/16 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/14209 (2013.01); B41J 2202/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A liquid jet head includes a nozzle guard attached to a nozzle plate. The nozzle guard functions as a liquid storage unit and is configured to store residual liquid that attaches to the nozzle plate. Channel lines include ejection and non-ejection channels and a dummy channel incapable of driving. Liquid is supplied into the dummy channel while being brought to a negative pressure. The nozzle plate includes a dummy nozzle hole that communicates with the dummy channel, and the dummy nozzle hole is provided at a position to aspirate stored residual liquid using the nozzle guard.