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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2016
Applicant:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuhiko Ohtsu, Mishima Shizuoka, JP;
Kazuhiro Hara, Numazu Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/18 (2006.01); B41J 2/14 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/18 (2013.01); B41J 2/175 (2013.01); B41J 2/17596 (2013.01); B41J 2/1408 (2013.01); B41J 2/14088 (2013.01); B41J 2/17593 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, an ink circulation device includes a first tank which stores ink to be supplied to an inkjet head, a second tank which stores the ink returned from the ink jet head, and a circulation pump which circulates the ink stored in the second tank to the first tank. In addition, the ink circulation device according to the embodiment further includes a heating device which is in contact with and heats a bottom surface of the first tank, a bottom surface of the second tank, and a bottom surface of the circulation pump.