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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
May. 14, 2015
Applicant:
Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd., Nagano, JP;
Inventor:
Akihiko Mizusaki, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD., Nagano, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01); F04B 43/12 (2006.01); F04B 43/08 (2006.01); F04B 45/047 (2006.01); F04B 45/053 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17596 (2013.01); F04B 43/082 (2013.01); F04B 43/086 (2013.01); F04B 43/12 (2013.01); F04B 43/1223 (2013.01); F04B 43/1238 (2013.01); F04B 43/1253 (2013.01); F04B 43/1276 (2013.01); F04B 43/1292 (2013.01); F04B 45/047 (2013.01); F04B 45/053 (2013.01);
Abstract
A waste ink recovery device () which is a fluid transport device has a tubing pump () configured to rotate around a shaft center by a motor, thereby transporting waste ink into a recovery container, flow passage members () for guiding the waste ink into the tubing pump (), a flow passage selector (), and a one-way clutch (). The flow passage selector () has operating members () for opening and closing internal flow passages of the flow passage members (), and an eccentric cam () configured to make the operating members () open and close the internal flow passages of the flow passage members ().