Title:
INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3686458
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To replace a liquid such as ink charged in a printing head with a liquid such as other ink in an ink jet recording apparatus.
SOLUTION: An ink jet recording apparatus has a plurality of liquid tanks 40, 45 housing a liquid, a changeover means 54 alternatively connecting a plurality of the liquid tanks 40, 45 to a first liquid communication part 51, a discharge means discharging the liquid housed in a printing head 13 to the outside from a second liquid communication part 52, a first filling means filling a common liquid chamber 31 with the liquid of the liquid tanks 40, 45 from the first liquid communication part 51 and a second filling means filling nozzles 23 with the liquid of the common liquid chamber 31 charged by the first filling means from the common liquid chamber 31.
Inventors:
Takatoshi Nishimura
Motoyuki Fukuda
Seiji Hata
Kikunosuke Tsuji
Takeshi Watanabe
Motoyuki Fukuda
Seiji Hata
Kikunosuke Tsuji
Takeshi Watanabe
Application Number:
JP23255695A
Publication Date:
August 24, 2005
Filing Date:
September 11, 1995
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Kyocera Mita Co., Ltd.
International Classes:
B41J2/165; B41J2/175; B41J2/18; B41J2/185; (IPC1-7): B41J2/175; B41J2/165; B41J2/18; B41J2/185
Domestic Patent References:
| JP3142249A | ||||
| JP3234636A | ||||
| JP7032601A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Etsushi Kotani