Title:
WASTE INK TANK FOR INK JET RECORDING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3406348
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To obtain reliability in a long period of use, and dispose a great deal of waste ink in a short time by providing a pipe having a plurality of openings in a longitudinal direction within a waste ink tank provided with a waste ink absorber, viz., a discharge tube for effecting discharge of waste ink into a large number of places in the waste ink tank.
CONSTITUTION: An absorber 2 is mounted in a waste ink tank 1. The ink absorber 2 is made of materials, for example, a felt material, laminated paper, polymeric porous substance, or water absorption resin and the like. In the waste ink tank 1, a waste ink discharge tube 3 having a lage number of openings 3b in a longitudinal direction is disposed in a manner uniformly passing through the waste ink tank 1. The waste ink discharge tube 3 may be made to have a connection part 3a and changeable by being separated from the recording meter main body. As a result, if absorbing abilities of the ink absorber in the ink openings drop, the ink openings being in a plurality of places enable an effective use of the whole of the ink absorber.
Inventors:
Shuzo Matsumoto
Application Number:
JP15422193A
Publication Date:
May 12, 2003
Filing Date:
May 31, 1993
Export Citation:
Assignee:
株式会社リコー
International Classes:
B41J2/18; B41J2/165; B41J2/175; B41J2/185; (IPC1-7): B41J2/175; B41J2/18; B41J2/185
Domestic Patent References:
| JP1174460A | ||||
| JP2526A | ||||
| JP5712683A | ||||
| JP61284444A | ||||
| JP2243353A | ||||
| JP1202454A | ||||
| JP22013A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Akichika Takano
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