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Title:
LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2018001715
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent ejection defect and failure of a recording head, by avoiding contact between the recording head and a recorded medium or the like.SOLUTION: A liquid ejection device includes: a carriage 5 comprising a recording head 10 ejecting liquid; and scanning means causing the carriage 5 to scan in a main scanning direction. The carriage 5 includes: a jam detection sensor 16 detecting contact with a recorded medium P; and lifting means which adjusts a distance between the recording heads 10 and the recorded medium P by moving the recording heads 10. When the detection means detects contact, the liquid ejection device concurrently performs an operation for stopping scanning of the carriage 5 performed with the scanning means and an operation for increasing the distance between the recording head 10 and the recorded medium P using the lifting means.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

Inventors:
AOYANAGI KOTA
ZOGA SOICHI
Application Number:
JP2016135761A
Publication Date:
January 11, 2018
Filing Date:
July 08, 2016
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Assignee:
RICOH CO LTD
International Classes:
B41J2/01; B05C11/00; B05C11/10; B41J19/18; B41J25/304
Domestic Patent References:
JP2005324400A2005-11-24
JP2010173150A2010-08-12
JP2015093437A2015-05-18
JP2006110974A2006-04-27
JP2009166370A2009-07-30
Foreign References:
US20100220130A12010-09-02
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Chieko Tateno