Title:
The maintenance device, fluid injector, and printer of a fluid injection head
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP5987579
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A maintenance device for a fluid ejection head has a small, compact switching mechanism that can appropriately switch drive force from a drive source and drive a suction pump and a wiper. A maintenance device 40 has caps 64 (1) to 65 (4) and wipers 75 (1) to 75 (4), a suction pump 94 that suctions waste ink from the caps 64 (1) to 65 (4), a cap drive transfer mechanism 80 that moves the caps 64 (1) to 65 (4) in a cap movement direction V, a wiper-pump drive transfer mechanism 90 that moves the wipers and drives the suction pump 94, and a drive switching mechanism 100 that switches driving by the wiper-pump drive transfer mechanism 90 to drive the suction pump 94 or move the wipers according to the position of cap movement.
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Inventors:
Hisashi Miyazawa
Application Number:
JP2012202259A
Publication Date:
September 07, 2016
Filing Date:
September 14, 2012
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation
International Classes:
B41J2/165
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2009045898A | ||||
| JP2004299209A | ||||
| JP2011104980A | ||||
| JP2004042446A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Keisuke Nishida
Satoshi Nakai
Kazuaki Watanabe
Satoshi Nakai
Kazuaki Watanabe