Title:
INKJET RECORDING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CLEANING INKJET RECORDING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2021/199506
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The present invention provides an inkjet recording device and a method for cleaning the inkjet recording device that enable automatic cleaning of a head tip. The inkjet recording device has: a printhead that receives a supply of ink and performs printing; a main body that supplies the ink to the printhead; and a cleaning unit that has a cleaning tank into which the entire printhead is inserted and which performs cleaning by spraying a cleaning solution onto the printhead from a cleaning nozzle. The cleaning unit has the cleaning nozzle from which the cleaning solution is injected into the cleaning tank, and a cleaning base part that has a housing section in which the tip of the printhead is housed and into which the cleaning solution is allowed to flow. The cleaning solution is made to flow into the housing section to clean the tip of the printhead.
Inventors:
OKAMOTO YUSUKE (JP)
ARIMA TAKAHIRO (JP)
MIZOGUCHI SHO (JP)
MIYAO AKIRA (JP)
MATSUMOTO TATSUO (JP)
ARIMA TAKAHIRO (JP)
MIZOGUCHI SHO (JP)
MIYAO AKIRA (JP)
MATSUMOTO TATSUO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2020/045911
Publication Date:
October 07, 2021
Filing Date:
December 09, 2020
Export Citation:
Assignee:
HITACHI INDUSTRY EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS CO LTD (JP)
International Classes:
B41J2/17; B41J2/165
Domestic Patent References:
WO2019234965A1 | 2019-12-12 | |||
WO2019234965A1 | 2019-12-12 |
Foreign References:
US20120299993A1 | 2012-11-29 | |||
JPS61193857A | 1986-08-28 | |||
JPH0780385A | 1995-03-28 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SEIRYO I.P.C. (JP)
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