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7614721 Wiper device of liquid ejection apparatus  
A wiper device includes a wiper member, a wiper cleaner, and an ink absorbing material. The wiper member wipes a nozzle opening surface of a recording head of a printer. The wiper cleaner always...
7611223 Cradle unit having printhead maintenance and wiping arrangements for a print engine  
The invention relates to a cradle unit for a print engine having an inkjet printhead and a PCB controller, the cradle unit configured to receive a cartridge unit having a printhead assembly of the...
7588310 Inkjet image forming system and method of increasing a printing speed thereof  
An inkjet image forming system and method of increasing a printing speed thereof. According to the system and method, at least a portion of a first lead time of a first process that includes...
7588309 Image forming apparatus  
Cleaning liquid stored in a first storage tank is absorbed by a sponge via a passage formed in a tube and a holder, and then applied onto a conveyance belt when the sponge comes into contact with...
7581812 Method of removing particulates from a printhead using a liquid foam  
A method of removing particulates from an ink ejection face of a printhead is provided. The method comprises the steps of: (a) providing a liquid foam on the face, thereby dispersing the...
7575296 Liquid ejection apparatus with liquid wiper device  
An inkjet printer includes a recording head ejecting ink from a nozzle plate surface, a plurality of wipers moving in a predetermined movement direction with respect to the recording head for...
7575297 Method of unblocking nozzles in a printhead  
A method of unblocking nozzles in a printhead is provided. The method comprises the steps of: (a) providing an elastically deformable pad having a contact surface for sealing engagement with an ink...
7571980 Cleaning method and apparatus for a printhead assembly  
A method and apparatus are provided for cleaning a first set and a second set of a staggered full-width array printhead assembly (SFWA) in an inkjet printer. The apparatus for the method includes...
7568782 Liquid ejection apparatus and image forming apparatus  
The liquid ejection apparatus comprises: a liquid ejection head having an ejection port surface on which ejection ports for ejecting liquid are formed; a wiping device having a blade member which...
7566123 Double-sided printer having opposed print engines  
Provided is a double-sided printer having two print engines arranged on opposite sides of a print media path. Each print engine includes an image transfer roller configured to operatively transfer...
7562959 Ink-jet printing device  
An ink-jet printing device is presented including (1) an ink-jet printing head for printing an image by discharging ink droplets from a number of nozzles onto a recording medium and (2) a purging...
7562975 Positioning structure of image forming apparatus  
A positioning structure of an image forming apparatus comprises an image recording medium to be transported; an ink head unit for ejecting ink fluids onto the image recording medium; a transport...
7556342 Ink jet printing apparatus  
An ink jet printing apparatus includes a mechanism for cleaning the face of an ink jet head by wiping the face with a wiper to which a liquid for the head is transferred. The face of the ink jet...
7556340 Ink jet recording apparatus  
Three nozzle caps for sealing the surface of a recording head are provided in correspondence to an ink tank group of Y, C, and M, an ink tank group of R, G, and B, and an ink tank group of photo-K...
7552994 Print-head maintenance device for use in an inkjet printer  
A maintenance device for shielding a print-head includes a casing having a first traveling path and a second traveling path transverse to the first traveling path, a sliding member disposed back...
7547090 Print head wiper, inkjet image forming apparatus with the same, and method of maintaining the inkjet image forming apparatus  
There are provided a print head wiper to wipe a nozzle surface of a print head where nozzles are formed to fire ink, an inkjet image forming apparatus including the print head wiper, and a method...
7543909 Wiper device and liquid ejection apparatus  
A wiper device of a liquid ejection apparatus includes a first wiper that wipes a nozzle surface defined in a liquid ejection head, a second wiper that wipes a side surface of the liquid ejection...
7540585 Device and method for residue removal  
A residue removal device includes an object, a sink, and a conveying device. The object includes a contact surface. Residue exists on the contact surface. A solution is contained in the sink. The...
7540583 Wiper  
A printer includes an arcuate arrangement of printheads and a retractable arcuate arrangement of wipers.
7533957 Image forming apparatus  
An image forming apparatus comprising: a recording head having a nozzle configured to eject a liquid drop of recording liquid so as to form an image on the recording-medium with a liquid drop...
7533958 Service station system for an inkjet printer  
A service station system for an inkjet printer includes head caps to revolve between a capping position and an uncapping position of printer heads, a slider to slide with respect to the head caps...
7530663 Method of removing particulates from a printhead using a rotating roller  
A method of removing particulates from an ink ejection face of a printhead is provided. The method comprises the steps of: (a) flooding the face with ink from the printhead, thereby dispersing the...
7527349 Inkjet image forming apparatus and method of maintaining nozzle unit thereof  
An inkjet image forming apparatus includes a cap member, a wiper, a nozzle unit, and a platen. The cap member and the wiper face the nozzle unit and are located at a position lower than an upper...
7527348 Ink jet printing apparatus  
In an ink jet printing apparatus carrying out printing using a plurality of ejecting portions for respectively ejecting different kinds of inks, a condition for wiping of an ejection face provided...
7524050 Ink jet printing  
An ink jet printing system including an ink jet print head configured to eject ink drops, a perforated substrate support having a plurality of holes, configured to carry a substrate over a first...
7524017 Printer having pivoted capper for duplexed printheads  
A printer is provided having a pagewidth printhead assembly which has opposed pagewidth printheads, pagewidth carriers each pivotally mounting a pagewidth capping member, and an actuating mechanism...
7520589 Ink-jet recording apparatus and cleaning blade  
A cleaning blade for wiping ink adhering to an ink ejection surface of an ink-jet head in which nozzles are formed by a relative movement of the cleaning blade and the ink ejection surface with the...
7516837 Ink-jet recording apparatus having a cleaning fluid absorber and a scraper  
An ink-jet recording apparatus has rollers, a conveyor belt, a conveyor belt driving mechanism, an ink-jet head, an absorber, a scraper, a supplier, and a supply controller. The conveyor belt spans...
7513592 Cleaning device of liquid jet apparatus, liquid jet apparatus, and cleaning method  
A cleaning device mounted on a liquid jet apparatus having a liquid jet head for ejecting liquid in order to clean the liquid jet head is provided. The cleaning device includes: a capping unit...
7510264 Inkjet printer with arcuately moveable simplex printhead and capping/purging mechanism  
A printer is disclosed which has: (a) a pagewidth printhead assembly having a single pagewidth printhead and a plurality of nozzles located along the printhead for delivering ink onto print media...
7510265 Ink-jet image forming apparatus and method of cleaning printbar  
An ink-jet image forming apparatus includes an ink-jet head having a printbar provided with a plurality of nozzles to eject ink droplets, a steam sprayer to spray steam onto the printbar, and a...
7510266 Image forming apparatus  
An image forming apparatus includes a conveyance unit, a recording head and a cap. The conveyance unit conveys a recording medium. The recording head includes a nozzle formation surface formed with...
7503638 Ink jet printing apparatus, and device and method for recovering ejection performance of ink printing apparatus  
An ink jet printing apparatus is capable of maintaining the ink ejection performance in good condition at all times even when a large number of ink droplets are used to form an image. To this end,...
7500732 Maintenance and docking station for a hand-held printer  
A docking station includes a housing operable to receive and releasably secure a handheld printer, and a freeing mechanism, where the freeing mechanism is operable to release the handheld printer...
7497545 Image forming apparatus  
There is disclosed a compact and inexpensive image forming apparatus which includes a head for discharging inks, an ink supply path fixed in parallel to the head to supply the inks to the head, a...
7497564 Liquid absorbing member and ink jet recording apparatus  
The present invention provides a liquid absorbing member for absorbing excessive ink components from an ink image formed on a recording medium by an ink jet recording method, in which the liquid...
7497547 Nozzle cleaning method, nozzle cleaning device, liquid ejection apparatus, printing apparatus and computer-readable medium  
A nozzle cleaning method has the following steps (A) to (C). (A) A first determination step of determining whether or not there is ejection of a liquid from a liquid ejection nozzle targeted for...
7491271 Film forming apparatus, head cleaning method, device manufacturing system, and device  
A system and method for reliably cleaning the nozzle face of each head while flexibly coping with changes in specification for a product to be manufactured. The film forming apparatus has a...
7484826 Method and apparatus for forming image  
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a conveying mechanism that is provided in this apparatus body and conveys a sheet, a recording head that moves along a moving path orthogonal...
7481513 Maintenance device for inkjet cartridge  
A maintenance device for an inkjet cartridge that cleans a print head of the cartridge. The maintenance device has a sled and a cam, which allow an end of a wiper holder to move up and down. As a...
7478897 Ink jet printer and method of wiping an ink discharging plane  
An ink jet printer is provided with an ink jet head, a wiper and a transferring device. The ink jet head has an ink discharging plane. A plurality of ink openings for discharging ink toward a print...
7475962 Printhead cleaning device for a large printer  
A printhead cleaning device for a large printer provided at a lateral side of a printing rail of the printer, it comprises a base and a swinging platform, wherein the base has four peripheral sides...
7472982 Ink removal device  
An ink removal device for an inkjet printer with a cartridge carrier and a print head. The ink removal device comprises a base, a wiper holder, a rotating member and a scraper. The wiper holder is...
7467846 Printhead maintenance system comprising face flooding system and ink transport assembly  
A printhead maintenance system for maintaining a printhead in an operable condition is provided. The maintenance system comprises: (a) a printhead having an ink ejection face; (b) an ink supply...
7461915 Inkjet recording apparatus  
An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head, a carriage, a movable body, a moving mechanism, and a relative position controller. The recording head is provided with a sub-tank and an...
7455384 Liquid discharging apparatus, and method of performing maintenance on liquid discharging head  
A liquid discharging apparatus includes a table that transfers a workpiece in a first scan direction; a carriage that has a liquid discharging head for discharging liquid droplets on the workpiece,...
7448726 Wiping  
Example embodiments of wiping are shown and described in which a print head is wiped along a non-linear path.
7445308 Inkjet image forming apparatus comprising a nozzle cleaning unit and method of using the same  
Provided is an inkjet image forming apparatus and method. The inkjet image forming apparatus comprises an inkjet head comprising a nozzle unit with a plurality of nozzles through which ink is...
7441863 Method of sealing nozzles on a printhead  
A method of sealing nozzles on an ink ejection face of a printhead is provided. The method comprises the steps of: (a) providing an elastically deformable pad having a contact surface for sealing...
7438381 Method of removing flooded ink from a printhead  
A method of removing ink flooded across an ink ejection face of a printhead is provided. The method comprises the steps of: (a) providing an elastically deformable pad having a contact surface for...