Inkjet head and inkjet printer
First Claim
1. A inkjet head comprising:
- an ink cartridge for holding ink of one color or of a plurality of colors therein;
a print head including an ink discharge surface including an ink discharge hole for discharging ink supplied from the ink cartridge;
a head cap, which moves relative to and is removably mounted to the print head, for protecting the ink discharge surface of the print head; and
a cleaning member, provided at a print-head side of the head cap in a longitudinal direction of the print head, for cleaning the ink discharge surface of the print head.
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Abstract
An inkjet head includes a head cap for protecting an ink discharge surface of a print head and a cleaning roller for cleaning the ink discharge surface of the print head. The head cap moves relative to and is removably mounted to the print head including the ink discharge surface with an ink discharge hole for discharging ink supplied from an ink cartridge. The cleaning roller is provided at a print head side of the head cap in the longitudinal direction of the print head. By virtue of this structure, it is possible to reduce the size of a printer body. The invention aims at reducing the size of the printer body by providing the cleaning member at the head cap for protecting the ink discharge surface.
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1. A inkjet head comprising:
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an ink cartridge for holding ink of one color or of a plurality of colors therein;
a print head including an ink discharge surface including an ink discharge hole for discharging ink supplied from the ink cartridge;
a head cap, which moves relative to and is removably mounted to the print head, for protecting the ink discharge surface of the print head; and
a cleaning member, provided at a print-head side of the head cap in a longitudinal direction of the print head, for cleaning the ink discharge surface of the print head. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14)
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13. An inkjet printer for carrying out a printing operation by forming ink from an inkjet head into very fine particles and discharging the very fine particles in order to blow ink dots on a recording sheet, the inkjet printer comprising:
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the inkjet head which comprises an ink cartridge for holding ink of one color or of a plurality of colors therein;
a print head including an ink discharge surface including an ink discharge hole for discharging ink supplied from the ink cartridge;
a head cap, which moves relative to and is removably mounted to the print head, for protecting the ink discharge surface of the print head; and
a cleaning member, provided at a print-head side of the head cap in a longitudinal direction of the print head, for cleaning the ink discharge surface of the print head;
a head mounting-and-dismounting mechanism for mounting and securing the inkjet head to a predetermined location of a printer body and for dismounting the inkjet head from the predetermined location of the printer body; and
a head cap placing-and-removing mechanism for uncovering the ink discharge surface and for placing the head cap after completion of the printing operation by, with the inkjet head being secured to the predetermined location of the printer body, moving the head cap relative to the print head.
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