IP Library Granted Patent US 8,215,765
Granted Patent B2
US 8,215,765 · App. 11/650,792 · Granted Jul 10, 2012

Ink jet recording apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,215,765
App. No.
11/650,792
Granted
Jul 10, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

To print an excellent image formed without distortion or image failure by mitigating irregularities, inclination, or the like of an installation floor surface. In an ink jet recording apparatus including an ink jet recording apparatus main body and a leg portion, a deformation absorbing member is interposed in a joint portion between the ink jet recording apparatus main body and the leg portion. Therefore, even if there are the irregularities, the inclination, or the like on a floor surface to which the ink jet recording apparatus is installed, it is possible to ensure leveling of a print surface in the ink jet recording apparatus main body, thereby being capable of obtaining the excellent image without the distortion or the image failure.

Claims (7)

1. An ink jet recording apparatus, comprising: an ink jet recording apparatus main body;

a leg portion; and a deformation absorbing member interposed in a joint portion between the ink jet recording apparatus main body and the leg portion, the deformation absorbing member comprising a rectangular board portion fixed to one of the ink jet recording apparatus main body and the leg portion, and flexible cut and raised portions, each of which is cut and raised from each of four corners of the board portion and has an L-shaped cross section, fixed to the other one of the ink jet recording apparatus main body and the leg portion.

2. The ink jet recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the deformation absorbing member has a positioning pin on a surface opposed to the ink jet recording apparatus main body.

3. The ink jet recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the deformation absorbing member constitutes a spring member made of SUS 301, SUS 303, or SECC.

4. An ink jet recording apparatus,

comprising: an ink jet recording apparatus main body; a leg portion that supports the ink jet recording apparatus main body on a floor surface; and two spaced-apart deformable absorbing members interposed between the ink jet recording apparatus main body and the leg portion, each deformable absorbing member having a plate portion fixed to one of the ink jet recording apparatus main body and the leg portion, and a plurality of flexible portions that are connected to the plate portion and fixed to the other one of the ink jet recording apparatus main body and the leg portion and that are flexible in a vertical direction to absorb uneven reaction forces exerted on the leg portion due to irregularities in the floor surface thereby leveling the ink jet recording apparatus main body, the flexible portions comprising flexible cut and raised portions of the plate portion and having an L-shaped cross section.

5. An ink jet recording apparatus according to claim 4 ; wherein the plate portion has a rectangular shape, and the flexible cut and raised portions are respectively formed at each of four corners of the plate portion.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Mar 14, 2022
From: OKI DATA CORPORATION
To: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059365/0145 →
MERGER Recorded Jun 6, 2018
From: OKI DATA INFOTECH CORPORATION
To: OKI DATA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047447/0186 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 6, 2018
From: SEIKO I INFOTECH INC.
To: OKI DATA INFOTECH CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047447/0194 →