IP Library Granted Patent US 8,690,290
Granted Patent B2
US 8,690,290 · App. 13/773,006 · Granted Apr 8, 2014

Liquid ejection device

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Patent No.
US 8,690,290
App. No.
13/773,006
Granted
Apr 8, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid ejection device includes: an ejection head configured and arranged to eject liquid from a nozzle; a suction container in which a first suction port, a second suction port that is farther away from the nozzle compared to the first suction port, and a discharge port are formed, air sucked from the first suction port and the second suction port passing through the suction container; and a suction device configured and arranged to suck the air from the discharge port to an outside of the suction container.

Claims (17)

1. A liquid ejection device comprising:

an ejection head configured and arranged to eject liquid from a nozzle;

a suction container in which a first suction port, a second suction port that is farther away from the nozzle compared to the first suction port, and a discharge port are formed, air sucked from the first suction port and the second suction port passing through the suction container; and

a suction device configured and arranged to suck the air from the discharge port to an outside of the suction container.

2. The liquid ejection device according to claim 1 , further comprising

an adjustment section configured and arranged to adjust a suction amount of air in the second suction port.

3. The liquid ejection device according to claim 2 , wherein

the adjustment section is configured and arranged to adjust the suction amount of air sucked from the second suction port by changing an opening area of the second suction port.

4. The liquid ejection device according to clam 2 , wherein,

when a spray distance of the liquid ejected from the nozzle spraying to a medium to be recorded is a second distance that is longer than a first distance, the adjustment section is configured to adjust the suction amount of air sucked from the second suction port to be larger than that of when the spray distance is the first distance.

5. The liquid ejection device according to claim 2 , wherein

the liquid has light curing characteristics, and

the liquid ejection device has an irradiation section configured and arranged to emit light for causing the liquid to cure and a cooling section to which heat generated by irradiation of light from the irradiation section is transferred, the cooling section being disposed between the first suction port and the discharge port.

6. The liquid ejection device according to claim 5 , wherein

when a light irradiation intensity in the irradiation section is a second intensity that is stronger than a first intensity, the adjustment section is configured to adjust the suction amount of air sucked from the second suction port to be larger than that of when the light irradiation intensity is the first intensity.

7. The liquid ejection device according to claim 1 , wherein

an air suction direction in the second suction port is opposite to an air suction direction in the first suction port.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR OF ASSIGNOR'S FIRST NAME IN A COVER SHEET FROM NIRIHIRO TO NORIHIRO PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 029851 FRAME 0238. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE THE MIS-SPELLING OF THE ASSIGNOR'S FIRST NAME. Recorded Mar 25, 2013
From: MASUDA, NORIHIRO
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030081/0043 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR OF ASSIGNOR'S FIRST NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 029851, FRAME 0238. Recorded Mar 25, 2013
From: MASUDA, NORIHIRO
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030102/0848 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2013
From: MASUDA, NIRIHIRO
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029851/0238 →