US 12,214,597 B2
Inkjet recording device maintaining valve at closing position to close air communication opening formed in ink storage portion during execution of printing process
Fumio Nakazawa, Okazaki (JP); Yoshinori Osakabe, Seto (JP); Taichi Shirono, Nagoya (JP); and Sosuke Kuroyanagi, Nishio (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Nov. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/504,524.
Application 18/504,524 is a continuation of application No. 17/218,263, filed on Mar. 31, 2021, granted, now 11,904,613.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-062032 (JP), filed on Mar. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0066882 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/17556 (2013.01) [B41J 2/16505 (2013.01); B41J 2/175 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An inkjet recording device comprising:
a head comprising a nozzle and configured to eject ink from the nozzle;
a support member supporting the head;
a storage portion configured to store therein ink, the storage portion having a part positioned above the nozzle, the storage portion having an air communication opening allowing an interior of the storage portion to be communicated with atmosphere;
a valve movable between:
an opening position in which the valve opens the air communication opening; and
a closing position in which the valve closes the air communication opening;
an actuator configured to move the valve; and
a controller configured to perform:
controlling, while the head is ejecting ink from the nozzle toward a recording medium, the actuator to maintain the valve at the closing position.