US 12,076,986 B2
Manifold, head module, liquid discharge unit, and liquid discharging apparatus
Masahiro Saito, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Masahiro Saito, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/861,277.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-122332 (JP), filed on Jul. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0030551 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 2/14 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/14 (2013.01) [B41J 2/17523 (2013.01); B41J 2002/14419 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A manifold comprising:
a liquid chamber including an elastic damper, the liquid chamber configured to store a liquid;
multiple head couplers on a lower end of the liquid chamber, the multiple head couplers configured to be respectively coupled to multiple liquid discharge heads and spaced apart in a longitudinal direction of the liquid chamber; and
a tank coupler on an upper end of the liquid chamber, the tank coupler configured to be coupled to a tank configured to store liquid to be supplied to or discharged from the manifold,
wherein a length of the liquid chamber increases from the tank coupler on the upper end toward the multiple head couplers on the lower end of the liquid chamber, and
wherein the liquid chamber has a shape of trapezoid, the upper end of the liquid chamber corresponds to an upper base of the trapezoid, and the lower end of the liquid chamber corresponds to a lower base of the trapezoid.