US 12,454,137 B2
Inkjet recording device
Daisuke Eto, Kyoto (JP); Masahiro Higashitani, Kyoto (JP); Hiroatsu Tamai, Kyoto (JP); Masaaki Maruta, Kyoto (JP); and Tomoya Hotani, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to KYOCERA CORPORATION, Kyoto (JP)
Appl. No. 18/249,971
Filed by KYOCERA CORPORATION, Kyoto (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 27, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/039718
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 21, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/092171, PCT Pub. Date May 5, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-183075 (JP), filed on Oct. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0391083 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 2/21 (2006.01); B41J 2/14 (2006.01); B41J 2/15 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/2114 (2013.01) [B41J 2/1433 (2013.01); B41J 2/15 (2013.01); B41J 2202/19 (2013.01); B41J 2202/20 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An inkjet recording device comprising:
a conveyance unit configured to convey a recording medium in a conveyance direction;
a carriage configured to reciprocate in a main scanning direction intersecting the conveyance direction;
a plurality of ink heads located on the carriage, aligned in the main scanning direction, and configured to eject ink for image formation; and
a plurality of processing heads located on the carriage and configured to eject a non-coloring processing solution, wherein
the plurality of processing heads includes a first processing head and a second processing head that are arranged side by side in the main scanning direction at positions different from the ink heads in the conveyance direction,
the first processing head and the second processing head are arranged at an identical position in the conveyance direction, and
no more than one ink head among the plurality of ink heads is located between the first processing head and the second processing head in the main scanning direction.