US 12,459,265 B2
Inkjet recording device
Takahiro Arima, Tokyo (JP); Yusuke Okamoto, Tokyo (JP); Sho Mizoguchi, Tokyo (JP); Akira Miyao, Tokyo (JP); and Tatsuo Matsumoto, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/032,722
Filed by Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 4, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/041247
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 19, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/097212, PCT Pub. Date May 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0391089 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 2/17 (2006.01); B41J 2/185 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/1721 (2013.01) [B41J 2/185 (2013.01); B41J 2/1735 (2024.05); B41J 2/1742 (2024.05)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An inkjet recording device comprising:
a print head that performs printing;
a main body including a path for supplying ink in an ink container to the print head, a path for collecting the ink that is not used for printing, in the ink, a path for supplying a solvent in a solvent container to the ink container, and a regulating unit that regulates a flow of the ink and the solvent in each of the paths;
a control unit that controls the main body and the print head; and
a head mounting unit including a cleaning tank having a space in which the print head is containable, and an opening portion at a lower portion of the cleaning tank, and a collection container that collects a liquid flowing out from the opening portion,
wherein a solvent vapor suction path connected to the cleaning tank to suction and discharge solvent vapor generated in the cleaning tank and a drive unit that discharges the solvent vapor are provided, and
wherein the head mounting unit is provided with a detector that detects that the collection container is attached to the opening portion of the cleaning tank.