Recording device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9902156
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15157178

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A recording device including a recording head, a tank, a valve capable of being switched between an open state where ink is supplied from the tank to the recording head and a closed state where the ink is not supplied, a cap covering a discharge port surface, a pump configured to make a pressure of an inside of the cap negative, an acquiring unit configured to acquire information on an atmospheric pressure of an environment where the recording device is placed, and a control unit configured to perform a suction operation of sucking the ink from the discharge port surface by driving the pump when the valve is in the closed state, making the pressure of the inside of the cap negative, and then switching the valve to the open state and to control the suction operation based on the acquired information.

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  • CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Danzuka, Toshimitsu Tokyo, JP 77 712
Genta, Shin Yokohama, JP 46 256
Ibe, Tsuyoshi Yokohama, JP 32 171
Kato, Masataka Yokohama, JP 171 1886
Nakagawa, Yoshinori Kawasaki, JP 177 2043
Suzuki, Kazuo Yokohama, JP 249 2159
Uetsuki, Masaya Yokohama, JP 80 1284
Yamamuro, Tomoki Kawasaki, JP 46 426

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