Ink-jet recording apparatus and recovery process method of the same

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PATENT NO 6196655
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08123269

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There is disclosed a method and apparatus for recovering an ink jet head having an opening communicating with a discharge port, the opening being provided on a same planar surface on which the discharge port for discharging ink is provided. An area of the opening is larger than an area of the discharge port. The method includes the steps of forcibly introducing gas into the ink jet head simultaneously through the discharge port and the opening, and exhausting the gas introduced into the ink jet head in the introducing step with ink through the discharge port. The gas introduced into the ink jet head enables the ink to be exhausted at an increased velocity in the exhausting step.

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CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAJAPAN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Abe, Tsutomu Isehara, JP 178 3340
Hattori, Yoshifumi Yamato, JP 55 2014
Hirasawa, Shinichi Hiratsuka, JP 29 312
Miyakawa, Akira Tanashi, JP 36 1225
Sato, Koichi Hiratsuka, JP 567 7614
Terasawa, Koji Mitaka, JP 71 2604

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