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Image forming apparatus

a technology of image forming and forming parts, which is applied in the direction of power drive mechanisms, spacing mechanisms, printing, etc., can solve the problems of image quality degradation and detection accuracy degraded, and achieve the effect of improving image quality

Inactive Publication Date: 2016-02-04
RICOH KK
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This configuration significantly reduces mist adherence to the encoder scale, enhancing the accuracy of carriage location detection and improving image quality by maintaining the encoder scale's cleanliness.

Problems solved by technology

However, since the image is formed by discharging droplets from the recording head, when mist is adhered to the encoder scale, misreading of a head location occurs and detection accuracy of a carriage location is degraded.
Thus, image quality is degraded.

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second embodiment

[0042]In the second embodiment, the sensor attaching part 43 is provided upward from the head mounting part 41 of the carriage 4. The encoder scale 15, which is read by the encoder sensor 16, is arranged above the head mounting part 41. The guide member 3 is arranged above the head mounting part 41 and below the encoder sensor 16 of the sensor attaching part 43. Thus, the sensor attaching part 43 is separated from the head mounting part 41.

[0043]Moreover, between the front stay 61 and the sensor attaching part 43, the partition member 51 is provided to fit in the concave portion 50 formed on the sensor attaching part 43.

[0044]By the above configuration, as illustrated in FIG. 7, a space where the carriage 4 is divided into an upper space and a lower space by the guide member 3 and the partition member 51. In a apace 501a as the upper space, the head mounting part 41 of the carriage 4 moves. In a space 502a different from the space 501a, the sensor attaching part 43 of the carriage 4...

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[0045]Accordingly, similar to the first embodiment, in a case in which the droplets are discharged from the recording heads 11 mounted to the head mounting part 41 of the carriage 4, even if mist occurs and floats in the space 501a, the mist is shielded by the guide member 3 and the partition member 51. Even if the sensor attaching part 43 moves, the mist hardly enters the space 502a where the encoder scale 15 is arranged. It is possible to reduce adherence of the mist to the encoder scale 15. Moreover, the encoder scale 15 is arranged in the space 502a sectioned above the head mounting part 41. Since the mist does not float upward easily because of gravity, it is possible to acquire a further reduction effect of mist adherence.

[0046]Next, a third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 8. FIG. 8 is a lateral view of the carriage part in the third embodiment. In FIG. 8, parts that are the same as those illustrated in the previously described figures are given by the same...

third embodiment

[0048]By this configuration in the third embodiment, it is possible to acquire a further mist reduction effect of mist adherence.

[0049]Next, a fourth embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 9. FIG. 9 is a lateral view of the carriage part in the fourth embodiment. In FIG. 9, parts that are the same as those illustrated in the previously described figures are given by the same reference numbers.

[0050]In the fourth embodiment, instead of the partition member 51 in the second embodiment, the mist collection member 81 is provided as the partition member. The mist collection member 81 may be formed by the brush, the filter, the porous member, the charging member, or the like.

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Abstract

In an image forming apparatus, a carriage mounts a recording head for discharging droplets, and moves in a main scan direction. A guide member slidably guides the carriage. An encoder scale is arranged along the main scan direction. An encoder sensor reads the encoder scale. The carriage includes a head mounting part for mounting the recording head, and a sensor attaching part for attaching the encoder sensor. The sensor attaching part is provided so as to be extended from the head mounting part. The encoder scale is arranged at a location which the encoder sensor can read. A partition member is provided to separate the head mounting part from the sensor attaching part in the carriage. The head mounting part is arranged in a first space, and the sensor attaching part and the encoder scale are arranged in a second space separated from the first apace by the partition member.

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TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention generally relates to an image forming apparatus, and more particularly to the image forming apparatus which includes a carriage mounting a recording head for ejecting droplets.BACKGROUND ART[0002]As an image forming apparatus such as a printer, a facsimile, a copier, a plotter, a multifunctional apparatus integrating them, or the like, for example, an inkjet recording apparatus is well known as a liquid discharge recording scheme by using a recording head which is formed by a liquid discharge head (droplet discharge head) for discharging ink droplets. In the image forming apparatus of the liquid discharge recording scheme, an image is formed by discharging ink droplets from a recording head onto a sheet being conveyed. The sheet is not limited to a paper sheet. The sheet may be an OHP (Over Head Projector) and other types of sheets onto which the ink droplet or other liquid can be adhered, and may be called as a medium to be recorded, a rec...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B41J25/00
CPCB41J25/001B41J19/207B41J19/18B41J2/01B41J19/202
Inventor YANASE, NORIKAZUKLKURA, MAKOTOKEMMA, TSUGUYORI
Owner RICOH KK