LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE

• Main Authors: AOKI TAKESHI, AMANO YUSAKU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 08.04.2022
• Subjects: CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

To provide a liquid discharge device that can easily achieve desired cap pressure when a cap comes into contact with a head in a state of covering a nozzle.SOLUTION: A printer as one example of a liquid discharge device comprises: a slide mechanism 31 that has a first member 22B and a second member which can slide on each other along an elevating direction ±B; a head 20H fixed to the first member and having a nozzle for discharging liquid; an elevating mechanism 30 fixed to a second member 28P, and moving the head 20H up and down along the elevating direction ±B; and a cap 64 that covers the nozzle. The first member is constituted of a wall member 22B having a long hole 27, and the second member is constituted of a pin 28P. The elevating mechanism 30 relatively moves the head 20H toward the cap 64 in a state where the head 20H is not allowed to slide in a direction in which the head gets away from the cap 64.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 18 【課題】ノズルを覆う状態にキャップがヘッドに接触するときに所望のキャップ圧を得られやすい液体吐出装置を提供する。【解決手段】液体吐出装置の一例であるプリンターは、昇降方向±Ｂに沿って互いにスライド可能な第１部材２２Ｂと第２部材とを有するスライド機構３１と、第１部材と固定され、液体を吐出するノズルを有するヘッド２０Ｈと、第２部材２８Ｐと固定され、ヘッド２０Ｈを昇降方向±Ｂに沿って昇降させる昇降機構３０と、ノズルを覆うキャップ６４とを備える。第１部材は、長孔２７を有する壁部材２２Ｂにより構成され、第２部材は、ピン２８Ｐにより構成される。昇降機構３０は、ヘッド２０Ｈがキャップ６４から遠ざかる向きへのスライドが生じない状態にて、ヘッド２０Ｈをキャップ６４側に向けて相対移動させる。【選択図】図１８