CN1754699A - Ink jet recording device - Google Patents

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CN1754699A
CN1754699A CN 200510081164 CN200510081164A CN1754699A CN 1754699 A CN1754699 A CN 1754699A CN 200510081164 CN200510081164 CN 200510081164 CN 200510081164 A CN200510081164 A CN 200510081164A CN 1754699 A CN1754699 A CN 1754699A
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西村千明
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When pigment ink is kept in a container for a long time, the pigment settles, then not only the circulating path in an ink-jet recording device can be blocked but also the printed hue is uneven. Thus, in an ink-jet recording device which adopts the pigment ink, an ink stirring mechanism is necessary. However, the prior stirring device is driven by a motor, the power for driving the motor is necessary, under the station that ink volatilizes from the container and adheres to the stirring device, dangerousness of short circuit exists. The invention can lower the dangerousness by taking the stirring device 1 for stirring the ink as a liquid driving, and separating the drive adjusting part of the liquid from being electrified around containers 3 and container 4 which are loaded with ink .

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Ink-jet recording apparatus
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of ink-jet recording apparatus of continuous injection ink particle.
Background technology
Ink-jet recording apparatus aspirates ink with pump from ink tank, through the ink filter device, carry out the pressure regulator valve that ink pressure is adjusted, with providing ink to nozzle, the ink that goes out from nozzle ejection is applied vibration to produce the ink particle, by making charged, the deflection of described ink particle, the ink particle is arrived on the recording medium, carry out record.And, formed such mechanism, that is: carried out continuously from the ink injection of nozzle, be recovered in obsolete ink particle in the record by guide groove, and make its container that returns the ink of packing into, thereby be called the circulation that is supplied to nozzle once more by the power of pump.
Under the situation about printing with dark colors such as black on the surface of recording medium, because in the dye class ink of general use, can not read literal, therefore, must print with pigment class inks such as white or yellow to print with the color of recording medium surface same item.
If the pigment class ink is placed in the container of storage ink for a long time, then there is problem as the pigment sedimentation of a kind of composition in the ink.If under the situation that makes the pigment sedimentation, carry out circulation, then can in circulating path, cause obstruction to nozzle supply, recovery ink.In addition, on recording medium, can produce the tone inequality of printing, thereby produce the fault that the literal of record can't be confirmed as literal.In the ink-jet recording apparatus that uses this pigment class ink,, the mechanism of the ink in the stirred vessel must be arranged in order to prevent fault.
For the ink-jet recording apparatus that uses the pigment class ink, in patent documentation 1, disclosed the device that is provided with rabbling mechanism.The storage ink container main body of record is placed on the magnetic agitating device in this patent documentation 1.Formed such mechanism in described magnetic agitating device, that is: by motor rotor plate has been rotated, rotated by making the magnetic that is positioned on the described rotor plate, magnetic field rotates.On the other hand, the container of accommodating ink is arranged on the agitating device under the state of introducing tumbler, and utilizes the rotary magnetic field that produces from the magnetic agitating device of motor driving, makes tumbler follow rotation, thereby stirs ink.
In addition, also the turning cylinder front end of known motor passes through in ink tank, is provided with at this front end and rotates the wing to stir the technology of ink.
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The content of invention
As described in the patent documentation 1, utilize motor at the agitating device that uses in the ink-jet recording apparatus in the past as drive source.In order to drive described motor, essential electric power, agitating device is arranged near the container of accommodating ink, under the situation that ink overflows from container or under the situation that ink disperses from container, exists ink attached to the consequently danger of the short circuit of motor driving usefulness on the agitating device.In this case, be difficult to continue to run well.
In addition, because ink has combustibility, therefore,, then there is the situation of catching fire that causes if electrical short takes place as mentioned above like that.
The present invention be directed to that above-mentioned problem makes, even but the object of the present invention is to provide under the situation of using the pigment class ink the still ink-jet recording apparatus of steady running.
To achieve these goals, a kind of ink-jet recording apparatus, by being applied, the ink that ejects vibrating and generation ink particle, and make charged, the deflection of described ink particle, make the ink particle arrive the determined location on the recording medium, in the device that writes down, use the pigment class ink, in described ink-jet recording apparatus, the first, be provided with, store the ink tank of described pigment class ink; Stirring parts, it is arranged in the described ink tank and stirs the interior pigment class ink of described ink tank; Rotatable parts, it is subjected to fluid force and rotates outside described ink tank; Described stirring parts and described rotatable parts are made of magnetic.
Second, described ink-jet recording apparatus is provided with the ink tank that constitutes ink circulation system in main body frame, in described ink tank, has the stirring parts that constitutes by magnetic, agitating device in the mechanism that the arranged outside magnetic of described ink tank rotates, the source of rotational drive that is arranged on the magnetic in the described agitating device adopts fluid.
The 3rd, have in the device of above-mentioned first feature, the agitating device of being furnished with described tumbler is set, described ink tank is positioned on the described agitating device, and described stirring parts is positioned at the bottom surface sections of described ink tank.
The 4th, have above-mentioned second or the device of the 3rd feature in, described agitating device is arranged on and is used for when running well supplying with, reclaiming to nozzle replenishing under the auxiliary ink container of usefulness when the ink tank of circulation of ink and the quantity of ink in this ink tank reduce.
The 5th, in device, have the flow rate regulating valve of adjusting the flow of fluid for the rotating speed of adjusting described agitating device, and control is to the control valve for fluids of the fluid of described agitating device conveying with any one feature in above-mentioned second~the 4th.
The 6th, in the device with any one feature in above-mentioned second~the 5th, described agitating device, described adjustment valve and described control valve for fluids can separate respectively.
Like this, in the present invention, by adopting said structure, the agitating device that stirs ink can be driven as fluid, and the drive source supply adjustment part and the agitating device main body of separating the agitating device of essential electric power, thereby be formed on the mechanism that the container perimeter of accommodating ink is not provided with the device of essential electric power.
According to the present invention, even but can provide under the situation of using the pigment class ink the still ink-jet recording apparatus of steady running.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation of ink rabbling mechanism according to an embodiment of the invention, in described ink rabbling mechanism, carries air and drive agitating device at fluid respectively from air compressor fluid is set supplies with the adjustment part.
Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram of ink-jet recording apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 3 is the structure chart of ink-jet recording apparatus main body according to an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 4 is for carrying the air and the fluid that is connected in series to drive the structural representation of the ink rabbling mechanism under the situation of agitating device from air compressor according to an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 5 is for carrying the air and the fluid that is connected in parallel to drive the structural representation of the ink rabbling mechanism under the situation of agitating device from air compressor according to an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 6 is for carrying the air and the fluid that is connected in series to drive the structural representation of the ink rabbling mechanism under the situation of agitating device from air pump according to an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 7 is for carrying the air and the fluid that is connected in parallel to drive the structural representation of the ink rabbling mechanism under the situation of agitating device from air pump according to an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 8 is the structural representation of the ink rabbling mechanism under the situation of using 2 air pumps according to an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 9 is for carrying the structural representation that drives the ink rabbling mechanism under the situation of agitating device as the ink of drive source or solvent and the fluid that is connected in series by pump according to an embodiment of the invention.
Figure 10 is for carrying the structural representation that drives the ink rabbling mechanism under the situation of agitating device as the ink of drive source or solvent and the fluid that is connected in parallel by pump according to an embodiment of the invention.
Figure 11 is provided with the structural representation that fluid is supplied with the ink rabbling mechanism under the situation of adjustment part for being carried as the ink of drive source or solvent and driven at fluid respectively by pump according to an embodiment of the invention on the agitating device.
Figure 12 is the diagram of an example of the concrete structure of express liquid driving agitating device.
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Below, with reference to accompanying drawing embodiments of the invention are described.Fig. 1 has shown the structure according to the ink rabbling mechanism of the embodiment of the invention, and Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram of ink-jet recording apparatus, and Fig. 3 has shown the structure of ink-jet recording apparatus main body.
At first, the overview that in Fig. 2, has shown ink-jet recording apparatus.Its cable 120 by the main body 100 that accommodates control system or ink circulation system, the cyclic system with head 110, connection main body 110 and head 110 of spraying ink and forming the nozzle of particle and control system constitutes.Has touch screen type LCD 130 on the top of main body 100.Perhaps install in LCD 130 is controlled in the demonstration of operational situation etc., the user can import print What or printing model etc.In addition, be provided with door 180 in the front of main body 100,, can extract the various machines in the main body 100 out so that such as hereinafter described.
Below, utilize Fig. 3, the internal structure of main body 100 is described.Be provided with control substrate 140 parts such as electric information such as grade on the top of main body 100.Bottom in main body 100, dispose pump installation 150, ink circulation such as EGR magnetic valve 160 are control assembly, accommodate ink viscosity analyzer pressure tester ink storage container 3 in EGR front portion 170, auxiliary ink container 4, solvent storage containers etc.Door 180 can open and close as shown in the figure, so that can go out ink storage container 3, auxiliary ink container 4, solvent storage containers and other device etc. at door 180 laybacks, thereby is easy to carry out the supply of ink, solvent, discarded and other maintenance.
Below, utilize Fig. 1 that the ink rabbling mechanism that has used air compressor is described.Being arranged on ink storage container 3 in the EGR front portion 170 of main body 100 bottoms is arranged on fluid with auxiliary ink container 4 and drives on the agitating device 1.In driving agitating device 1, described fluid is provided with not shown rotatable parts.On the other hand, in each container, have the stirring parts 5 that constitutes by magnetic, carry out the stirring of ink by the rotation of described stirring parts 5.Fluid drives the rotor plate of rotatable parts for for example being made of magnetic in the agitating device 1, rotates the magnetic field that rotates by described rotor plate, and the mode that the stirring parts 5 in the ink tank 3,4 is rotated with the motion of following described rotor plate constitutes.In addition, stirring parts 5 preferably is arranged near the bottom of ink tank rotationally, thereby need not special mounting structure.Therefore, even adopt the little bar-shaped magnetic of container bottom internal diameter also any problem can not occur.
That is, the inflow entrance and the flow export of fluid is set in fluid drives agitating device 1, blade part bears from the pressure of the fluid of inflow entrance inflow and rotates, thereby is rotated by the rotor plate that magnetic constitutes.Therefore, by rotating magnetic field and rotate stirring parts 5, the pigment class ink in can agitating ink water receptacle 3,4.In addition,, ink storage container 3 and auxiliary ink container 4 are fixed on the fluid driving agitating device 1 by not shown fixed structure, thereby even stirring parts 5 rotations, can overturning yet.
In the embodiment shown in fig. 1, have separately mixing time and speed of agitator, should drive at each fluid and fluid is set on agitating device 1 supply with adjustment part 190 in order to make ink storage container 3 and auxiliary ink container 4.Supply with setting in the adjustment part 190 at fluid: control valve 6, it is used to deliver the fluid to the adjustment that fluid drives agitating device 1; Adjust valve 7, its fluid that is used for sending into main body 100 is adjusted to the pressure that is suitable for 1 rotation of fluid driving agitating device; Pressure gauge 8, it is used to measure the pressure of sending into fluid driving agitating device 1.
Fluid of the present invention drives agitating device 1 and is characterised in that the use fluid as drive source, and in the present embodiment, uses the fluid of air as drive source.From being positioned at the not shown air compressor of main body 100 outsides, will be supplied in the main body 100 as the air of described drive source, and it will be delivered to each fluid supply adjustment part 190 by pipeline 2.The air that is adjusted to the pressure that is suitable for 1 rotation of fluid driving agitating device drives agitating device 1 through supply pipe 2a, fluid, discharges from discharge pipe 2c.Drive discharge pipe 2c that agitating device 1 stretches out from each fluid and utilize joint etc. to form a stream, link to each other with the outlet of main body 100, to outside exhaust.Perhaps, also can adopt not connect to drive the discharge pipe 2c that agitating device 1 stretches out, and they are linked to each other with the mechanism to outside exhaust with the outlet of main body 100 respectively from each fluid.
As mentioned above, in fluid drives agitating device 1, adopt and bear the structure of rotating rotor plate from inflow entrance leaked-in air pressure.Therefore, in the present embodiment, though be provided with fluid supply adjustment part 190 at the upstream side of fluid driving agitating device 1,, by pressure, the flow velocity of the air that is supplied to, changing the rotating speed of rotor plate, the rotating speed of the stirring parts 5 of rotating together also changes therewith.In the embodiment shown in fig. 1, owing to drive agitating device 1 with respect to each fluid that ink storage container 3 and auxiliary ink container 4 are housed, dispose fluid and supplied with adjustment part 190, therefore, even under the container capacity of ink storage container 3, auxiliary ink container 4, situation that the ink remaining quantity differs greatly, also can form mixing time separately, speed of agitator.
Below, utilize Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, the ink rabbling mechanism of other method of using air compressor is described.
As previously mentioned, being arranged on ink storage container 3 on the EGR front portion, bottom 170 of main body 100 and auxiliary ink container 4 is arranged on fluid and drives on the agitating device 1, in each container, have by the rotation of the rotor plate in the fluid driving agitating device 1, the stirring parts 5 of following described motion to rotate, carry out the stirring of ink.In that ink storage container 3 is carried out under the condition of stirring with identical mixing time and speed of agitator with auxiliary ink container 4, as Fig. 4, shown in Figure 5,, 1 foregoing fluid supplies with adjustment part 190 by only being set, just can provide the ink rabbling mechanism.
Supply with the air that drives the drive source of agitating device 1 as fluid from being positioned at main body 100 air outside compressors to main body 100, and,, it is delivered to fluid supplies with adjustment part 190 by supply pipe 2a as Fig. 4, shown in Figure 5.In Fig. 4, adopted and utilized be connected in series each fluid of transfer tube 2b to drive the mechanism of agitating device 1.Form such mechanism: supply with the inside of the air of adjustment part 190 adjustment by fluid, send into the 2nd fluid and drive in the agitating device 1, and, discharge air to the outside from the outlet of main body 100 by discharge pipe 2c through the 1st fluid driving agitating device 1.
In addition, Fig. 5 adopts and to utilize supply pipe 2a each fluid that is connected in parallel to drive the mechanism of agitating device 1.Supply with the air of adjusting adjustment part 190 by fluid and pass through pipeline 2, drive agitating device 1, discharge from discharge pipe 2c through each fluid.Drive discharge pipe 2c that agitating device 1 stretches out from each fluid and utilize joint etc. to form one, link to each other with the outlet of main body 100, to outside exhaust.Perhaps, also can adopt not connect to drive the discharge pipe 2c that agitating device 1 stretches out, and they are linked to each other with the mechanism to outside exhaust with the outlet of main body 100 respectively from each fluid.
Though among these embodiment that in Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, put down in writing, adopted with respect to 1 fluid and supplied with the example that adjustment part 190 is provided with 2 fluids driving agitating devices 1, but, the fluid that also can be provided with more than 3 drives agitating device 1, in addition, supply with adjustment part 190 with respect to a plurality of fluids, can be provided with also that quantity equates with it or more fluid driving agitating device 1.
As shown in Figure 4,, then can make fluid path form a stream, thereby under the adjacent situation that ink storage container 3 and auxiliary ink container 4 be set, be favourable if the fluid that is connected in series drives agitating device 1.That is, in main body 100, owing to by shutter door 180, can pull out the machine in the main body 100 that contains ink storage container 3, auxiliary ink container 4, therefore, these containers 3,4 adjoin each other and are provided with is the structure that helps keeping in repair.Therefore, in this case, drive agitating device 1, can provide for ease of maintenaince and be easy to replenish the structure of ink by the air operated fluid that is connected in series.
On the other hand, as shown in Figure 5, if the fluid that is connected in parallel drives agitating device 1, even under the less situation of air compressor output, rabbling mechanism also can turn round.Therefore, can make the compact conformation of whole system.
Below, utilize Fig. 6~Fig. 8 that the ink rabbling mechanism that has used air pump is described.
As described above, being arranged on ink storage container 3 on the EGR front portion 170 of main body 100 bottoms and auxiliary ink container 4 is set at fluid and drives on the agitating device 1, in each container, have the stirring parts 5 of rotating, following this motion to rotate, carry out the stirring of ink by the rotor plate in the fluid driving agitating device 1.
In the example of Fig. 6~shown in Figure 8, formed with air and driven the drive source of agitating device 1 as fluid and with the mechanism of air pump 200 as its supply source.In that ink storage container 3 is carried out under the condition of stirring with identical mixing time and speed of agitator with auxiliary ink container 4,, 1 air pump is set as Fig. 6, shown in Figure 7.And, ink storage container 3 and auxiliary ink container 4 are carried out under the condition of stirring with separately mixing time and speed of agitator, as shown in Figure 8, drive in agitating device 1 at each fluid air pump 200 all is set.
Fig. 6 has formed and has utilized the transfer tube 2b fluid that is connected in series to drive the mechanism of agitating device 1.The air of supplying with from air pump 200 by supply pipe 2a, drive agitating device 1 through the 1st fluid and be delivered to the 2nd fluid that is arranged on the downstream and drive agitating device 1, and through discharge pipe 2c, from the outlet of main body 100 to outside exhaust.
In addition, Fig. 7 has formed and has utilized the supply pipe 2a fluid that is connected in parallel to drive the mechanism of agitating device 1.Discharge from discharge pipe 2c through each fluid driving agitating device 1 from the air that air pump 200 is supplied with.Drive discharge pipe 2c that agitating device 1 stretches out from each fluid and utilize joint etc. to form a stream, and link to each other, with to outside exhaust with the outlet of main body 100.Perhaps, can adopt not connect to drive the discharge pipe 2c that agitating device 1 stretches out, and they are linked to each other with the mechanism to outside exhaust with the outlet of main body 100 respectively from each fluid.
Obtaining under the situation of drive source by air pump 200, make under the situation of the device that in air pump 200, has the flow guiding mechanism, adopt by air pump 200 and carry out the flow adjustment, and connect the mechanism that air pump 200 and fluid drive agitating device 1 by direct supply pipe 2a.In addition, in air pump 200, do not have under the situation of flow guiding mechanism, then adopt between air pump 200 and fluid driving agitating device 1 mechanism that the flow adjustment is carried out in fluid supply adjustment part 190 is set.
Below, utilize Fig. 9~Figure 11 that the ink rabbling mechanism that has used air pump is described.
As described above, being arranged at ink storage container 3 on the EGR front portion, bottom 170 of main body 100 and auxiliary ink container 4 is set at fluid and drives on the agitating device 1, in each container, have the stirring parts 5 of rotating, following this motion to rotate, carry out the stirring of ink by the rotor plate in the fluid driving agitating device 1.
In the example of Fig. 9~shown in Figure 11, formed with ink or solvent and driven the drive source of agitating device 1 as fluid and with the mechanism of pump 210 as its supply source.Under the condition of stirring,, 1 fluid is being set is supplying with adjustment part 190 in ink storage container 3 and auxiliary ink container 4 with identical mixing time and speed of agitator as Fig. 9, shown in Figure 11.In addition, with separately mixing time and speed of agitator in ink storage container 3 and auxiliary ink container 4 under the condition of stirring, drive at each fluid and fluid all to be set on agitating device 1 to supply with adjustment part 190.Send into fluid supply adjustment part 190 from pump 210 ink supplied or solvent by pipeline 2.
In Fig. 9, formed and utilized the transfer tube 2b fluid that is connected in series to drive the mechanism of agitating device 1.Formed such cycling mechanism, that is, supply with ink or the solvent that adjustment part 190 is adjusted, in the 1st fluid drives agitating device 1, send into the 2nd fluid that is arranged on the downstream and drive in the agitating device 1 by fluid, and, return pump 210 once more by discharge pipe 2c.
In addition, in Figure 10, formed and utilized the supply pipe 2a fluid that is connected in parallel to drive the mechanism of agitating device 1.It has formed such cycling mechanism, supplies with ink or the solvent that adjustment part 190 is adjusted by fluid that is:, drives agitating device 1 through each fluid and discharges from discharge pipe 2c, and return pump 210 once more.
And then, in Figure 11, as previously described, formed at each fluid and driven the mechanism that connects fluid supply adjustment part 190 on the agitating device.Form such cycling mechanism: supply with ink or the solvent that adjustment part 190 is adjusted by fluid, drive agitating device 1 through fluid and discharge, return pump 210 once more from discharge pipe 2c.
In addition, the drive source as fluid driving agitating device 1 can use ink or solvent.Promptly, relate to ink-jet recording apparatus of the present invention and have ink circulation system, by not shown pump, from ink storage container 3 suction inks, make the ink vibration and the generation ink particle that go out from nozzle ejection, by making charged, the deflection of described ink particle, print printing target object.Herein, the structure that has adopted is: reclaim untapped ink when printing by not shown channel guide section, and make it return ink storage container 3 once more.Therefore, supply flow rotates stirring parts 5 through the fluid (ink, solvent) in ink circulation path in the mode identical with above-mentioned air operated situation in the agitating device 1 by driving to fluid, can stirred vessel 3,4 interior inks.In this case, can use the pump in the pump installation 150 that is located at main body 100 bottoms to supply with.
And, in addition, can adopt at the other pump of the outer setting of main body 100 and use pipeline 2 to set the mechanism of pipeline.In this case, the drive source that fluid drives agitating device 1 has not only used ink or solvent, but also can use the various fluids of supplying with from the outside of main body 100.
By forming mechanism recited above, even hour in the space of ink storage container 3 and auxiliary ink container 4 peripheries, by only being set, fluid drives agitating device 1 under ink storage container 3 and auxiliary ink container 4, the length of regulating pipeline drives agitating device 1 to connect fluid, fluid is supplied with adjustment part 190 and fluid supply source, supplies with adjustment part 190 and fluid supply source thereby can fluid be set to the abundant a certain place of structure space.By this mechanism, needn't adopt the structure beyond the container perimeter of accommodating ink is provided with fluid driving agitating device 1, thereby make the device of ink away from essential electric power.These mechanisms can corresponding ink-jet recording apparatus various service conditions.Therefore, even under the situation of using pigment class, still can realize stable running.
In addition, paint ink need not to stir all the time, and the degree that can not produce fault with the sedimentation of ink is regularly carried out ink and stirred and get final product.This control has formed and has utilized control basal disc 140 convection cells to supply with the mechanism that the control valve 6 in the adjustment part 190 carries out the control of on-off action.As the ink stirring frequency, can carry out every official hour, in addition, the device of the precipitum amount that detects paint ink can be set in addition also, by its detection limit, the control part on the control substrate 140 can provide and stir instruction.
In addition, though adopted structure in the present embodiment with a plurality of ink tanks 3,4,, under the bigger situation of the capacity volume variance of ink tank, adopt the different time for each container at the interval that ink is stirred.And then, also can detect ink capacity, or the ink remaining quantity in the container and change the rotating speed of stirring parts 5, and it can carry out in any way.
, too high if fluid drives the rotating speed of the rotor plate in the agitating device 1, then exist stirring parts 5 can not pass through rotary magnetic field, thereby produce the phenomenon of imbalance.That is the idle running phenomenon that, the rotation of existence and rotor plate is irrelevant, stirring parts 5 can not be followed.At this moment, in ink tank, can not control stirring parts 5, thereby the position of initiation container is offset or tumbles, but in the present embodiment, drive agitating device 1 to fluid and supplied with the flow that forms the rotating speed that can not lack of proper care.
By means recited above, can provide the ink-jet recording apparatus of pigment class that reduced fault and dangerous use.
Below, as a supplement, with reference to Figure 12, the example that convection cell drives the concrete structure of agitating device 1 describes.In Figure 12, shown that fluid drives an example of the concrete structure of agitating device 1.Fluid drives agitating device 1 and have rotor 30 between upper body 10 and lower case 80, and described rotor 30 provides rotatory force to rotate by the fluid of being supplied with by pipeline 2.In addition, form the concave shaped portion that constitutes the rotor spatial accommodation in lower case 80, the top by the described concave shaped portion of upper body 10 coverings forms the rotor spatial accommodation thus.In the rotor spatial accommodation, the opening more than 2 (inflow entrance and flow export) that is communicated with the pipeline 2 that constitutes the fluid passage is set.
Owing to imbedded magnet 40 in the inside of described rotor 30, therefore, the stirring parts 5 that is placed in the ink tank 3 on the upper body 10 is rotated, with the ink in the agitating ink water receptacle 3.
In addition, rotor 30 has axle and bearing in center of rotation 20.Axle embeds in the recess above the rotor spatial accommodation be formed at lower case 80.Therefore, reduced by fricative resistance, rotor 30 bears the pressure that flows into the fluid in the rotor spatial accommodation and rotates.
In lower case 80, be provided with pipe joint portion 60, thereby pipeline can dismounting.Fluid passage in the lower case 80 from described pipe joint 60 to the rotor spatial accommodation is linearity roughly, has reduced the suffered resistance of fluid.In addition, make the rotor spatial accommodation form circle, the structure of extending to the tangential direction of circular rotor spatial accommodation inner peripheral surface is adopted in the linearity fluid passage.Therefore, shown in arrow among the figure, the fluid of supplying with in lower case 80 from pipe joint portion 60 is by the linearity fluid passage, is supplied in the rotor spatial accommodation from inflow entrance along the circular medial surface of rotor spatial accommodation.In addition, roughly the same structure is also adopted in the fluid passage of flowing out oral-lateral, forms along the inner peripheral surface structure that mobile fluid is easy to flow out in the rotor spatial accommodation.In addition, in order to stop up the rotor spatial accommodation, also be provided with filling member 50 in the contact portion of upper body 10 and lower case 80, thereby prevent that fluid from flowing out from the part outside the flow export.Therefore, the fluid force that flows into the fluid of rotor spatial accommodation is passed to the rotation of rotor 30, thereby has reduced its loss as small as possible.
Also can in lower case 80, be provided for the window portion 70 whether Visual Confirmation rotor 30 rotates in fluid drives agitating device 1.

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1. ink-jet recording apparatus, by being applied, the ink that ejects vibrating and generation ink particle, and make described ink particle charged, the deflection, make the ink particle arrive the determined location on the recording medium, in the device that writes down, use the pigment class ink, in described ink-jet recording apparatus, be provided with:
Store the ink tank of described pigment class ink;
Stirring parts, it is arranged in the described ink tank, and stirs the pigment class ink in the described ink tank;
Rotatable parts, it is subjected to fluid force and rotates outside described ink tank;
Described stirring parts and described rotatable parts are made of magnetic.
2. an ink-jet recording apparatus is vibrating and generation ink particle by the ink that ejects is applied, and is making charged, the deflection of described ink particle, make the ink particle arrive the determined location on the recording medium, in the device that writes down, use the pigment class ink, it is characterized in that:
Described ink-jet recording apparatus is provided with the ink tank that constitutes ink circulation system in main body frame, in described ink tank, has the stirring parts that constitutes by magnetic, agitating device in the mechanism that the arranged outside magnetic of described ink tank rotates, the source of rotational drive that is arranged on the magnetic in the described agitating device adopts fluid.
3. ink-jet recording apparatus according to claim 1 is characterized in that, the agitating device of being furnished with described tumbler is set, and described ink tank is positioned on the described agitating device, and described stirring parts is positioned at the bottom surface sections of described ink tank.
4. according to claim 2 or 3 described ink-jet recording apparatus, it is characterized in that, described agitating device is arranged on and is used for when running well supplying with, reclaiming to nozzle replenishing under the auxiliary ink container of usefulness when the ink tank of circulation of ink and the quantity of ink in this ink tank reduce, and carries out the stirring of ink.
5. according to any described ink-jet recording apparatus in the claim 2~4, it is characterized in that, have the flow rate regulating valve of adjusting the flow of fluid for the rotating speed of adjusting described agitating device, and control is to the control valve for fluids of the fluid of described agitating device conveying.
6. according to any described ink-jet recording apparatus in the claim 2~5, it is characterized in that described agitating device, described adjustment valve and described control valve for fluids can separate respectively.
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