Abstract: Provided is a recording head recovery system, which includes a recording head and a wiper. The recording head includes an ink ejection surface provided with an ink ejection region in which ink ejection ports are formed. The recording head is disposed on a wiping direction upstream side of the ink ejection region, and includes a cleaning liquid supply region in which cleaning liquid supply ports for supplying cleaning liquid are formed. A height position of a lower end part of the wiper when passing the cleaning liquid supply region is lower than a height position of the lower end part of the wiper when wiping the ink ejection region.

Abstract: A soundproofing device includes: a first layer (911) having sound absorbing properties; and a second layer (912) including elastic fibers.

Abstract: A recording head recovery system includes a recording head and a wiper. The recording head includes an ink ejection surface provided with an ink ejection region in which ink ejection ports are formed. The recording head is disposed on a wiping direction upstream side of the ink ejection region, and a cleaning liquid supply region in which cleaning liquid supply ports for supplying cleaning liquid are formed. The pressure contact angle of the tip of the wiper to the ink ejection surface is decreased after the wiper passes the cleaning liquid supply region before reaching the ink ejection region.

Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head, a wiper member, a cleaning liquid supply device, a cleaning liquid flow path, and a controller. The cleaning liquid flow path includes a vertical tubular member connected to the cleaning liquid supply device and extending upward, and a horizontal tubular member connected to an upper end of the vertical tubular member and extending in a horizontal direction. The controller extrudes a cleaning liquid in at least a part of the cleaning liquid flow path from a cleaning liquid supply port before control of a cleaning operation for wiping an ink ejection surface of the recording head, thereby performing control of an air bubble release operation of the cleaning liquid flow path.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes a recording head, a wiper member, a cleaning liquid supply device, and a controller. The recording head includes an ink ejection surface having an ink ejection port from which ink is ejected. The cleaning liquid supply device includes a cleaning liquid supply surface having a cleaning liquid supply port from which cleaning liquid for wiping the ink ejection surface with the wiper member is supplied, and is located upstream of the ink ejection surface in a wiping direction. The controller controls a cleaning operation including squeezing out the cleaning liquid containing bubbles from the cleaning liquid supply port, and moving the wiper member carrying the cleaning liquid containing bubbles, in the wiping direction from a movement start position to an end position ahead of the ink ejection surface.

Abstract: Provided are a recording head and an ink jet recording apparatus provided with the same capable of cleaning an ink ejection surface while preventing damage to a wiper. The recording head is provided with an ink ejection surface including an ink ejection region in which a plurality of ink ejection ports for ejecting ink onto a sheet is opened. With respect to the ink ejection region, on the upstream side in a wiping direction in which a wiper wipes the ink ejection surface, a plurality of concave parts is provided. Inside each of the concave parts, two or more cleaning liquid supply ports for supplying a cleaning liquid are provided in the wiping direction.

Abstract: A recording head recovery system includes a recording head and a wiper. The recording head includes an ink ejection surface provided with an ink ejection region in which ink ejection ports are formed. The recording head is disposed on a wiping direction upstream side of the ink ejection region, and a cleaning liquid supply region in which cleaning liquid supply ports for supplying cleaning liquid are formed. The pressure contact angle of the tip of the wiper to the ink ejection surface is decreased after the wiper passes the cleaning liquid supply region before reaching the ink ejection region.

Abstract: To reliably connect a device to be charged such as a robot and a charging device. According to the present disclosure, there is provided a charging device including a charging stand having a charging terminal to be connected to a device to be charged and an engaging portion that performs positioning with the device to be charged; and a support member that supports the charging stand movably in the horizontal direction. With this configuration, the charging stand can be moved in the horizontal direction. Therefore, it is possible to reliably connect the device to be charged such as a robot and the charging device.

Abstract: Provided is a recording head recovery system, which includes a recording head and a wiper. The recording head includes an ink ejection surface provided with an ink ejection region in which ink ejection ports are formed. The recording head is disposed on a wiping direction upstream side of the ink ejection region, and a cleaning liquid supply region in which cleaning liquid supply ports for supplying cleaning liquid are formed. A height position of a lower end part of the wiper when passing the cleaning liquid supply region is lower than a height position of the lower end part of the wiper when wiping the ink ejection region.

Abstract: There is provided a robot device including: a head portion coupled to a trunk; four leg portions on a front left, a front right, a rear left, and a rear right coupled to the trunk; a first indirect portion that tilts the head portion left and right; and a second joint portion that rotates, with respect to the trunk, one of the leg portions on the rear left and the rear right to a front side, and the other to a rear side. It is possible to faithfully reproduce the movement of the four-legged animal by providing the first joint portion and the second joint portion.

Abstract: A head unit includes a recording head, a pipe member, and an ink supply section. The recording head ejects an ink. The pipe member supplies the ink to the recording head. The ink supply section supplies the ink to the pipe member. The ink supply section includes a flow channel in which the ink flows to one end of the pipe member. A ceiling surface constituting a part of the flow channel inclines such that a height of the ceiling surface from a bottom surface constituting a part of the flow channel increases toward the one end of the pipe member.

Abstract: An ink discharge device includes a recording head and a damper. The recording head has a nozzle which discharges an ink. The damper reduces pressure variation of an ink in the recording head. The damper includes a damper body, a film and a restricting member. The damper body has a damper chamber. The film is deformed according to the pressure variation of an ink in the damper chamber and makes a volume of the damper chamber change. The restricting member faces to the film and restricts deforming of the film in a direction in which the volume of the damper chamber is increased.

Abstract: A wiping device wipes off ink attached to an ink discharge surface of a recording head. The wiping device includes a wiper. The wiper wipes off ink attached to the ink discharge surface of the recording head. The wiper is formed of a material having elasticity. The wiper includes a blade pressed to the ink discharge surface. The blade has a shape easily deformed in a direction perpendicular to the ink discharge surface.

Abstract: Provided are a recording head and an ink jet recording apparatus provided with the same capable of cleaning an ink ejection surface while preventing damage to a wiper. The recording head is provided with an ink ejection surface including an ink ejection region in which a plurality of ink ejection ports for ejecting ink onto a sheet is opened. With respect to the ink ejection region, on the upstream side in a wiping direction in which a wiper wipes the ink ejection surface, a plurality of concave parts is provided. Inside each of the concave parts, two or more cleaning liquid supply ports for supplying a cleaning liquid are provided in the wiping direction.

Abstract: A recording head is provided with an ink ejection surface and a cleaning liquid supply surface. The ink ejection surface includes a nozzle region in which a plurality of ink ejection nozzles for ejecting ink onto a recording medium are open. The cleaning liquid supply surface is provided, with respect to the nozzle region, on an upstream side in a wiping direction in which a wiper wipes the ink ejection surface, and a plurality of cleaning liquid supply ports for supplying a cleaning liquid are open through the cleaning liquid supply surface. On the cleaning liquid supply surface, at least in a region including the cleaning liquid supply ports, a hydrophilic region having wettability with respect to water higher than that of the ink ejection surface is formed substantially evenly across an entire region in a width direction thereof orthogonal to the wiping direction.

Abstract: A recording head recovery system has a recording head, a tank, and a control portion. The control portion can perform a recovery operation of the recording head including a cleaning solution feeding operation where cleaning solution is fed through cleaning solution feed ports by locating the tank such that the solution surface of the cleaning solution in the tank is above a first position which is the height of the cleaning solution feed ports, a wiping operation where a wiper wipes an ink ejection surface, and a non-feeding operation where the cleaning solution is sucked into the cleaning solution feed ports by locating the tank such that the solution surface of the cleaning solution in the tank is below the first position.

Abstract: A head cleaning mechanism includes a recording head and a wiper. The recording head has an ink ejection surface in which ink ejection ports are opened. The wiper wipes the ink ejection surface. The recording head has a cleaning liquid supply ports disposed on an upstream side of the ink ejection port in a wiping direction, and an inclined surface inclined downward toward a downstream side in the wiping direction, a tip of the wiper being in pressure contact with the inclined surface in the wiping operation. The inclined surface has a pressure contact start position at which the wiper starts the pressure contact in the wiping operation, and a water repellent region formed at least from the pressure contact start position to a position on an upstream side of the cleaning liquid supply port in the wiping direction.

Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes an ink ejection surface and a cleaning liquid nozzle. The ink ejection surface has an ink ejection port through which ink is ejected. The cleaning liquid nozzle has a cleaning liquid supply port through which cleaning liquid for cleaning the ink ejection surface is supplied. In the cleaning liquid nozzle, a concave meniscus is formed on a surface of the cleaning liquid.