Ink supply device for ink-type wire dot printers

Abstract

Abstract PURPOSE:To obtain the titled device, wherein a printing head and an ink tank are mounted on a carriage, a pump is arranged and constituted by utilizing an internal space in the carriage, the pump is made compact, the number of parts is decreased, and the weight of the device can be made light. CONSTITUTION:A part of a carriage 1, on which a printing head 4 is mounted, is utilized as a constituent element of a pump. For this purpose, protruded parts 1a, 1b, 1c and 1d are provided on he carriage 1. They are utilized as attaching parts of a pump gear shafts 18, intermediate gear shafts 17 and 15, and a pump motor 8. The pump motor, a gear train and housings 22 and 23 are arranged in the internal space in the carriage in a three dimensional configuration.

Inventors

• 👤 Yoshito Ikeda
• 👤 池田　由人
• 👤 Yoshifumi Gomi
• 👤 五味　佳文
• 👤 Yoshinori Miyazawa
• 👤 宮沢　芳典
• 👤 Yasuhito Hirashima
• 👤 平島　安人

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