Ink jet recording apparatus and ink jet recording head with means reducing the amount of warp

Claim 2

An ink jet recording apparatus having a frame, the apparatus comprising: means for feeding a recording medium in a predetermined feeding direction; a full-line type ink jet recording head extending in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined feeding direction so as to have a recording width which is perpendicular to the predetermined feeding direction of the recording medium, said full-line type ink jet recording head being fixedly supported by said frame at opposite ends thereof for recording on the recording medium within the recording width; and displacing means for reducing an amount of warp of said full-line type ink jet recording head parallel to the predetermined feeding direction of the recording medium by applying opposing forces to a central portion of said full-line type ink jet recording head located between the opposite ends thereof, wherein said displacing means displaces said full-line type ink jet recording head in the predetermined feeding direction of the recording medium by adjusting said opposing forces.

Claim 3

An ink jet recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a thickness of the central portion of said full-line type ink jet recording head is smaller than the opposite ends thereof.

Claim 4

An ink Jet recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said displacing means comprises a mechanism for manually applying a force in a predetermined direction, altering the direction of the applied force, and for displacing said full-line type ink jet recording head in the predetermined feeding direction of the recording medium.

Claim 5

An ink Jet recording apparatus according claim 1, wherein said full-line type ink Jet recording head comprises a base plate formed of metal and wherein said displacing means applies force to the base plate so as to displace the base plate.

Claim 6

An ink jet recording apparatus having a frame, the apparatus comprising: means for feeding a recording medium in a predetermined feeding direction; a first full-line type ink jet recording head extending in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined feeding direction so as to have a recording width which is perpendicular to the predetermined feeding direction of the recording medium, said first full-line type ink jet recording head being fixedly supported by said frame at opposite ends thereof for recording on the recording medium within the recording width; a second full-line type ink jet recording head extending in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined feeding direction so as to have a recording width with respect to the predetermined feeding direction of the recording medium, said second full-line type ink jet recording head being located downstream of said first recording head with respect to the predetermined feeding direction of said recording medium and discharging ink different from that of said first recording head, and said second full-line type ink jet recording head being fixedly supported by said frame at opposite ends thereof so as to be parallel to said first recording head for recording on the recording medium within the recording width; first displacing means for reducing an amount of warp of said first full-line type ink jet recording head by applying opposing forces to a central portion of said first recording head located between the opposite ends thereof; and second displacing means for reducing an amount of warp of said second full-line type ink jet recording head by applying opposing forces to a central portion of said second recording head located between the opposite ends thereof, wherein said first and second displacing means displace said first recording head and said second recoding head, respectively parallel to the predetermined feeding direction of the recording medium by adjusting application of said opposing forces, receptively, whereby it becomes possible to record on the recording medium a different ink discharged from said second recording head at a same position on the recording medium as an ink discharged from said first recording head.

Claim 7

An ink jet recording apparatus having a frame, the apparatus comprising: means for feeding a recording medium in a predetermined feeding direction; a first full-line type ink jet recording head extending in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined feeding direction so as to have a recording width which is perpendicular to the predetermined feeding direction of the recording medium, said first full-line type ink jet recording head being fixedly supported by said frame at opposite ends thereof for recording on the recording medium within the recording width; a second full-line type ink jet recording head extending in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined feeding direction so as to have a recording width with respect to the predetermined feeding direction of the recording medium, said second full-line type ink jet recording head being located downstream of said first recording head with respect to the predetermined feeding direction of said recording medium and discharging ink different from that of said first recording head, and said second full-line type ink jet recording head being fixedly supported by said frame at opposite ends thereof so as to be parallel to said first recording head for recording on the recording medium within the recording width; first displacing means for reducing an amount of warp of said first full-line type ink jet recording head by applying opposing forces to a central portion of said first recording head located between the opposite ends thereof; and second displacing means for reducing an amount of warp of said second full-line type ink jet recording head by applying opposing forces to a central portion of said second recording head located between the opposite ends thereof, wherein said first and second displacing means displace said first recording head and said second recoding head, respectively parallel to the predetermined feeding direction of the recording medium by adjusting application of said opposing forces, receptively, whereby it becomes possible to record on the recording medium a different ink discharged from said second recording head at a same position on the recording medium as an ink discharged from said first recording head.

Claim 8

An ink jet recording apparatus according to claim 5, wherein a thickness of the central portion of each of said first full-line type ink jet recording head and said second full-line type ink jet recording head is smaller than the opposite ends thereof.

Claim 9

An ink jet recording apparatus according to claim 5, wherein each of said first and second displacing means comprises a mechanism for manually applying a force in a predetermined direction, altering the direction of the applied force, and for displacing said first full-line type ink jet recording head and said second full-line type ink jet recording head, respectively, in the predetermined feeding direction of the recording medium.

Claim 10

An ink Jet recording apparatus according to claim 5, wherein each of said first full-line type ink jet recording head and second full-line type ink jet recording heads comprise a base plate formed of metal, and said wherein said first and second displacing means apply force to each said metal plate, respectively, so as to displace each said metal plate.

Claim 11

An ink jet recording apparatus having a frame, comprising: means for feeding a recording medium in a predetermined direction; a full-line type ink jet recording head extending in a direction parallel to the predetermined feeding direction so as to have a recording width which is perpendicular to the predetermined feeding direction of the recording medium, said full-line type ink jet recording head having a plurality of ink jet discharging orifices arranged along the recording width, a common liquid chamber communicating with said plurality of ink jet discharging orifices, a plurality of electro-thermal conversion elements associated with said discharging orifices for generating thermal energy, and a base plate having said liquid chamber and said electro-thermal conversion elements on a first surface side thereof, said full-line type ink jet recording head being fixedly supported by said frame at opposite ends thereof for recording on the recording medium within the recording width; equalizing means contacting a second surface of said base plate opposite the first surface side thereof, for equalizing thermal distribution along a longitudinal direction of said full-line type ink jet recording head, wherein said equalizing means exchanges heat with the atmosphere at a portion of said apparatus outside of the recording width of said recording head; displacing means for reducing an amount of warp of said full-line type ink jet recording head by applying force to the first surface side of said base plate at a central portion of said recording head located between the opposite ends thereof and distant from said common liquid chamber, wherein said displacing means displaces said full-line type ink jet recording head in the predetermined feeding direction of the recording medium; and means, disposed at the opposite ends of said full-line type recording head, for adjusting a location of said recording head.

Claim 12

An ink jet recording apparatus having a frame, comprising: means for feeding a recording medium in a predetermined direction; a full-line type ink jet recording head extending in a direction parallel to the predetermined feeding direction so as to have a recording width which is perpendicular to the predetermined feeding direction of the recording medium, said full-line type ink jet recording head having a plurality of ink jet discharging orifices arranged along the recording width, a common liquid chamber communicating with said plurality of ink jet discharging orifices, a plurality of electro-thermal conversion elements associated with said discharging orifices for generating thermal energy, and a base plate having said liquid chamber and said electro-thermal conversion elements on a first surface side thereof, said full-line type ink jet recording head being fixedly supported by said frame at opposite ends thereof for recording on the recording medium within the recording width; equalizing means contacting a second surface of said base plate opposite the first surface side thereof, for equalizing thermal distribution along a longitudinal direction of said full-line type ink jet recording head, wherein said equalizing means exchanges heat with the atmosphere at a portion of said apparatus outside of the recording width of said recording head; displacing means for reducing an amount of warp of said full-line type ink jet recording head by applying force to the first surface side of said base plate at a central portion of said recording head located between the opposite ends thereof and distant from said common liquid chamber, wherein said displacing means displaces said full-line type ink jet recording head in the predetermined feeding direction of the recording medium; and means, disposed at the opposite ends of said full-line type recording head, for adjusting a location of said recording head.

Claim 13

An ink jet recording apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said displacing means comprises a mechanism for manually applying a force in a predetermined direction, altering the direction of the applied force, and for displacing said full-line type ink jet recording head in the predetermined feeding direction.

Claim 14

An ink jet recording apparatus having a frame, the apparatus comprising: means for feeding a recording medium in a predetermined feeding direction; a plurality of full-line type ink jet recording heads extending in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined feeding direction so as to have recording widths which is perpendicular to the predetermined feeding direction of the recording medium, said full-line type ink jet recording heads each having a plurality of ink jet discharging orifices arranged along the recording width, a common liquid chamber communicating with said plurality of ink jet discharging orifices, a plurality of electro-thermal conversion elements associated with said discharging orifices for generating thermal energy, and a base plate having said liquid chamber and said electro-thermal conversion elements on a first surface side thereof, said full-line type ink jet recording heads each being fixedly supported by said frame at opposite ends thereof for recording on the recording medium within the recording width; equalizing means contacting a second surface side of each said base plate opposite the first surface side thereof, for equalizing a thermal distribution along a longitudinal direction of said full-line type ink jet recording heads, respectively, wherein said equalizing means exchanges heat with the atmosphere at a portion of said apparatus not within the recording width of said recording head; displacing means for reducing an amount of warp of each of said full-line type ink jet recording heads by applying force to the first surface side of each said base plate at central portions of said recording heads located between the opposite ends thereof and distant from said common liquid chamber, wherein said displacing means displaces each of said full-line type ink jet recording heads in the predetermined feeding direction of the recording medium; and means, disposed at the opposite ends of each of said full-line type recording heads, for adjusting relative positions of adjacent recording heads.

Claim 15

An ink jet recording apparatus having a frame, the apparatus comprising: means for feeding a recording medium in a predetermined feeding direction; a plurality of full-line type ink jet recording heads extending in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined feeding direction so as to have recording widths which is perpendicular to the predetermined feeding direction of the recording medium, said full-line type ink jet recording heads each having a plurality of ink jet discharging orifices arranged along the recording width, a common liquid chamber communicating with said plurality of ink jet discharging orifices, a plurality of electro-thermal conversion elements associated with said discharging orifices for generating thermal energy, and a base plate having said liquid chamber and said electro-thermal conversion elements on a first surface side thereof, said full-line type ink jet recording heads each being fixedly supported by said frame at opposite ends thereof for recording on the recording medium within the recording width; equalizing means contacting a second surface side of each said base plate opposite the first surface side thereof, for equalizing a thermal distribution along a longitudinal direction of said full-line type ink jet recording heads, respectively, wherein said equalizing means exchanges heat with the atmosphere at a portion of said apparatus not within the recording width of said recording head; displacing means for reducing an amount of warp of each of said full-line type ink jet recording heads by applying force to the first surface side of each said base plate at central portions of said recording heads located between the opposite ends thereof and distant from said common liquid chamber, wherein said displacing means displaces each of said full-line type ink jet recording heads in the predetermined feeding direction of the recording medium; and means, disposed at the opposite ends of each of said full-line type recording heads, for adjusting relative positions of adjacent recording heads.

Claim 16

An ink jet recording apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said displacing means comprises a mechanism for manually applying a force in a predetermined direction, altering the direction of the applied force, and for displacing said full-line type ink Jet recording heads in the predetermined feeding direction of the recording medium.

Claim 17

An ink jet recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said full-line ink jet recording head has ink therein and comprises a plurality of electro-thermal conversion elements for imparting thermal energy to said ink to cause film boiling of said ink and discharge thereof from said recording head.

Claim 18

An ink jet recording apparatus according to claim 5, wherein each of said full-line ink jet recording heads has ink therein and comprises a plurality of electro-thermal conversion elements for imparting thermal energy to said ink to cause film boiling of said ink and discharge thereof from said recording head.

Claim 19

An ink jet recording apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said full-line ink jet recording head has ink therein and said electro-thermal conversion elements are disposed for imparting thermal energy to said ink to cause film boiling of said ink and discharge thereof from said recording head.

Claim 20

An ink jet recording apparatus according to claim 11, wherein each of said full-line ink jet recording heads has ink therein and said electro-thermal conversion elements are disposed for imparting thermal energy to said ink to cause film boiling of said ink and discharge thereof from said recording head.