Ink Supply Mechanism - Ricoh C249 Service Manual

6.5.3 INK SUPPLY MECHANISM

Mechanism
Ink pump motor [A]
↓
Gears [B]
↓
Gear rotation converted into piston motion.
↓
Supplies ink from the ink cartridge to the ink roller via the pump, the shaft, the tube,
and the ink distributor pipes [C]. Ink drops through 4 openings [D] in the ink
distributor onto the ink roller.
NOTE: The ink pump is outside the drum in this model.
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[B]
[A]
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DRUM
[C]
[D]
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