Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Head cleaning device and liquid discharge apparatus
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Application No.: US16284332Application Date: 2019-02-25
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Publication No.: US10759172B2Publication Date: 2020-09-01
- Inventor: Yuichi Tanioku
- Applicant: Yuichi Tanioku
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@379658fb
- Main IPC: B41J2/165
- IPC: B41J2/165

Abstract:
A head cleaning device includes a liquid discharge head, a wiping member, a rotatable pressing member, and a moving assembly. The liquid discharge head includes a nozzle, which discharges liquid, on a nozzle surface. The wiping member wipes the nozzle surface. The rotatable pressing member presses the wiping member against the nozzle surface. The moving assembly contacts the wiping member with the nozzle surface and relatively moves the liquid discharge head and the wiping member to perform a wiping operation. The pressing member includes a recess corresponding to a nozzle forming portion of the nozzle surface on a part of a surface of the pressing member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190263127A1 HEAD CLEANING DEVICE AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2019-08-29
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