Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Recording head protective cap, inkjet recording apparatus using the same, and method of producing the same
- Patent Title (中): 记录头保护帽,使用其的喷墨记录装置及其制造方法
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Application No.: US11474446Application Date: 2006-06-26
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Publication No.: US08025358B2Publication Date: 2011-09-27
- Inventor: Takaichiro Umeda
- Applicant: Takaichiro Umeda
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2005-191953 20050630
- Main IPC: B41J2/165
- IPC: B41J2/165

Abstract:
A protective cap for an inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head having an ejection surface in which open ends of nozzles are arranged in a row. The cap includes a mainbody and an elastic lip portion. The mainbody is formed of a first material mainly composed of thermoplastic elastomer and containing butyl rubber. The first material has a hardness of a first degree. The mainbody includes a base portion, and a protruding portion formed integrally with the base portion to protrude from the base portion. The lip portion is formed of a second material mainly composed of thermoplastic elastomer and containing butyl rubber. The second material has a hardness of a second degree lower than the first degree. The lip portion is disposed on at least the protruding portion to cover at least an end portion of the protruding portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070002093A1 Protective cap, inkjet recording apparatus using the same, and method of producing the same Public/Granted day:2007-01-04
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