Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Printer with a cleanable nozzle surface
- Patent Title (中): 打印机具有可清洁的喷嘴表面
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Application No.: US14809696Application Date: 2015-07-27
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Publication No.: US09427971B2Publication Date: 2016-08-30
- Inventor: Haruo Kobayashi
- Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi
- Agency: Fox Rothschild LLP
- Priority: JP2014-153543 20140729
- Main IPC: B41J2/165
- IPC: B41J2/165

Abstract:
A printer includes a head, a wiper, a cap, a supply flow path, a supply opening/closing valve, a gas channel, a gas opening/closing valve, a waste fluid flow path, a suction portion, and a processor. The processor is configured to set a covered state in which the cap covers the at least one nozzle, supply the cleaning fluid to the cap, in the covered state, by opening the supply opening/closing valve, closing the gas opening/closing valve, and driving the suction portion, discharge the cleaning fluid, in the covered state, by closing the supply opening/closing valve, opening the gas opening/closing valve, and driving the suction portion, set an uncovered state in which covering the at least one nozzle by the cap is released, and cause the wiper to slide in contact with the nozzle surface, in the uncovered state, by moving the wiper relatively with respect to the nozzle surface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160031222A1 PRINTER Public/Granted day:2016-02-04
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