Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Yuta Kashiwagi

Shotaro Takeuchi

Yuta Moriwaki

Masashi Ohnishi

Yoichi Kawabata

A problem to be solved is to allow adhered substances to be removed from a bead. An apparatus () tor discharging liquid, the apparatus () comprising: a liquid discharge head () to discharge liquid; a holder () to hold a liquid application target () to which the liquid is applied; and a cleaner () to clean the liquid discharge head (), wherein the cleaner () is detachably attached to the holder (), and wherein, with the cleaner () attached to the holder () being in contact with the liquid discharge head (), the holder () and the liquid discharge head () are relatively moved to clean the liquid discharge head () with the cleaner ().

Apparatus for discharging liquid, method for maintaining liquid discharge head, and cleaner for liquid discharge head

Ink cartridge

A liquid cartridge is detachably attachable to an apparatus body of an image forming apparatus. The liquid cartridge includes a cartridge case, an information memory element, and a holding unit. The cartridge case includes at least two dividable case parts. The at least two dividable case parts form a front face of the cartridge case to face the apparatus body when the liquid cartridge is attached to the apparatus body. An information memory element is held at the front face of the cartridge case. The holding unit is provided in one of the at least two dividable case parts to hold the information memory element with only the one of the at least two dividable case parts. The holding unit includes a groove to receive the information memory element and a displaceable claw to hold the information memory element between the groove and the claw.

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Tokyo, Japan

Yuta Kashiwagi