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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2017
Applicant:
Yukihiro Asano, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Yukihiro Asano, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/16544 (2013.01); B41J 2/16505 (2013.01); B41J 2/16508 (2013.01); B41J 2/16535 (2013.01); B41J 2/16538 (2013.01); B41J 2/16541 (2013.01); B41J 2/165 (2013.01); B41J 2002/1655 (2013.01); B41J 2002/16558 (2013.01); B41J 2002/16594 (2013.01);
Abstract
A head cleaner for a liquid discharge apparatus, the head cleaner includes a first wiper to wipe, in a wiping direction, a nozzle face of a head that discharges liquid from nozzles on the nozzle face, and a second wiper to wipe the nozzle face of the head. The first wiper is belt-shaped, and the second wiper is a blade movable between a wiping position where the second wiper wipes the nozzle face and a cleaning position where the second wiper is cleaned by the first wiper.