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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Ryosuke Hirokawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Makoto Terui, Yokohama, JP;
Kyosuke Deguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshiyuki Honda, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid absorbing apparatus for absorbing a liquid component from a formed ink image includes an endless liquid absorbing sheet, a mechanism configured to move the liquid absorbing sheet cyclically, an absorption mechanism configured to absorb the liquid component from the ink image by making the liquid absorbing sheet contact the ink image, a removing mechanism configured to squeeze and remove a liquid with a nipping pressure by nipping the liquid absorbing sheet, and at least one nipping portion, different from the absorption mechanism and the removing mechanism, configured to nip the liquid absorbing sheet. In the apparatus, the nipping pressure of the removing mechanism is set higher than a nipping pressure of the nipping unit.