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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2018
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroe Ishikura, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 7/00 (2006.01); B01J 20/26 (2006.01); B01J 20/28 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 20/261 (2013.01); B01J 20/28023 (2013.01); B01J 20/28085 (2013.01); B41J 11/0015 (2013.01); B41J 2002/012 (2013.01); B41M 7/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a porous body for the absorption of a liquid component contained in an ink image on an ink receiving medium, the porous body including a fiber having a pore structure in the inside, wherein the pore structure satisfies the following requirements (a) and (b), and an inter-fiber void ratio which indicates the volume ratio of a void formed between the each fibers is 40% or more to 80% or less: (a) average pore size/average fiber diameter is 0.2 or less; and (b) an intra-fiber void ratio is 5% or more to 40% or less.