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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2016
Applicant:
Toray Engineering Co., Ltd., Chuo-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TORAY ENGINEERING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/16552 (2013.01); B41J 2/16532 (2013.01); B41J 2/16535 (2013.01); B41J 2/1721 (2013.01); B41J 2002/16564 (2013.01); B41J 2002/16594 (2013.01);
Abstract
An inkjet head maintenance device includes a base, a liquid supplier and a liquid collector. The base has an upper face disposed closely opposite a nozzle face of an inkjet head to form a liquid reservoir space during maintenance of the inkjet head. The base includes a liquid supply hole and a liquid collection hole that open to the upper face. The liquid supplier is configured to supply liquid from the liquid supply hole to the liquid reservoir space. The liquid collector is configured to collect the liquid in the liquid reservoir space from the liquid collection hole.