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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2019
Takumi Atake, Kanagawa, JP;
Takumi Atake, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid discharging device includes a liquid discharging head including a nozzle surface and multiple nozzles, the liquid discharging head to discharge liquid through the nozzles, a wiping member to wipe the nozzle surface of the liquid discharging head, and a pressing member to press the wiping member against the nozzle surface when the wiping member wipes the nozzle surface, wherein the wiping member satisfies the following conditions 1 and 2 when the wiping member is pressed against the nozzle surface by the pressing member during wiping: the contact ratio of the wiping member with the nozzle surface is from 60 to 95 percent Condition 1, the porous volume per unit area represented by V×T/100 is from 0.1 to 0.7 (mm/mm), where V (percent) represents a porosity and T (mm) represents a thickness of the wiping member Condition 2.