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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
May. 21, 2019
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Mitsuhiro Goda, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions, Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A wipe unit of the present disclosure includes a wiper, a wiper carriage, a wiper fixing member and a recovery tray. The recovery tray is arranged below the wiper, and includes a tray surface that recovers the ink wiped off with the wiper. The tray surface is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane, and makes the recovered ink flow in a predetermined direction so as to collect the recovered ink. The wiping portion is formed with the wiper and the wiper fixing member, and the wiping portion includes an ink drop portion which drops the ink wiped off with the wiper to the tray surface. The ink drop portion is formed such that the length thereof in a width direction orthogonal to the wiping direction is reduced as the ink drop portion is extended downward.