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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2019
Yuichi Tanioku, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichi Tanioku, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A head cleaning device includes a liquid discharge head, a wiping member, a rotatable pressing member, and a moving assembly. The liquid discharge head includes a nozzle, which discharges liquid, on a nozzle surface. The wiping member wipes the nozzle surface. The rotatable pressing member presses the wiping member against the nozzle surface. The moving assembly contacts the wiping member with the nozzle surface and relatively moves the liquid discharge head and the wiping member to perform a wiping operation. The pressing member includes a recess corresponding to a nozzle forming portion of the nozzle surface on a part of a surface of the pressing member.