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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
May. 28, 2019
Hiroko Ohkura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yohta Sakon, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Izutani, Osaka, JP;
Takumi Atake, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroko Ohkura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yohta Sakon, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Izutani, Osaka, JP;
Takumi Atake, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A wiping member that wipes a nozzle surface of a liquid discharging head, includes a first region having an average porosity P1, a second region disposed on the first region, having an average porosity P2 greater than P1, and a third region disposed on the second region having an average porosity P3 greater than P2, wherein the wiping member has a thickness t in the direction perpendicular to the surface that contacts the nozzle surface and each of the first region, the second region, and the third region has a thickness of t/3 in the direction, wherein P2/P1 is from 1.1 to 1.4.