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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:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2019
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/055 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/16505 (2013.01); B41J 2/0451 (2013.01); B41J 2/055 (2013.01); B41J 2/16526 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ink jet recording apparatus includes a discharge head including a nozzle discharging ink to a recording medium and a cap capable of covering the nozzle of the discharge head. The ink contains water, a colorant, and an organic compound which is solid at 25.0° C. and which has an octanol/water distribution coefficient of 0.0 or less. The cap includes no ink absorber.