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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2019
Applicant:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kazuhisa Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/16532 (2013.01); B41J 2/16535 (2013.01); B41J 2/175 (2013.01); B41J 2/17596 (2013.01); B41J 29/38 (2013.01); B41J 2002/16594 (2013.01); B41J 2202/12 (2013.01); B41P 2235/27 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a maintenance apparatus includes a first suction nozzle having a first suction port facing a first nozzle row through which a first liquid can be ejected, the first nozzle row including nozzles aligned in a first direction on a nozzle plate, and a second suction nozzle having a second suction port facing a second nozzle row through which a second liquid can be ejected, the second nozzle row including nozzles aligned in the first direction on the nozzle plate and parallel to the first nozzle row.