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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2019
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Masahiro Sugimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Yuichiro Yanagi, Funabashi, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/01 (2006.01); B41M 5/025 (2006.01); B41J 2/17 (2006.01); B41J 3/00 (2006.01); B41M 7/00 (2006.01); B41M 5/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/16505 (2013.01); B41J 2/01 (2013.01); B41J 2/17 (2013.01); B41J 3/00 (2013.01); B41M 5/0256 (2013.01); B41M 7/00 (2013.01); B41J 2002/012 (2013.01); B41M 5/03 (2013.01);
Abstract
A liquid absorbing apparatus for absorbing a liquid component from an ink image formed on a transfer member before transferring the ink image to a print medium includes a liquid absorbing member configured to absorb the liquid component, a support unit configured to support the liquid absorbing member to be movable cyclically, and at least one recovery unit arranged in a moving path of the liquid absorbing member and configured to recover liquid absorption performance of the liquid absorbing member.