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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2021
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Yuta Moriwaki, Tokyo, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge device configured to discharge a liquid onto a discharge target from nozzles on a discharge surface of the liquid discharge device in a liquid discharge direction, an adhesion part including an adhesion surface to which mist of the liquid discharged by the liquid discharge device adheres, and a detector including a detection surface facing the adhesion surface of the adhesion part, the detector configured to detect a surface state of the adhesion surface of the adhesion part. The detection surface of the detector is above the discharge surface of the liquid discharge device in the liquid discharge direction, and the adhesion part is configured to move to change the adhesion surface facing the detection surface of the detector.