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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2019
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Satoyuki Sekiguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Kobashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Taku Hatakeyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid discharging device is provided that includes: a first head () containing a pretreatment liquid, configured to discharge the pretreatment liquid onto a recording medium; a second head () disposed downstream of the first head () in a conveyance direction of the recording medium, configured to discharge an ink; an exhaust unit () disposed upstream of the first head () in the conveyance direction, configured to evacuate a gas present between the first head () and the recording medium from a downstream side to an upstream side in the conveyance direction; and a housing () internally containing the first head () and the second head (), internally or externally containing the exhaust unit (), and having an opening () downstream of the exhaust unit () in the conveyance direction.