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Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 28, 2017
Applicant:

Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Jun Marubayashi, Kodaira, JP;

Taishi Shimizu, Sagamihara, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/16532 (2013.01); B41J 2/16508 (2013.01); B41J 2/16511 (2013.01); B41J 2/16523 (2013.01); B41J 2/16544 (2013.01); B41J 2/16547 (2013.01);
Abstract

An ink jet head maintenance apparatus includes a suction member which includes a suction hole to suction ink and in which air in the suction hole is suctioned from one opening of the suction hole by a suction operation unit. The suction member includes a height adjustment surface which is adjacent to an opening surface in which the other opening of the suction hole is provided and in which an inner angle formed with the opening surface is an obtuse angle. Each position of the opening surface is able to move in a first direction including a normal direction of the opening surface in a predetermined initial state in response to external force applied to the height adjustment surface.


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