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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2020
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Mitsugi Tanaka, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshikazu Shimizu, Kasugai, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A liquid discharge apparatus is provided, which comprises a conveyor, a support member which supports a medium existing in a conveying passage, a head, a maintenance mechanism which has a wiper, and a wiper cleaner. The maintenance mechanism is opposed to a nozzle surface of the head and movable to a wiping position at which the wiper abuts against the nozzle surface and a cleaning position at which the wiper abuts against the wiper cleaner. The wiper cleaner is disposed at a position at which a part thereof is overlapped with the support member in a direction orthogonal to the nozzle surface under or below the support member.