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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 07, 2020
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Hiroshi Arimizu, Chiba, JP;

Yoshinori Itoh, Kanagawa, JP;

Motomi Tsuyuki, Kanagawa, JP;

Yusuke Imahashi, Kanagawa, JP;

Arihito Miyakoshi, Tokyo, JP;

Yasushi Iijima, Tokyo, JP;

Hideo Sugimura, Tokyo, JP;

Takashi Horiba, Kanagawa, JP;

Akira Fujikake, Kanagawa, JP;

Masahiko Kubota, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/1714 (2013.01); B41J 2/16523 (2013.01); B41J 2/16585 (2013.01);
Abstract

A discharge apparatus includes a discharge unit configured to discharge a liquid to a medium, a suction unit, and a supply unit configured to supply a gas to the suction unit. The suction unit includes an opening facing the medium, and a suction groove including an arc-shaped inner wall surface inside the opening and configured to suck mist around the medium. An outlet portion configured to blow out the gas supplied from the supply unit toward the inner wall surface is provided in the opening.


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