The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2022
Applicants:
Tetsu Morino, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeyuki Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Tetsu Morino, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeyuki Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/16523 (2013.01); B41J 2/1721 (2013.01); B41J 2002/1735 (2013.01);
Abstract
A liquid discharge apparatus includes an apparatus body, a liquid discharge head in the apparatus body, the liquid discharge head configured to discharge a liquid, and a waste liquid tube coupled to a coupling portion of the apparatus body, the waste liquid tube having flexibility and including a spiral structure portion at least in a part of the waste liquid tube, the waste liquid tube configured to discharge, outside the apparatus body, a waste liquid discharged from the liquid discharge head.