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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:
Apr. 01, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2022
Applicant:

Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;

Inventors:

Mikio Ogawa, Nagoya, JP;

Rikuto Mitoka, Nagoya, JP;

Motoki Yamada, Ichinomiya, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 29/02 (2006.01); B41J 29/13 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/16535 (2013.01); B41J 2/16505 (2013.01); B41J 2/16508 (2013.01); B41J 2/16532 (2013.01); B41J 2/16538 (2013.01); B41J 2/16547 (2013.01); B41J 2/16552 (2013.01); B41J 2/175 (2013.01); B41J 29/38 (2013.01); B41J 2002/16558 (2013.01); B41J 29/02 (2013.01); B41J 29/13 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus including a head configured to eject a liquid from nozzles being open in a nozzle surface, a liquid absorbing wiper, and a support supporting the liquid absorbing wiper. The supporter is movable relative to the head, between a first position where the liquid absorbing wiper is in contact with the nozzle surface, and a second position where the liquid absorbing wiper is away from the nozzle surface, the supporter has a flow channel for a liquid cleaner to flow therethrough, and the liquid absorbing wiper sucks in the liquid cleaner from below by way of contact with the liquid cleaner flowing in the flow channel.


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