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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2023
Applicant:
Yuta Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yuta Kobayashi, Tokyo, 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 2/16552 (2013.01); B41J 2/16508 (2013.01); B41J 2/16523 (2013.01); B41J 2/1721 (2013.01); B41J 2002/16558 (2013.01); B41J 2/1728 (2024.05);
Abstract
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head, a cap, a waste liquid channel, a wiper, a cleaner, and a cleaning liquid drainage. The liquid discharge head has a nozzle, from which a liquid is discharged, on a nozzle face. The cap caps the nozzle to suck a waste liquid from the nozzle. The waste liquid channel is connected to the cap and has a waste liquid outlet from which the waste liquid is drained. The wiper wipes the nozzle face. The cleaner applies a cleaning liquid to the wiper. The cleaning liquid drainage drains the cleaning liquid applied to the wiper to the waste liquid outlet.