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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:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2023
Applicant:
Kento Aoki, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Kento Aoki, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 3/02 (2006.01); B05B 15/555 (2018.01); B08B 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B05B 15/555 (2018.02); B08B 3/02 (2013.01); B08B 3/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head, a second medium, and a cleaner. The liquid discharge head discharges a liquid on the first medium. The second medium is different from the first medium. The liquid discharge head is dischargeable the liquid onto the second medium to form a test pattern. The cleaner cleans the second medium to remove the test pattern from the second medium.