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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Ryosuke Araki, Kanagawa, JP;
Seiji Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takaya Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Ran Kudo, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Hane, Kanagawa, JP;
Takatoshi Nakano, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsukasa Sano, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cleaning apparatus for a recording head that ejects ink onto a recording medium, including a liquid application head to apply a liquid to a nozzle formation surface of the recording head and a liquid removal unit to remove the liquid from the nozzle formation surface. The liquid application head has a liquid application member having flexibility and a first surface on an upstream side in a liquid application direction, a second surface crossing the first surface, and a third surface on a downstream side in the liquid application direction, the first an second surfaces contacting the nozzle formation surface, the third surface and the nozzle formation surface having a gap therebetween, and a liquid supply member having a supply flow path to supply the liquid to the nozzle formation surface. A liquid application width of the liquid application head is narrower than a width of the nozzle formation surface.