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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2023
Teppei Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Yamashita, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasunobu Takagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Nanami Takano, Tokyo, JP;
Kaoru Satoh, Nagano, JP;
Teppei Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Yamashita, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasunobu Takagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Nanami Takano, Tokyo, JP;
Kaoru Satoh, Nagano, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid discharge apparatus includes: a liquid discharge head having a discharge face having a nozzle from which a liquid is discharged to a medium; a carriage, to which the liquid discharge head is mountable, and reciprocally movable in a main-scanning direction; a guide supporting the carriage to guide the carriage to move in the main-scanning direction; a cap to contact and seal the discharge face of the liquid discharge head; a suction device connected to the cap; and a cap cleaner, supported and guided by the guide to move in the main-scanning direction, to drop a cleaning liquid to the cap.