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Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026

Filed:

Feb. 06, 2024
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Shunsuke Watanabe, Matsumoto, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/16552 (2013.01); B41J 2/14233 (2013.01); B41J 2002/16567 (2013.01); B41J 2202/07 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is provided a method for cleaning a liquid ejecting head including a nozzle plate in which a nozzle configured to eject a liquid is formed, a pressure chamber communicating with the nozzle, a vibration plate that defines a part of the pressure chamber, and a piezoelectric element that is laminated on the vibration plate, the method including: an ultrasonic cleaning step of ultrasonically vibrating a cleaning liquid in a cleaning tank by an ultrasonic vibrator in a state where the nozzle is immersed in the cleaning liquid in the cleaning tank and in a state where a gas is present in the pressure chamber.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Watanabe, Shunsuke. (2026). Method for cleaning liquid ejecting head (U.S. Patent No. 12623458). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12623458

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