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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2024
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Shuhei Kawamata, Osaka, JP;
Yasutaka Inui, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An ink-jet recording apparatus includes: an ink-jet head with a nozzle plate; a blade that wipes the nozzle plate; a supply member provided upstream of the nozzle plate in a direction of wiping and capable of supplying a cleaning liquid to the blade upon contact with the blade; a link member that supports the supply member and rocks about a shaft below the supply member; a biasing member that biases the link member upstream in the wiping direction; and a pressing portion provided in conjunction with the ink-jet head and facing the supply member. While the ink-jet head is moved up, the supply member is kept away from the nozzle plate upstream in the wiping direction. When the ink-jet head moves down, the pressing portion presses down the supply member against a biasing force of the biasing member and, thus, the supply member moves downstream in the wiping direction.