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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2024
Applicant:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Yiquan Nie, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Somete, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 29/377 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/16508 (2013.01); B41J 29/377 (2013.01);
Abstract
A maintenance device includes: a cap to be attached to a nozzle surface of an inkjet head; and a supply portion which accumulates a humidifying medium therein, generates humidified air by causing air to pass through the humidifying medium, and supplies the humidified air to the cap via an air supply pipe that is in communication with the cap, and inside the supply portion, the air supply pipe is provided along an up-down direction in a space higher than a fluid level of the humidifying medium and is provided with a cut on at least an inner surface side of a pipe wall of the air supply pipe.