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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2024
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Yasutaka Inui, Osaka, JP;
Shuhei Kawamata, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an inkjet head, a blade and a cleaning liquid supply member. The inkjet head is provided with a nozzle surface on which ink ejection ports of a plurality of nozzles are opened. The blade is movable in contact with the nozzle surface. The cleaning liquid supply member supplies a cleaning liquid to at least one of the nozzle surface and the blade. The cleaning liquid supply member includes a supply hole through which the cleaning liquid is discharged, and a mesh member provided inside an opening of the supply hole and having a mesh size smaller than the opening.
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