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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Katsumi Kawamura, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347171 ; 347222 ;
Abstract
A recording sheet cleaning apparatus is mounted on a printer having a thermal head and arranged to feed a recording sheet along a sheet feeding path. The recording sheet cleaning apparatus includes a wiping member located upstream of the thermal head along the sheet feeding path. The wiping member is located on the same side as the thermal head with respect to the sheet feeding path. The recording sheet introduced into the printer contacts with the wiping member, so that the printing surface of the recording sheet (the surface facing the thermal head) is wiped by the wiping member before printing.