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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:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347 33 ; 347 29 ;
Abstract
A simplified, reduced-size ink-jet type image forming apparatus includes a cap member that covers a nozzle, a pump member that sucks air from inside the cap member, a cap through-hole seal member that seals the through-hole of the cap member, a wiper member that removes the ink adhered to an edge of the nozzle and a carriage position fixing member to which is affixed a recording head transfer carriage, that is moved by a drive motor.