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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. 22, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 ;
Abstract
There are provided a capping device capable of sealing a recording head mounted on a carriage and of sucking and discharging ink from the recording head, and a wiping member which advances to a moving path of the recording head and wipes waste ink off a nozzle forming surface of the recording head to clean the nozzle forming surface. A first drainage-amount integrating device for integrating and counting an amount corresponding to the waste ink to be wiped off the recording head by the wiping member is provided, and it is possible to prevent the contamination of the interior of the apparatus by excess waste ink.