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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2005
Applicants:
Shota Nishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Yakura, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayuki Takakura, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Horii, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Shota Nishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Yakura, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayuki Takakura, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Horii, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cleaner of a liquid discharge head having a nozzle surface provided with a liquid discharge nozzle for discharging a predetermined liquid cleans the nozzle surface by moving relative to the liquid discharge head. It includes a cleaning roller for wiping the nozzle surface, the surface of the cleaning roller which comes into contact with the nozzle surface being formed of a fibrous absorbing member.