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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2005
Applicants:
Hiroshi Hashi, Tokyo, JP;
Masanobu Shimizu, Hachioji, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroshi Hashi, Tokyo, JP;
Masanobu Shimizu, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A maintenance apparatus of a recording head is appressed against a head main body of a recording head during cleaning processing, and an air current which performs suction and removal flows in a direction crossing an ink discharge direction and travels along a nozzle surface to suck foreign particles or a residual ink.