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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2007
Arichika Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiko Sekimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Mohri, Kanagawa, JP;
Toru Nishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Arichika Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiko Sekimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Mohri, Kanagawa, JP;
Toru Nishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A droplet ejection apparatus includes: a droplet ejection head that ejects droplets; a conveying member that retains a recording medium and conveys the recording medium with facing the recording medium to the droplet ejection head; a coating member that coats the conveying member with a lubricant; and a cleaning member that cleans the conveying member. The droplet ejection apparatus satisfies the following formulae (1)L2≧L1  (1) wherein, in the formulae (1): Lis the width, in the direction orthogonal to the conveying direction, of the cleaning of the conveying member by the cleaning member; and Lis the width, in the direction orthogonal to the conveying direction, of coating the lubricant on the conveying member by the coating member.