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Patent No.:

US 8002383 B1

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Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011

Filed:

Jun. 23, 2009
Applicants:

Yasuhiko Kachi, Kanagawa, JP;

Tsutomu Takatsuka, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Yasuhiko Kachi, Kanagawa, JP;

Tsutomu Takatsuka, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The liquid ejection apparatus comprises: a liquid ejection head having an ejection port surface on which ejection ports for ejecting liquid are formed; a wiping device having a blade member which wipes and cleans the ejection port surface; a sliding device which causes the blade member to slide relatively with respect to the ejection port surface; a state identification device which identifies at least one state, of a state of the ejection ports, a state of the ejection port surface, and an operational state of the blade member when sliding over the ejection port surface; and a cleaning capability modification device which modifies a cleaning capability of the wiping device in accordance with a determination result of the state identification device.


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Kachi, Yasuhiko. (2011). Liquid ejection apparatus and image forming apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 8002383). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8002383

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