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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2007
Applicant:
Masaru Watanabe, Mitaka, JP;
Inventor:
Masaru Watanabe, Mitaka, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cleaning unit for use in an inkjet recording apparatus, having an inkjet head including a nozzle face, includes a first wiping member and a second wiping member. The first wiping member slides on the nozzle face in a given direction while in contact with the nozzle face to remove ink from the nozzle face and accumulate the ink to one side of the nozzle face. The second wiping member, disposed rearward of the first wiping member with respect to the given direction, removes the ink accumulated by the first wiping member.