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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2011
Applicant:
Yusuke Hirasawa, Nagano-ken, JP;
Inventor:
Yusuke Hirasawa, Nagano-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
When a real absorption operation is performed many times as one maintenance operation, a starting position of a roller member when performing a real absorption operation is adjusted by performing an idle absorption operation on at least one side before and after each real absorption operation.