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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2010
Manabu Hibi, Nagoya, JP;
Manabu Hibi, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A recording apparatus of the present invention includes: a droplet ejection head including an inflow passage, a common fluid passage, and a plurality of individual fluid passages each extending to an ejection opening; a supply mechanism capable of forcedly supplying a fluid to the inflow passage; a wiper made of an elastic material; and a moving mechanism which moves the wiper. The fluid forcedly supplied to the inflow passage and discharged from each ejection opening does not drop from the ejection face, and at least a predetermined amount of the fluid discharged from each ejection opening is retained on the ejection face when the wiper traverses the relevant ejection opening.