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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2010
Youn-gun Jung, Yongin-si, KR;
Karp-sik Youn, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Young-su Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Gun Heo, Yongin-si, KR;
Youn-gun Jung, Yongin-si, KR;
Karp-sik Youn, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Young-su Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Gun Heo, Yongin-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An inkjet image forming apparatus includes a main body frame, a medium supplying unit which is coupled to the main body frame and supplying a print medium, an image forming cartridge which is coupled to the main body frame, forms an image on the supplied print medium, and including a nozzle to eject ink, and a wiping assembly which wipes the nozzle. The wiping assembly includes a wiping sheet storage unit in which the wiping sheet is stored as being wound, a transfer shuttle which moves along arrangement of the nozzle by a driving force of a driving source, a pressing member which is provided in the transfer shuttle and presses a region of the wiping sheet against the nozzle to perform wiping using the wiping sheet, and a wiping sheet support unit which is provided in the transfer shuttle and restricts move of the wiping sheet while the nozzle is wiped.