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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2010
Takaya Sato, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuji Kanome, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshiaki Suzuki, Nagareyama, JP;
Masahiro Sugimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Seiji Suzuki, Ebina, JP;
Susumu Hirosawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takeaki Nakano, Inagi, JP;
Takaya Sato, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuji Kanome, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshiaki Suzuki, Nagareyama, JP;
Masahiro Sugimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Seiji Suzuki, Ebina, JP;
Susumu Hirosawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takeaki Nakano, Inagi, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus includes a recording head having a sealing portion arranged in proximity to nozzle arrays and protruding beyond a nozzle surface. A wiper unit configured to wipe the nozzle surface of the recording head has a first wiper blade and a second wiper blade, and the first wiper blade is arranged to be inclined by an angle θ(θ>0) with respect to a direction orthogonal to the wiping direction within a plane parallel to the nozzle surface, while the second wiper blade is arranged to be inclined by an angle θ(θ<0) with respect to the direction orthogonal to the wiping direction within the plane.