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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2013
Soyoung Park, Kanagawa, JP;
Soyoung Park, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a cap member for a liquid discharge head. The cap member is configured to seal a discharge surface of the liquid discharge head and includes a lower receiving portion; a liquid-absorbing member disposed opposite the discharge surface of the head and including a nozzle-facing surface and a bottom portion; and a suction hole, provided at a bottom of the cap member, through which ink is discharged. In the thus-configured cap member, the bottom portion of the liquid-absorbing member is disposed apart from the lower receiving portion and from the suction hole disposed at the bottom of the cap member, and has a surface slanted toward the suction hole.