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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Monta Matsui, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Torigoe, Tokyo, JP;
Atsuhiko Masuyama, Yokohama, JP;
Naomi Yamamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2013.01); B41J 2/16508 (2013.01); B41J 2/16585 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a print head, a cap unit configured to cap a portion including a nozzle of the print head to form a small space, and a supply unit configured to supply gas for protecting the nozzle to the small space, wherein the supply unit performs a charge on another space to be connected to the small space to have a pressure different from that in the small space, and supplies the gas to the small space by a gas flow generated by releasing the charge.