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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2017
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided are a wiping mechanism, a liquid droplet jetting apparatus, and a wiping method capable of securing an absorption capacity of a wiping member which absorbs a liquid adhered to a nozzle surface while preventing infiltration of bubbles into a nozzle when the nozzle surface is wiped by the wiping member. The nozzle surface is wiped by the wiping member which has one surfaceA that comes into contact with the nozzle surface in which a plurality of nozzles through which liquid droplets are jetted are formed, and has a plurality of voids M that form capillaries from the one surfaceA side to the other surfaceB side, the voids M being greater in size on the other surfaceB side than on the one surface sideA among the plurality of voids M.