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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2016
Keitaroh Sakai, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshitaka Osanai, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Akaishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeru Morinaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Keitaroh Sakai, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshitaka Osanai, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Akaishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeru Morinaga, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid discharger includes a head to discharge liquid droplets, a cap to cover a nozzle face of the head; a cap mover to move the cap to a capping position at which the cap faces the nozzle face of the head or to move the cap to an evacuation position at which the cap does not face the nozzle face of the head. Further, there is a belt arranged to face and clean the cap at the evacuation position, the belt having a width and length enough to cover whole area of a rim of the cap; a conveyer to drive the belt, and a belt cleaner which faces the belt to clean the belt.