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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2017
Applicant:
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 29/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/16535 (2013.01); B41J 2/16538 (2013.01); B41J 2/16544 (2013.01); B41J 2/16552 (2013.01); B41J 2/16588 (2013.01); B41J 29/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided are a nozzle wiping sheet, a nozzle wiping unit, and an image forming apparatus capable of preventing occurrence of streaks during printing immediately after maintenance. A wiping member () wipes a nozzle surface (K) of a jetting head (K) provided with a nozzle through which liquid droplets are jetted, in which a shape of the liquid droplet added dropwise to the wiping member () after a cleaning liquid () is added to the wiping member () satisfies the following condition when an aspect ratio of the liquid droplet after 40 seconds after the addition of the cleaning liquid () is assumed to be R, and the R is 1.3 or more.