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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2017
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Masashi Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsumichi Imazeki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichi Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaki Kataoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a wiping device including: an impregnated member that is impregnated with a liquid, has a contact surface having lengths which are longer than that of a nozzle-formed surface in a longitudinal direction and in a transverse direction intersecting with the longitudinal direction of the nozzle-formed surface of an ejecting head that ejects an ejection liquid, and causes the contact surface to come into contact with the nozzle-formed surface such that the nozzle-formed surface is wetted; and a wiping member that wipes the nozzle-formed surface wetted by the impregnated member.