B41J 2002/16567
Using ultrasonic or vibrating means
Official title: {using ultrasonic or vibrating means}
B41J2002/16567 (Using ultrasonic or vibrating means) appears on 49 US grants and 58 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Assignees
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- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Wiping device, head maintenance device, and liquid discharge apparatus24 Mar 2026US 12,583,223 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Head maintenance device, image forming apparatus, and head maintenance method10 Feb 2026US 12,545,029 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Method of cleaning fluid dispenser by applying suction force and vibrating meniscus16 Sep 2025US 12,415,357 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Method of cleaning nozzle surfaces of an inkjet print head assembly19 Aug 2025US 12,391,046 B2Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
- Washing Device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296026 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Cleaning Device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296027 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Cleaning Device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273942 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Cleaning solution for inkjet head, method for cleaning inkjet head using the same, and electronic device manufactured using the method2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185020 A1Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Liquid Ejection Device5 Feb 2026US 2026/0034786 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ultrasonic liquid wiper for ink jet printhead maintenance201US 5,574,485 AXerox Corporation · 1996
- Ink jet recording device with ink circulating unit52US 6,231,174 B1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 2001
- System for ultrasonic cleaning of ink jet orifices48US 4,849,769 ABurlington Industries, Inc. · 1989
- Ink jet printhead having an ultrasonic maintenance system incorporated therein and an associated method of maintaining an ink jet printhead by purging foreign matter therefrom36US 5,757,396 ACompaq Computer Corporation · 1998
- Ink jet printer with cleaning mechanism having a wiper blade and transducer and method of assembling the printer35US 6,241,337 B1Eastman Kodak Company · 2001