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US 11,691,442 B2Granted
Liquid discharge apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorSeiji Hoshino
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Abstract
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a stage on which a recording medium is placed, a head configured to discharge a liquid onto the recording medium on the stage, an inclined wall adjacent to the recording medium, the inclined wall configured to cover a part of the stage, and a height adjuster configured to adjust a height of one end of the inclined wall to be equal to or lower than a thickness of the recording medium.
Claims19
A liquid discharge method comprising:
- placing a recording medium on a stage;
- discharging a liquid onto the recording medium on the stage;
- providing an inclined wall adjacent to the recording medium, the inclined wall configured to cover a part of the stage;
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- adjusting a height of one end of the inclined wall to be equal to or lower than a thickness of the recording medium.
2 more elements
An inclination wall for a liquid discharge apparatus comprising:
- an inclination plate adjacent to a recording medium, onto which a liquid is to be discharged, on a stage, the inclined plate configured to cover a part of the stage;
- wherein a height of one end of the inclined plate is adjusted to be equal to or lower than a thickness of the recording medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.