Liquid discharge apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorAkihiro Shima
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Abstract
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a conveyance path, a conveyor, and a liquid discharger. The conveyor conveys a medium in a conveyance direction along the conveyance path. The liquid discharger is disposed above the conveyance path to discharge a liquid toward the medium conveyed by the conveyor. The liquid discharger includes a discharge head, a housing, an airflow generator, and slit. The discharge head has a nozzle from which the liquid is discharged. The housing accommodates the discharge head. The housing has a lower face from which the nozzle of the discharge head is exposed and a slit adjacent to the discharge head in the lower face of the housing. The airflow generator generates an airflow flowing through the housing and discharged from the slit toward the conveyance path.
Claims14
A liquid discharge apparatus comprising:
- a conveyance path;
- a conveyor configured to convey a medium in a conveyance direction along the conveyance path;
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- a liquid discharger disposed above the conveyance path and configured to discharge a liquid toward the medium conveyed by the conveyor, the liquid discharger including:
- a discharge head having a nozzle from which the liquid is discharged;
- a housing accommodating the discharge head, the housing having:
- a lower face from which the nozzle of the discharge head is exposed;
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- a slit adjacent to the discharge head in the lower face of the housing;
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- an airflow generator configured to generate an airflow flowing through the housing and discharged from the slit toward the conveyance path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.