Back to results
US 12,617,206 B2Granted
Maintenance device and inkjet recording apparatus
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorsYiquan Nie, Takashi Somete
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A maintenance device includes: a cap to be attached to a nozzle surface of an inkjet head; an air supply opening and an exhaust opening provided in the cap; and a suppression member which is provided at least between the air supply opening and the nozzle surface and has a first gap with respect to the air supply opening and a second gap with respect to the nozzle surface, and an end portion of the suppression member on a side of the exhaust opening opposes the exhaust opening.
Claims5
A maintenance device, comprising:
- a cap to be attached to a nozzle surface of an inkjet head;
- an air supply opening and an exhaust opening provided in the cap;
- and
- a suppression member which is provided at least between the air supply opening and the nozzle surface and has a first gap with respect to the air supply opening and a second gap with respect to the nozzle surface, wherein
- an end portion of the suppression member on a side of the exhaust opening opposes the exhaust opening.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.