Wiping device, head maintenance device, and liquid discharge apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorTetsu Morino
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Abstract
A wiping device includes a cleaning liquid tank, an endless web, a circulation path, a liquid feeder, and a filter. The cleaning liquid tank stores a cleaning liquid. The endless web is rotatably movable and has a part immersed in the cleaning liquid in the cleaning liquid tank and another part outside the cleaning liquid to wipe an object in a wiping direction. The cleaning liquid is circulated through the circulation path. The liquid feeder is disposed in the circulation path, to generate a flow of the cleaning liquid circulating through the circulation path. The filter is disposed in the circulation path, to filter the cleaning liquid flowing through the filter.
Claims20
A wiping device comprising:
- a cleaning liquid tank storing a cleaning liquid;
- an endless web rotatably movable and having:
- a part immersed in the cleaning liquid in the cleaning liquid tank at a cleaning region;
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- another part outside the cleaning liquid to wipe an object in a wiping direction;
- a circulation path in the cleaning liquid tank through which the cleaning liquid is circulated;
- a partition wall separating the cleaning region from the circulation path;
- a liquid feeder in the circulation path, to generate a flow of the cleaning liquid circulating through the circulation path;
- a filter in the circulation path, to filter the cleaning liquid flowing through the filter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.