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US 2013/0076830 A1Published application
Inkjet recording apparatus
AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorHiroshi INOUE
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Abstract
According to an inkjet recording apparatus as an aspect of the present invention, the nozzle surface is wiped by a wiping member which rotates about an axle perpendicular to the nozzle surface. Consequently, the nozzle surface can be wiped in multiple directions and it is possible effectively to prevent deterioration of the lyophobic film, or adhering material being pushed inside the nozzles, due to wiping in one direction only. Furthermore, since a composition which rotates only the wiping member is adopted, then the composition of the wiping apparatus can be made compact.
Claims15
An inkjet recording apparatus, comprising:
- a conveyance device which conveys a recording medium;
- an inkjet head which has a nozzle surface, in which nozzles are arranged, and which ejects ink droplets from the nozzles towards the recording medium which is conveyed by the conveyance device;
- and
- a wiping apparatus which wipes the nozzle surface by moving relatively along the nozzle surface of the inkjet head,
- wherein the wiping apparatus comprises:
- a wiping member which is abutted against the nozzle surface;
- and
- a rotational drive device which causes the wiping member to rotate about an axis perpendicular to the nozzle surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.