Maintenance apparatus and inkjet recording apparatus
AssigneesToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorKeizaburo Yamamoto
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, there is provided a maintenance apparatus for removing ink from a nozzle surface of an inkjet head including a first region where a first nozzle is provided, a second region where a second nozzle is provided, and a third region located between the first region and the second region. The maintenance apparatus includes a first positioning section, a first wiping blade, and a second wiping blade. The first positioning section comes into contact with the third region and removes the ink present in the third region. When the first positioning section comes into contact with the third region, the first and second wiping blades come into contact with the first and second regions and remove the kinds of ink present in the first and second regions.
Claims10
A maintenance apparatus for removing ink from a nozzle surface of an inkjet head including a first region where a first nozzle is provided, a second region where a second nozzle is provided, and a third region located between the first region and the second region, the maintenance apparatus comprising:
- a first positioning section configured to come into contact with the third region and remove ink present in the third region;
- a first wiping blade configured to, when the first positioning section comes into contact with the third region, come into contact with the first region and remove ink present in the first region;
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- a second wiping blade configured to, when the first positioning section comes into contact with the third region, come into contact with the second region and remove ink present in the second region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.