Inkjet recording apparatus
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorsYasutaka INUI, Shuhei KAWAMATA
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Abstract
The inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head, a cleaning member, and a container member. The container member includes a containing part which has an upwardly opening recessed area and in which detergent supplied from above is contained in the recessed area, and a base part which adjoins the containing part in a first direction perpendicular to an up/down direction. The containing part has a discharge hole extending through the recessed area in the up/down direction, and supplies the cleaning member with the detergent flowing out downward from the discharge hole. An upper surface of the base part is higher in liquid repellency to the detergent than an upper surface of the containing part.
Claims8
An inkjet recording apparatus comprising:
- a recording head having a nozzle surface for ejecting ink;
- a cleaning member for cleaning the nozzle surface with a detergent;
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- a container member which contains the detergent and which supplies the cleaning member with the detergent, wherein
- the container member includes:
- a containing part which has an upwardly-opening recessed area and in which the detergent supplied from above is contained in the recessed area;
- and
- a base part which adjoins the containing part in a first direction perpendicular to an up/down direction, and
- the containing part has a discharge hole extending through the recessed area in the up/down direction, and supplies the cleaning member with the detergent flowing out downward from the discharge hole, and
- an upper surface of the base part is higher in liquid repellency to the detergent than an upper surface of the containing part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.