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US 9,956,781 B2Granted
Maintenance member
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHaruo Kobayashi
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Abstract
A maintenance member includes a plate, an absorption member, and a protection plate. The plate includes a first face and is configured to be mounted in a print device. The absorption member is fixed on the first face and has absorbed a liquid. The edge surface of the absorption member is exposed in an extension direction of the first face. The protection plate is fixed in place such that a gap is provided between the protection plate and the absorption member. The protection plate is configured to protect the absorption member from contact.
Claims10
A maintenance member comprising:
- a plate including a first face, the plate being configured to be mounted in a print device, the print device being configured to recover ink adhering to a wiper, the wiper being configured to wipe off ink adhering to a nozzle formation face of a print head, the print head being configured to discharge ink;
- an absorption member fixed on the first face and having absorbed a liquid, an edge surface of the absorption member being exposed in an extension direction of the first face;
- and
- a protection plate fixed in place such that a gap is provided between the protection plate and the absorption member
- wherein the plate includes a first projection portion projecting farther than the absorption member on the first face, and the protection plate includes a first opposite projection portion in a position opposite the first projection portion.
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A maintenance member comprising:
- a plate including a first face and a second face disposed on the opposite side from the first face;
- an absorption member configured to absorb ink, the absorption member including an opposite face and an exposed face, the opposite face opposing the first face, the exposed face being disposed on the opposite side from the opposite face, the absorption member being disposed on the first face and having absorbed a liquid;
- a plate edge located in a thickness direction from the exposed face, the thickness direction being the direction from the first face toward the second face, the plate edge being an edge of the plate on the side of the plate in an extension direction of the first face;
- opening edge portions located in the plate and opening toward the absorption member from the second face;
- and
- a protection plate fixed in place such that a gap is provided between the protection plate and the absorption member
- wherein the plate includes a first projection portion projecting farther than the absorption member on the first face, and the protection plate includes a first opposite projection portion in a position opposite the first projection portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.