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Granted Patent B2
US 12,479,207 · App. 18/523,817 · Granted Nov 25, 2025

Inkjet recording apparatus

Inventors: Shuhei Kawamata (Osaka, JP); Yasutaka Inui (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
B41J2/16538B41J2/16508B41J2/16535B41J2/16541B41J2/16544B41J2/16547B41J2/16552B41J2/16585B41J25/304
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Patent No.
US 12,479,207
App. No.
18/523,817
Granted
Nov 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An inkjet recording apparatus includes a holder, a blade and a biasing member. The holder faces a nozzle surface of an inkjet head and moves in a predetermined traveling direction along the nozzle surface. The blade is provided in the holder and swung about a shaft crossing the traveling direction. The biasing member is provided in the holder and biasing the blade in a direction in which a tip end portion of the blade is pressed against the nozzle surface.

Claims (18)

1 . An inkjet recording apparatus comprising:

a holder which faces a nozzle surface of an inkjet head and moves in a predetermined traveling direction along the nozzle surface;

a blade provided in the holder and swung about a shaft crossing the traveling direction;

a biasing member provided in the holder and biasing the blade in a direction in which a tip end portion of the blade is pressed against the nozzle surface; and

a protruding member integrally provided with the blade, protruding rearward from the shaft in the travelling direction, and tilting the blade rearward in the travelling direction by being pushed away by the nozzle surface or a parallel surface parallel to the nozzle surface, wherein

the protruding member has a through-hole through which at least a part of liquid flowing down along the blade is passed.

2 . The inkjet recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the parallel surface is provided outside the nozzle surface in a width direction crossing the travelling direction, and

the protruding member is in contact with the parallel surface.

3 . The inkjet recording apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the protruding member is moved in contact with the parallel surface when the holder is moved in the travelling direction.

4 . The inkjet recording apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the protruding member is provided on both outer sides of the blade in the width direction.

5 . The inkjet recording apparatus according to claim 1 , comprising:

a receiving member provided in front of a movement end position of the holder in the traveling direction and receives liquid released from the blade.

6 . The inkjet recording apparatus according to claim 1 , comprising:

a lifting mechanism which lifts and lowers the inkjet head or the holder, wherein

the lifting mechanism separates the inkjet head from the holder at an end of wiping of the nozzle surface by the blade.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2023
From: KAWAMATA, SHUHEI; INUI, YASUTAKA
To: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-191161 · Nov 30, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240173979A1 · May 30, 2024
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