US Patent Application No: 2001/0013,881

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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING NOZZLE CLOGGING IN INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS

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Abstract

An ink-jet printing apparatus includes a head unit having at least one nozzle that ejects ink drops on demand, a sheet transporting path disposed below the head unit which transports a sheet through the head unit, and an ink deposit unit disposed below the sheet transporting path which is arranged to directly receive ink drops ejected from the nozzle when a nozzle-clog-preventing/ink ejection operation is executed.

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RICOH COMPANY, LTD.TOKYO15816

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
FUJI, MITSUMI - 1 0
MATSUMOTO, SHUZO - 3 0
MURAI, TAEKO - 1 0

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