Recording head cleaning device, recording head cleaning method, and recording device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11766867
APP PUB NO 20210221139A1
SERIAL NO

17223009

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Provided is a recording head cleaning device, a recording head cleaning method, and a recording device, with which a cleaning liquid from a nozzle is prevented from being mixed and a nozzle surface is cleaned. The problem is solved with a recording head cleaning device including a cleaning liquid holding unit that has a cleaning liquid holding surface, a cleaning liquid applying portion that applies a cleaning liquid to the cleaning liquid holding surface, a cleaning unit that cleans a nozzle surface of a recording head, in which a nozzle jetting an ink is disposed, with the cleaning liquid held by the cleaning liquid holding surface by making the cleaning liquid holding surface and the nozzle surface face each other, the nozzle surface with the cleaning liquid held by the cleaning liquid holding surface, and a back pressure control unit that sets a back pressure of the nozzle in a case of cleaning the nozzle surface to −800 pascals to −200 pascals.

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  • FUJIFILM CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hattori, Kazumasa Kanagawa, JP 14 31

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