US 12,246,538 B2
Head maintenance system, printing system, and head maintenance method
Kazumasa Hattori, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/336,018.
Application 18/336,018 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/045789, filed on Dec. 13, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-214873 (JP), filed on Dec. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0330994 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 2/165 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/16544 (2013.01) [B41J 2/16552 (2013.01); B41J 2/16502 (2024.05); B41J 2002/16558 (2013.01); B41J 2002/1657 (2013.01); B41J 2002/16576 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A head maintenance system comprising:
a wiping device including a wiping sheet for wiping a nozzle surface of an ink jet head;
a relative movement device that relatively moves the ink jet head and the wiping sheet; and
a pressing device that presses the wiping sheet against the nozzle surface,
wherein the wiping device includes the wiping sheet having a value of linearity of compression in a range of 0.3 or more and less than 0.6, the linearity of compression being measured using a compression tester.