US 12,291,046 B2
Holding unit and liquid discharge device
Katsumasa Tanaka, Ina (JP); Takuya Ota, Shiojiri (JP); Hiroyuki Santo, Matsumoto (JP); Keita Hanawa, Matsumoto (JP); and Kenji Kojima, Fujimi-Machi (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/185,188.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-042276 (JP), filed on Mar. 17, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0294438 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 29/377 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 29/377 (2013.01) [B41J 11/00222 (2021.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A holding unit held by an device main body, the holding unit comprising:
at least one discharge unit configured to discharge liquid;
an accommodating unit including an attachment portion to which the at least one discharge unit is attached, the accommodating unit being configured to accommodate the at least one discharge unit;
a facing portion having a facing surface facing the attachment portion; and
a blowing unit configured to blow a gas toward the facing surface so that the gas reaches the discharge unit.