US 12,064,968 B2
Wiping device, liquid discharging device, and wiping method
Takumi Atake, Tokyo (JP); and Yohta Sakon, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/759,358
Filed by Takumi Atake, Tokyo (JP); and Yohta Sakon, Kanagawa (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 17, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/052199
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 22, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/186352, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-048959 (JP), filed on Mar. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0114406 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 2/165 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/16535 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wiping device, comprising:
a wiping member configured to wipe a nozzle surface of a discharging head configured to discharge a liquid composition from nozzles formed on the nozzle surface, the wiping member comprising a fiber with projections present in a cross section perpendicular to an axis of the fiber and continuous in a direction of the axis of the fiber.