US 12,466,182 B2
Liquid discharge apparatus
Akihiro Shima, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Akihiro Shima, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on May 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/323,633.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-090291 (JP), filed on Jun. 2, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0391078 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 2/14 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/14 (2013.01) [B41J 2/04501 (2013.01); B41J 2202/02 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid discharge apparatus comprising:
a conveyance path;
a conveyor configured to convey a medium in a conveyance direction along the conveyance path; and
a liquid discharger disposed above the conveyance path and configured to discharge a liquid toward the medium conveyed by the conveyor, the liquid discharger including:
a discharge head having a nozzle from which the liquid is discharged;
a housing accommodating the discharge head, the housing having:
a lower face from which the nozzle of the discharge head is exposed; and
a slit adjacent to the discharge head in the lower face of the housing; and
an airflow generator configured to generate an airflow flowing through the housing and discharged from the slit toward the conveyance path.