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Susumu Hirakata0
Yoshihira Rai0
Nobuhiro Katsuta0
Hiroaki Satoh0
Date of Patent
July 24, 2007
0Patent Application Number
108924810
Date Filed
July 16, 2004
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
The present invention provides a maintenance device which can suction ink in a short period of time and with a small amount of consumed ink. The maintenance device has a plurality of capping portions disposed so as to face a plurality of unit heads which can discharge liquid drops onto a recording medium; a plurality of small chambers communicating with the plurality of capping portions, respectively; a suction portion suctioning interiors of the small chambers; and a plurality of valve mechanisms independently controlling airtight states of the interiors of the small chambers. The present invention also provides a recording device equipped with this maintenance device.
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