US Patent 8721039 Image forming apparatus
Patent 8721039 was granted and assigned to RICOH COMPANY,LTD. on May, 2014 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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The present invention provides an image forming apparatus including: a print head, including nozzle heads, configured to discharge ink droplets upward and movable between an image forming area in which images are formed on a recording medium and an idle discharge area in which idle discharge of the ink droplets is performed to clean the nozzles; an endless belt ink receiving member, disposed above the print head in the idle discharge area in which the print head performs idle discharge and configured to hold the idly-discharged ink; an ink receiving member driver operatively connected to the ink receiving member to circularly drive the ink receiving member; and a cleaner disposed downstream of the idle discharge area in the direction of rotation of the ink receiving member and configured to remove the ink from the ink receiving member.
US Patent 08721039 Image forming apparatus US Patent 8721039 Image forming apparatus
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