| US 7,510,266 B2 | ||
| Image forming apparatus | ||
| Osamu Takagi, Nagoya (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 01, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/364,266. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-055875 (JP), filed on Mar. 01, 2005; application No. 2005-061676 (JP), filed on Mar. 04, 2005; and application No. 2005-061678 (JP), filed on Mar. 04, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0203032 A1, Sep. 14, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. B41J 2/165 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 347—33 [347/22; 347/29; 347/30] | 13 Claims |
| 1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a conveyance unit that conveys a recording medium;
a recording head comprising a nozzle formation surface formed with a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink toward the recording
medium being conveyed by the conveyance unit;
a cap that is able to abut against the nozzle formation surface of the recording head to form a closed space in which the
nozzle formation surface is sealed off;
a cap holder that supports the cap with a predetermined gap between the cap holder and the base portion; and
an elastic body disposed between the cap holder and the base portion,
wherein the cap comprises:
the base portion facing the nozzle formation surface;
a lip portion that is upright from a base portion toward the nozzle formation surface to be able to abut against the nozzle
formation surface;
an opening that passes through the base portion; and
a gas impermeable flexible film that covers the opening, wherein the elastic body abuts the base portion between the lip portion
and the flexible film.
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