US Patent Issued to RICOH on March 24 for "Wiping device, head maintenance device, and liquid discharge apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,223, issued on March 24, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).

"Wiping device, head maintenance device, and liquid discharge apparatus" was invented by Hideaki Suzuki (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wiping device includes a cleaning liquid tank, an endless web, and an ultrasonic generator. The cleaning liquid tank stores a cleaning liquid. The endless web is rotatably movable and has a part immersed in the cleaning liquid in the cleaning liquid tank and another part outside the cleaning liquid to wipe an object in a wiping direction. The ultrasonic generator applies ultrasonic waves to the cleaning liquid in ...