Patent ID: 11858271
Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 12:
13. A liquid discharge device, comprising:
means for discharging liquid to discharge a liquid, the means for discharging liquid having a first end, a second end, and a third end extending in a direction intersecting the first end and the second end; and
means for cleaning to move relative to the means for discharging liquid in a movement direction from the first end toward the second end while contacting the means for discharging liquid, a contact force of the means for cleaning contacting one of the first end and the second end being smaller than a contact force of the means for cleaning contacting a portion of the means for discharging liquid other than the first end and the second end,
wherein the contact force of the means for cleaning with the means for discharging liquid progressively decreases before the means for cleaning contacts the second end.