Patent ID: 11932019
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A wiping module comprising:
a wiping portion including a wiping member wiping a liquid discharge head that discharges a liquid from a nozzle provided on a nozzle surface, a storage support portion supporting the wiping member and configured to store the liquid by the wiping, and a movement support portion mounting the storage support portion and configured to reciprocate along a wiping direction, which is a direction in which the wiping is performed; and
a cleaning portion cleaning the wiping member, wherein
the cleaning portion includes a cleaning member and a guide portion guiding the cleaning member, and
the cleaning member is configured to follow a movement of the wiping portion in the wiping direction and to scrape off the liquid adhering to the wiping member while being guided by the guide portion, the cleaning member using a driving force of the wiping portion when following the movement of the wiping portion.