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

Claim 0:
1. A liquid discharge device, comprising:
a liquid discharger to discharge a liquid, the liquid discharger having a first end, a second end, and a third end extending in a direction intersecting the first end and the second end; and
a cleaner to move relative to the liquid discharger in a movement direction from the first end toward the second end while contacting the liquid discharger, a contact force of the cleaner contacting one of the first end and the second end being smaller than a contact force of the cleaner contacting a portion of the liquid discharger other than the first end and the second end,
wherein the contact force of the cleaner with the liquid discharger progressively decreases before the cleaner contacts the second end.