ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,886, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).
"Wiping 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 wiper to wipe a first head to discharge a first liquid with a first portion of the wiper; and wipe a second head to discharge a second liquid different from the first liquid with a second portion of the wiper different from the first portion; a first cleaning tank containing a first cleaning liquid to remove the first liquid attached to the first portion of the wiper; and a second cleaning tank containing a second cl...