WIPING UNIT, MAINTENANCE DEVICE, LIQUID EJECTOR, AND WIPING METHOD

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wiping unit, a maintenance device, a liquid ejector, and a wiping method, in which wet wiping is adopted as wiping for an ejection surface of a liquid ejection head whereby the cleaning performance of a predetermined ejecting surface is maintained, and durability o...

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Zusammenfassung:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wiping unit, a maintenance device, a liquid ejector, and a wiping method, in which wet wiping is adopted as wiping for an ejection surface of a liquid ejection head whereby the cleaning performance of a predetermined ejecting surface is maintained, and durability of the predetermined ejecting surface is maintained.SOLUTION: The wiping unit includes a web (62) which is brought into contact with a nozzle surface (51A) of an ink jet head (41) to wipe up the liquid ejecting surface, means for moving the web to the liquid ejecting surface, a cleaning liquid spray head provided upstream of the position where the liquid ejecting surface and the web are come into contact in the transfer path of the web and spraying a cleaning liquid to the moving web, a first temperature sensor (94) and a second temperature sensor (96) for detecting unevenness of the cleaning liquid applied by the web to which the cleaning liquid is sprayed by a cleaning liquid spray head.