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Liquid discharging device

US11472194B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 29, 2019
Grant dateOct 18, 2022
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Expiry dateAug 29, 2039

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J3/4078
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A liquid discharging device is provided that includes: a first head (11) containing a pretreatment liquid, configured to discharge the pretreatment liquid onto a recording medium; a second head (12) disposed downstream of the first head (11) in a conveyance direction of the recording medium, configured to discharge an ink; an exhaust unit (14) disposed upstream of the first head (11) in the conveyance direction, configured to evacuate a gas present between the first head (11) and the recording medium from a downstream side to an upstream side in the conveyance direction; and a housing (30) internally containing the first head (11) and the second head (12), internally or externally containing the exhaust unit (14), and having an opening (32) downstream of the exhaust unit (14) in the conveyance direction.

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