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Printing apparatus

US12350946B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 8, 2023
Grant dateJul 8, 2025
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Expiry dateMay 9, 2043

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2002/16582
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The object of the present disclosure is to implement capturing of mist. One embodiment of the present invention is a printing apparatus including: a carriage, on which a print head that ejects a liquid is mounted, configured to reciprocate within a predetermined range in a second direction intersecting with a first direction; a partition member configured to partition an inside of the casing in the first direction into a first space in which the carriage reciprocates and a second space in which the carriage does not reciprocate; a first communication unit provided within the predetermined range in the second direction and configured to cause the first space and the second space to communicate with each other; and a second communication unit provided outside the first communication unit in the second direction and configured to cause the first space and the second space to communicate with each other.

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