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Continuous web printing apparatus

US5345863A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 26, 1993
Grant dateSep 13, 1994
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Expiry dateJul 26, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J15/048
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

According to the invention, there is provided a continuous web printing apparatus comprising transport means including an endless belt having a sticky surface, a plurality of support rollers having said endless belt entrained therearound and a drive means for rotating said support rollers to move said endless belt, a press means for pressing a continuous web, such as a fabric or transfer sheet, against said endless belt to stick said continuous web to said endless belt, an ink jet head disposed between said support rollers in opposed relation to the surface of said continuous web stuck to said endless belt, an abutment adapted to abut against said endless belt, said abutment being opposed to said ink jet head with the continuous web and said endless belt interposed therebetween, head gap adjusting means for moving at least either of said ink jet head or said abutment in a direction in which the two are opposed to each other, and recovering means for peeling said continuous web, which has passed by said ink jet head, from said endless belt for recovery.

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