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Ink jet printer

US5646653A · kind A · utility

19Cited by
13References
3Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 1, 1995
Grant dateJul 8, 1997
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Expiry dateJun 1, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J11/0022
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An ink jet printer comprising a recording device for jetting ink droplets from a printer head while moving in a direction perpendicular to the direction of conveyance of a recording medium in the form of a sheet, to form a dot image on the recording medium according to an input time, further including a pair of sheet retaining devices respectively arranged before and behind in the direction of travel of the recording device, where one of the pair of sheet retaining devices arranged before in the direction of travel is displaced to push against the recording medium in order to form a predetermined clearance between the printer head and the recording medium, while the other is displaced to leave from the recording medium.

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