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Cloth printing apparatus

US7458670B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 26, 2005
Grant dateDec 2, 2008
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Expiry dateMay 22, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD06P5/30
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An inkjet cloth printing apparatus includes a head moving mechanism moving the print head in a first direction, a cloth holder holding a periphery of a printing area of cloth on which the apparatus prints and including a first holding member and a second holding member fitted with an outer portion of the first holding member, a holder moving mechanism feeding the cloth holder in a second direction below the print head, the holder moving mechanism including a rack, a pinion brought into mesh engagement with the rack, and a drive motor rotating the pinion, and a cloth passage defined below a movement space through which the cloth holder is moved in the second direction by the holder moving mechanism so as to allow movement of part of the cloth located outside the printing area and running out of the cloth holder.

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