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Printing apparatus with movable head device for ejecting ink

US8047646B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 26, 2008
Grant dateNov 1, 2011
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Expiry dateMay 31, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S428/914
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A printing apparatus including a conveyer system configured to convey a pallet having a print substrate thereon, anteroposterior moving mechanisms, fitting members disposed on the moving mechanisms, a guide bar member that extends in a lateral direction mounted on the fitting members, and a head device that is movably disposed along the guide bar member and has a plurality of inkjet nozzles. The printing apparatus is adapted to conduct printing by ejecting ink droplets from the inkjet nozzles to the print substrate on the pallet which is secured above an upper conveying passage and which is conveyed by the conveyer system while moving the head device.

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