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Ink jet printer, print object retaining member, and print method

US9434180B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 23, 2013
Grant dateSep 6, 2016
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Expiry dateAug 23, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41M5/0088
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An ink jet printer that appropriately performs printing with high accuracy on a three-dimensional object for a portable terminal is provided. The ink jet printer includes an ink jet head that discharges ink droplets, and a print object retaining section that retains a three-dimensional objects. The print object retaining section includes a shaft member extending in a direction perpendicularly intersecting a discharging direction of the ink droplets, a housing section being a shaft retaining section that retains the shaft member in a rotatable manner, a work set member being a three-dimensional object fixing member that is a fixing member fixing the three-dimensional objects relative to the shaft member, and causes the three-dimensional objects to rotate together with the shaft member by being fixed relative to the shaft member, and a rotation driving section being a rotation stopping means for stopping rotation of the shaft member at a predeterminedly set position.

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