Digital printing apparatus
US9457598B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 23, 2013 |
| Grant date | Oct 4, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 26, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J13/223
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A digital printing apparatus including a sheet supply device, printing cylinder, inkjet nozzle portion, sheet delivery device, and conveyance devices. The sheet supply device supplies sheets one by one at a predetermined period. The printing cylinder includes at least one gripper device that grips and holds the sheet, and conveys the sheet while one edge of the sheet supplied from the sheet supply device is held by the plurality of gripper devices. The inkjet nozzle portion discharges ink droplets onto the sheet. The conveyance devices include a plurality of gripper devices including one reversing gripper device that grips and holds the other edge of the sheet, and conveys the sheet printed on one surface, which is received from the printing cylinder in a double-sided printing mode. The sheet is turned by reversing the obverse/reverse surface of the sheet by the reversing gripper device in the process of conveyance.
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