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US Patent 5345863 - Continuous web printing apparatus
US Patent Issued on September 13, 1994
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
July 26, 2013Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
July 26, 2013Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.AbstractAccording to the invention, there is provided a continuous web printing apparatus comprising transport means including an endless belt having a sticky surface, a plurality of support rollers having said endless belt entrained therearound and a drive means for rotating said support rollers to move said endless belt, a press means for pressing a continuous web, such as a fabric or transfer sheet, against said endless belt to stick said continuous web to said endless belt, an ink jet head disposed between said support rollers in opposed relation to the surface of said continuous web stuck to said endless belt, an abutment adapted to abut against said endless belt, said abutment being opposed to said ink jet head with the continuous web and said endless belt interposed therebetween, head gap adjusting means for moving at least either of said ink jet head or said abutment in a direction in which the two are opposed to each other, and recovering means for peeling said continuous web, which has passed by said ink jet head, from said endless belt for recovery. | InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 097660 filed on 07/26/1993US Classes:101/126, Stencil and work support226/5, Involving stripping from conveyer226/28, Of continuously moving material226/45, Detector means226/96, By adhesive nature of material340/676, Conveyor belt345/600, Color bit data modification or conversion347/4, With conveyed object347/8, Of spacing between fluid ejector and receiving medium358/1.17, Page or frame memory400/56, Responsive to thickness of record-medium400/605, For feeding plural record media concurrently or selectively400/611For feeding web record-mediumField of Search400/56, Responsive to thickness of record-medium400/57, In accordance with the number of sheets of record-medium400/58, By adjustment of platen relative to carriage400/59, By adjustment of carriage (e.g, carriage-guide rollers)400/579, Including skew correction responsive to position of sheet or web400/618, With web tensioning or braking400/605, For feeding plural record media concurrently or selectively400/611, For feeding web record-medium400/613, With web supply or takeup or mount therefor (e.g., web cartridge, etc.)400/614, Including web rewind226/3, Involving lateral registration226/5, Involving stripping from conveyer226/15, To position material laterally226/16, With control of longitudinal movement226/24, To regulate longitudinal movement of material226/27, Registration226/28, Of continuously moving material226/45, Detector means226/93, WITH ADHERENCE OR ATTRACTION OF MATERIAL TO ADVANCING MEANS226/96, By adhesive nature of material340/675, Web, film, or strip340/676Conveyor beltExaminersPrimary: Eickholt, Eugene H.Attorney, Agent or FirmUS Patent References3911818, 4655622, Printer control apparatusIssued on: 04/07/1987 Inventor: Aoki4810006, Stabilized sheet materials for use with computer-directed printers and method of stabilizing same for computer printers Issued on: 03/07/1989 Inventor: Katz4849747, Display data transfer control apparatus applicable for display unit Issued on: 07/18/1989 Inventor: Ogawa , et al.4873570, Color image processing apparatus for selectively altering image colors Issued on: 10/10/1989 Inventor: Suzuki, et al.4933866, Method and apparatus for generating aesthetically alterable character designs Issued on: 06/12/1990 Inventor: Markoff, et al.4990004, Printer having head gap adjusting device Issued on: 02/05/1991 Inventor: Kawahara, et al.5119471, Control apparatus of high speed/high quality printer Issued on: 06/02/1992 Inventor: Kagaya, et al.5177505, Ink jet printer print head cleaning apparatus and method Issued on: 01/05/1993 Inventor: Sugiura, et al.5200816, Method and apparatus for color processing with neural networks Issued on: 04/06/1993 Inventor: Rose5245362, Ink jet recording apparatus with discharge recovery apparatus having varying driving force Issued on: 09/14/1993 Inventor: Iwata, et al.5262872Image forming apparatus with means for error detection Issued on: 11/16/1993 Inventor: Yoshimura, et al. Foreign Patent References
International ClassB05C 017/06Foreign Application Priority Data1993-01-28 JP |
