PRINTING APPARATUS - SEIKO EPSON CORP

Title:

PRINTING APPARATUS

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2017/188071

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

To make it possible to minimize adhesion of a misted liquid to an optically transparent member covering a light-emitting unit. This printing apparatus is provided with a discharge head, a movement unit for moving a recording medium in a prescribed direction relative to the discharge head, a support member for supporting the recording medium in a position of facing the discharge head, a light-emitting unit for emitting light downstream in the prescribed direction from the discharge head, a first opposing unit disposed between the discharge head and the light-emitting unit in the prescribed direction, a second opposing unit disposed downstream of the discharge head in the prescribed direction, and an optically transparent member that is disposed between the first opposing unit and the second opposing unit in the prescribed direction and that covers the light-emitting unit from the support member. The optically transparent member is provided between the light-emitting unit and an opening defined between the support-member-side end of the first opposing unit and the support-member-side end of the second opposing unit, light emitted from the light-emitting unit is radiated from the opening onto the recording medium after passing through the optically transparent member, and the distance from the opening to the optically transparent member is at least 40% of the width of the opening in the prescribed direction.

Inventors:

FUJISAWA KAZUTOSHI (JP)
ASAWA HIROSHI (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP2017/015631

Publication Date:

November 02, 2017

Filing Date:

April 18, 2017

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

SEIKO EPSON CORP (JP)

International Classes:

B41J2/01; B41J2/17

Foreign References:

JP2012020481A	2012-02-02
JP2014188694A	2014-10-06
JP2014184666A	2014-10-02
US20130050348A1	2013-02-28

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