Title:
TRANSFER APPARATUS, LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS, READING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF THE TRANSFER APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2018/230576
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A transfer apparatus includes a head unit (210C, 210K) to process an object (W) transferred in a transfer direction, a first support member disposed upstream in the transfer direction with respect to a process position to support the object, a second support member disposed downstream in the transfer direction of the process position to support the object, a surface detector between the first and second support members to detect first surface information of the object, an upstream surface detector disposed upstream in the transfer direction with respect to the surface detector to detect second surface information of the object, an edge detector disposed closer to the upstream surface detector than the surface detector in the transfer direction to detect an edge of the object, and a controller to move the head unit based on detection results of the surface detector and the upstream surface detector and a detection result of the edge detector.
Inventors:
KATOH TAIICHI (JP)
HAYASHI TOMOAKI (JP)
HAYASHI TOMOAKI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2018/022478
Publication Date:
December 20, 2018
Filing Date:
June 12, 2018
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Assignee:
RICOH CO LTD (JP)
KATOH TAIICHI (JP)
HAYASHI TOMOAKI (JP)
KATOH TAIICHI (JP)
HAYASHI TOMOAKI (JP)
International Classes:
B41J11/42; B41J11/00; B41J15/04; B41J25/00; H04N1/04; B41J2/01
Foreign References:
| US20170106647A1 | 2017-04-20 | |||
| JP2015013476A | 2015-01-22 | |||
| JP2017027481A | 2017-02-02 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ITOH, Tadashige et al. (JP)
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