Title:
HEAD UNIT AND INKJET PRINTER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2023/276416
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided is a head unit with which it is possible to increase the versatility of a base member to which multiple inkjet heads are attached even when the inkjet heads are arranged inline or staggered, and it is possible to easily switch from inline to staggered and from staggered to inline. In a head unit 15, an opening 14a for exposing a nozzle surface of an inkjet head 3 and an opening 14b for exposing a nozzle surface of an inkjet head 4 are formed in a base member 14, and the width of the opening 14a in a sub-scanning direction is set such that the inkjet head 3 can be arranged at a first position 3A where the inkjet head 3 and the inkjet head 4 are arranged at the same position in the sub-scanning direction, and a second position where the inkjet head 3 and the inkjet head 4 are arranged at positions shifted in the sub-scanning direction.
Inventors:
KIMURA TOSHIHIRO (JP)
FURUSE MASAYUKI (JP)
FURUSE MASAYUKI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2022/017989
Publication Date:
January 05, 2023
Filing Date:
April 18, 2022
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MIMAKI ENG CO LTD (JP)
International Classes:
B41J2/01
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2012032127A1 | 2012-03-15 |
Foreign References:
| JP2006231802A | 2006-09-07 | |||
| JP2018103427A | 2018-07-05 | |||
| JP2018176433A | 2018-11-15 | |||
| JP2002321344A | 2002-11-05 | |||
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
WENO & PARTNERS (JP)
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