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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Daigo Kuronuma, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomoyuki Nagase, Yokohama, JP;
Tomohito Abe, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Arimizu, Kawasaki, JP;
Yusuke Imahashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Nobuhito Yamaguchi, Inagi, JP;
Yoshihiro Koyama, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/17 (2006.01); B41J 29/02 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17546 (2013.01); B41J 2/1714 (2013.01); B41J 11/0095 (2013.01); B41J 29/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
An inkjet apparatus includes, a carriage, mounting a head that discharges ink, configured to reciprocally move with respect to a sheet that receives the ink, a sensor unit, attached to the carriage, configured to read information from the sheet, and a rectifying skirt, attached to the carriage, having a rectifying surface that faces the sheet. The sensor unit is disposed above the rectifying skirt.