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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2016
Showa Aluminum Can Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Ojima, Tokyo, JP;
Kazunori Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuo Kashiwazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Asumi Suwa, Tokyo, JP;
SHOWA ALUMINUM CAN CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus including a can body conveyance unit, an image forming unit, a light irradiation unit and one or more other can body stop locations. Light for curing an image on a can body is inhibited from reaching the image forming unit. An upstream side restricting wall () is positioned on the upstream side, namely, the side on which an ink jet head () is provided, of a can body () when the can body () is stopped at a mandrel stop location () or light irradiation stop location (). The upstream side restricting wall () is thereby positioned between the can body () and the ink jet head (), and ultraviolet light is restricted from heading toward the ink jet head ().