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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2019
Applicants:
Yuusuke Matsuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Yanaka, Saitama, JP;
Daisuke Mezaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/01 (2006.01); B41M 7/00 (2006.01); H05B 45/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/002 (2013.01); B41J 2/01 (2013.01); B41M 7/0081 (2013.01); H05B 45/00 (2020.01);
Abstract
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head to discharge a liquid onto a recording medium conveyed in a sub-scanning direction, an irradiator to irradiate the liquid discharged onto the recording medium with a curing ray, an irradiation area of the curing ray being variable in the sub-scanning direction, and a scanner to scan the liquid discharge head and the irradiator in a main scanning direction perpendicular to the sub-scanning direction.