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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2017
Applicant:
Showa Aluminum Can Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Nobuhiko Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Ojima, Tokyo, JP;
Kazunori Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Asumi Suwa, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Fujinuma, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
SHOWA ALUMINUM CAN CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41J 2/015 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/4073 (2013.01); B41J 2/015 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image is formed on a can body by use of plural image formation units. A printing device () is provided with a moving unit () that moves while supporting can bodies (). Additionally, the printing device () is provided with a printing unit () that includes plural inkjet heads (W), (C), (M), (Y), (K) and that performs printing on the can bodies () supported by the moving unit (). Further, the printing device () is provided with a moving mechanism () that causes the moving unit () to move by using a linear mechanism.