The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2019
Applicants:
Satoyuki Sekiguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Kobashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Taku Hatakeyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Satoyuki Sekiguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Kobashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Taku Hatakeyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 5/00 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 5/0017 (2013.01); B41J 11/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a head configured to discharge a pretreatment liquid from nozzles formed on a nozzle surface of the head onto a medium, a holder configured to hold the medium with a gap between the nozzle surface of the head and the holder, and a heater configured to heat the medium held by the holder. The head discharges the pretreatment liquid onto the medium held by the holder with the gap of 4.0 mm or more.