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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 19, 2020
Applicant:

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Ryoji Hyuga, Osaka, JP;

Takayuki Abe, Osaka, JP;

Hidehiro Yoshida, Osaka, JP;

Tohru Nakagawa, Osaka, JP;

Makoto Okazaki, Osaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/38 (2013.01); B41J 2/04505 (2013.01); B41J 2/04586 (2013.01); B41J 3/4073 (2013.01); B41J 25/003 (2013.01);
Abstract

A printing unit includes a plurality of ink jet parts and an X-axis linear motion mechanism that moves each of the plurality of ink jet parts in the same main scanning direction. The X-axis linear motion mechanism moves the ink jet part involved in printing the workpiece among the plurality of ink jet parts so as to face the surface of the workpiece and moves the remaining ink jet part on the one X-axis linear motion mechanism so as to retreat from the surface of the workpiece. As a result, a printing apparatus that is capable of printing accurately onto the workpiece having a three-dimensional curved surface is provided.


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