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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:
Apr. 04, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 13, 2020
Applicant:

Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Tsuyoshi Nagasu, Kanagawa, JP;

Tomoaki Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;

Masayuki Sunaoshi, Ibaraki, JP;

Koichi Kudo, Kanagawa, JP;

Masahiro Mizuno, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01); B41J 15/04 (2006.01); B41J 25/00 (2006.01); G01B 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/04505 (2013.01); B41J 2/04586 (2013.01); B41J 2/2132 (2013.01); B41J 15/046 (2013.01); B41J 25/001 (2013.01); G01B 11/002 (2013.01);
Abstract

A liquid ejection apparatus includes a plurality of liquid ejection head units that eject liquid onto a conveyed object at different positions along a conveying path; a first support member and a second support member that are respectively provided at an upstream side and a downstream side of a landing position of liquid ejected by a corresponding liquid ejection head unit; a first detection unit that is installed between the first support member and the second support member and is configured to detect a position of the conveyed object in a direction orthogonal to a conveying direction of the conveyed object; a second detection unit that is installed upstream of the first detection unit; and a movement control unit that moves each liquid ejection head unit based on a plurality of detection results output by the first detection unit and/or the second detection unit.


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