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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2022
Applicant:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Inventor:
Hirofumi Kondo, Mie, JP;
Assignee:
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/045 (2006.01); G01S 17/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/04556 (2013.01); G01S 17/08 (2013.01); B41J 2203/01 (2020.08);
Abstract
A printing device includes a head and a carriage. The head has a nozzle. The head is configured to eject liquid from the nozzle toward a printing medium. The carriage is configured to move the head in a first direction. The carriage includes a first distance sensor. The first distance sensor is configured to measure a distance between the head and the printing medium. The first distance sensor is a specular reflection type distance sensor. The first distance sensor includes a light-emitting element and a light-receiving element. The light-emitting element and the light-receiving element are aligned in the first direction.