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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2023
Applicants:
Satoshi Ueno, Tokyo, JP;
Muneyuki Okeguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Satoshi Ueno, Tokyo, JP;
Muneyuki Okeguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41J 29/387 (2006.01); B41M 5/00 (2006.01); D06P 5/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/4078 (2013.01); B41J 2/2114 (2013.01); B41J 29/387 (2013.01); B41M 5/0017 (2013.01); D06P 5/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a holder, a pre-treatment head, a smoother, and a print head. The holder reciprocally moves while holding a recording medium. The pre-treatment head discharges a pre-treatment liquid onto a surface of the recording medium held by the holder. The smoother smooths the pre-treatment liquid, which is discharged onto the surface of the recording medium, along the surface of the recording medium by a movement of the holder. The print head discharges a printing liquid onto the surface of the recording medium with the pre-treatment liquid smoothed.