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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:
Jun. 21, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2003
Kazuaki Iwatsuki, Aichi-ken, JP;
Katsunori Nakashima, Nagoya, JP;
Takeshi Kimura, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A platen device for holding a workpiece in an ink-jet printer operable to perform a printing operation on a printing surface of the workpiece, said platen device being movable into a printing area in which a printing head is operated to deliver an ink onto said printing surface for thereby forming an image on said printing surface, the platen device including a platen arranged to permit the workpiece to be placed on the platen such that a printing portion of the workpiece having the printing surface is in direct contact with a surface of the platen, and a space-defining structure partially defining an accommodating space which is provided below the platen to accommodate non-printing portions of the workpiece which extend from the printing portion outwardly of the platen.
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