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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2002
Coating liquid application apparatus for ink-printed medium and image printing apparatus having same
Applicants:
Yoshiaki Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuhiko Takekoshi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuo Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05C 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A coating liquid application apparatus is capable of automatically and properly applying to a printed surface of a print medium a coating liquid, such as coating materials that improve weatherability of the printed surface. For that purpose, the apparatus includes a pair of rollers in rotating contact with both surfaces of the print medium, one of the rollers in contact with a printed surface of the print medium being used as an application roller, and a coating liquid supply member to supply the coating liquid stored in a coating liquid reservoir to the application roller.