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Patent No.:

US 7980688 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011

Filed:

Aug. 15, 2007

Inkjet recording apparatus

Applicants:

Atsuhisa Nakashima, Nagoya, JP;

Susumu Kuzuya, Gifu, JP;

Inventors:

Atsuhisa Nakashima, Nagoya, JP;

Susumu Kuzuya, Gifu, JP;

Assignee:

Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Attorney:

Baker Botts L.L.P.

Primary Examiner:

Matthew Luu

Assistant Examiner:

Kendrick X Liu

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 2/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An inkjet recording apparatus includes: (a) a first medium accommodator configured to accommodate a recording medium; (b) a medium supporter having a flat horizontal surface on which the recording medium is to be supported; (c) an inkjet head having a nozzle opening surface that is opposed to the flat horizontal surface of the medium supporter; (d) a first medium feeder configured to horizontally feed the recording medium accommodated in the first medium accommodator, in a medium loading direction, such that the recording medium is fed onto the flat horizontal surface of the medium supporter; (e) a second medium feeder configured to horizontally feed the recording medium supported on the flat horizontal surface of the medium supporter, in a medium unloading direction that intersects the medium loading direction in a plan view as seen in a direction perpendicular to the flat horizontal surface of the medium supporter; and (f) a second medium accommodator configured to accommodate the recording medium that is fed in the medium unloading direction by the second medium feeder.

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Nakashima, Atsuhisa. (2011). Inkjet recording apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 7980688). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7980688

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