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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2009
Keisei Hakamata, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuyo Ohashi, Yokohama, JP;
Hideaki Nagahara, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Yoshino, Kawasaki, JP;
Takeshi Sekino, Yokohama, JP;
Keisei Hakamata, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuyo Ohashi, Yokohama, JP;
Hideaki Nagahara, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Yoshino, Kawasaki, JP;
Takeshi Sekino, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a liquid application apparatus capable of performing stable application without providing a new mechanism, by efficiently removing an application liquid increased in viscosity and fixedly adhered to an abutting portion between an application member and a liquid supplying member. A liquid application apparatus includes an application member that applies a liquid supplied to an applied face to a printing medium by rotating an application roller and a liquid holding member that abuts against the applied face to form a liquid holding space for holding the liquid, and the amount of liquid that is held in the liquid holding space and makes contact with the application member in unit time is larger before an applying operation for applying the liquid to the printing medium than in the applying operation.