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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2009
Yusuke Nakazawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Toshiyuki Makuta, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yusuke Nakazawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Toshiyuki Makuta, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid coating apparatus has: a coating roller which has a coating surface; a liquid holding unit which abuts against the coating surface of the coating roller so as to form a liquid holding space; a medium support member which faces the coating surface in such a manner that the medium support member and the coating roller nip and support the medium; an abutment pressure-varying device which adjusts at least one of a first abutment pressure between the coating surface of the coating roller and the liquid holding unit and a second abutment pressure between the coating surface of the coating roller and the medium; and a control device which controls the abutment pressure-varying device according to a relative position of the medium with respect to the coating roller, wherein the coating roller rotates while the medium is sandwiched by the medium support member and the coating roller in such a manner that the liquid is fed to the coating surface from the liquid holding unit and the liquid is transferred to the medium from the coating surface.