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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2010
Takashi Fukui, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Takashi Fukui, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An application apparatus includes: a medium conveying device which holds and conveys a medium in a predetermined conveyance direction; an application roller which applies a liquid to the medium held by the medium conveying device; an application roller rotating device which rotates the application roller at a predetermined rotational speed; a measuring roller which feeds a predetermined measured amount of the liquid to the application roller; a measuring roller rotating device which rotates the measuring roller at a predetermined rotational speed; a first moving device which causes relative movement between the application roller and the medium conveying device to change a distance between the application roller and the medium conveying device; a second moving device which causes relative movement between the application roller and the measuring roller to change a distance between the application roller and the measuring roller; and a movement controlling device which controls the second moving device in such a manner that, when the application roller and the medium are brought into abutment with each other from a state in which the application roller and the medium are separated from each other, a front end part of the medium in terms of the conveyance direction abuts with an abutment position on a circumferential surface of the application roller when the application roller and the measuring roller are brought into abutment with each other from a state in which the application roller and the measuring roller are separated from each other.