The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
May. 23, 2012
Tadao Morita, Kyoto, JP;
Shigeki Tasaka, Kyoto, JP;
Manabu Yamashita, Kyoto, JP;
Seiya Matsumoto, Kyoto, JP;
Keisuke Noda, Kyoto, JP;
Yuta Imai, Kyoto, JP;
Tadao Morita, Kyoto, JP;
Shigeki Tasaka, Kyoto, JP;
Manabu Yamashita, Kyoto, JP;
Seiya Matsumoto, Kyoto, JP;
Keisuke Noda, Kyoto, JP;
Yuta Imai, Kyoto, JP;
Kyoto Seisakusho Co., Ltd., Kyoto-shi, JP;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are for contactless-printing on tablets that are supplied successively at random spacings in the conveyance direction, respectively in plural rows. The apparatus includes a hopper to supply tablets, a distributing unit to distribute the supplied tablets in plural rows, a conveyor to convey the tablets randomly with the random spacings in the conveyance direction and with the rows maintained, a detection camera to detect the tablets during conveyance, an inkjet printer to print on the tablets based on data detected by the detection camera, an inspection camera to check a printing state on the tablets, and a defective tablet rejection unit to reject a defective tablet during conveyance of the tablets based on the check result of the inspection camera.