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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:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2012
Applicant:
Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd., Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Assignees:
SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD., Kyoto, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 2/115 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 23/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/115 (2013.01); B41J 2/16585 (2013.01); B41J 23/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
An inkjet printing apparatus for printing images on printing paper by discharging ink while moving inkjet heads and the printing paper relative to each other. The apparatus includes an inkjet head holder for holding the inkjet heads, a controller for operating a plurality of motors to move the inkjet head holder vertically at least between a printing position and an origin position, and a monitoring unit for monitoring, during a vertical movement caused by the controller, synchronous rotations of the plurality of motors, and corresponding directions of rotation of the plurality of motors.