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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2016
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hitoshi Tsuchiya, Chino, JP;
Masaaki Ando, Matsumoto, JP;
Keitaro Nakano, Matsumoto, JP;
Hiroaki Kida, Shiojiri, JP;
Toshiyuki Yoda, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/0015 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ink jet method includes supplying a radiation curable composition to a discharging head via a composition flow channel; and discharging the radiation curable composition from the discharging head, in which the composition flow channel includes a gear pump that causes the radiation-curable composition to flow in the composition flow channel, and an air supply mechanism that supplies air to the radiation curable composition further to the upstream side in the flow direction than the gear pump.