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US 10,766,289 B2Granted
Cloth holder, fabric printing apparatus, and heating device
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsTakeyuki Kobayashi, Yoshinori Uchino
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Abstract
A cloth holder includes a base and a platen to hold a cloth. The platen is movable and includes a flange. A flange cover sandwiches the cloth together with the flange of the platen. The flange cover includes a supported end in a longitudinal direction of the cloth holder that is pivotally supported by the base. The flange cover is opened and closed relative to the base. A cloth stretcher stretches the cloth placed on the platen while the flange cover is moved.
Claims18
A cloth holder comprising:
- a base;
- a platen to hold a cloth, the platen being movable and including a flange;
- a flange cover to sandwich the cloth together with the flange of the platen, the flange cover including a supported end in a longitudinal direction of the cloth holder that is pivotally supported by the base, the flange cover to be opened and closed relative to the base;
- and
- a cloth stretcher to stretch the cloth placed on the platen while the flange cover is moved,
- wherein the platen tilts relative to the base while the flange cover is opened.
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A cloth holder comprising:
- a base;
- a platen to hold a cloth, the platen being movable and including a flange;
- a flange cover to sandwich the cloth together with the flange of the platen, the flange cover including a supported end in a longitudinal direction of the cloth holder that is pivotally supported by the base, the flange cover to be opened and closed relative to the base;
- and
- a cloth stretcher to stretch the cloth placed on the platen while the flange cover is moved,
- wherein the cloth stretcher includes a presser, mounted on the flange cover, to press the cloth toward a position interposed between the platen and the base when the flange cover is closed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.