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US 11,433,688 B2Granted
Printer
AssigneeRiso Kagaku Corporation
InventorRyo Ueno
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Abstract
A desired image is printed in a non-contact state on a print object surface with a flyable printer in which a printing device is mounted in a flying object. The printer includes a flying object having a body part, a controller, and a drive part; and a print head, mounted in the flying object, to print a desired image in a non-contact state, on a print object which the flying object has approached. The print head is driven while a gap is maintained at a predetermined value by bringing a gap adjustment part attached to the body part of the flying object into contact with the print object or by accurate control of the drive part. It is possible to print a desired image in good image quality regardless of the state of the surface of the print object.
Claims10
A printer comprising:
- a flying object;
- and
- a print head, mounted in the flying object, that prints a desired image in a non-contact state on a print object which the flying object has approached,
- wherein, the flying object has a body part, and a drive part, mounted in the body part, that flies the body part,
- wherein the print head is attached to a predetermined position of the body part,
- wherein the printer further comprises a controller that drives the print head while moving the flying object and at the same time maintaining a distance between the flying object and the print object at a predetermined value,
- wherein the printer further comprises a gap adjustment part, attached to the body part, that comes into contact with the print object upon image printing, to maintain the distance between the print head and the print object at the predetermined value,
- wherein the printer further comprises an ink supply source to supply ink to the print head, and a head power source to drive the print head, and
- wherein the ink supply source is independently flyable with a drive part for flight, and the head power source is independently flyable with the drive part for flight.
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A printer comprising:
- a flying object;
- and
- a print head, mounted in the flying object, that prints a desired image in a non-contact state on a print object which the flying object has approached,
- wherein the printer further comprises an ink supply source to supply ink to the print head, and a head power source to drive the print head,
- wherein the ink supply source and the head power source are respectively connectable or separable with respect to the flying object, and
- wherein the ink supply source and the head power source are accommodated in separate additional flying objects when connected to the flying object.
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A printer comprising:
- a flying object;
- and
- a print head, mounted in the flying object, that prints a desired image in a non-contact state on a print object which the flying object has approached,
- wherein, the flying object has a body part, and a drive part, mounted in the body part, that flies the body part,
- wherein the print head is attached to a predetermined position of the body part,
- wherein the printer further comprises a controller that drives the print head while moving the flying object and at the same time maintaining a distance between the flying object and the print object at a predetermined value,
- wherein the printer further comprises a gap adjustment part, attached to the body part, that comes into contact with the print object upon image printing, to maintain the distance between the print head and the print object at the predetermined value, and
- wherein the gap adjustment part comprises at least three bar-shaped members extending parallel to each other and each having the same length as the predetermined value of the distance between the print head and the print object.
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A printer comprising:
- a flying object;
- and
- a print head, mounted in the flying object, that prints a desired image in a non-contact state on a print object which the flying object has approached,
- wherein, the flying object has a body part, and a drive part, mounted in the body part, that flies the body part,
- wherein the print head is attached to a predetermined position of the body part,
- wherein the printer further comprises a controller that drives the print head while moving the flying object and at the same time maintaining a distance between the flying object and the print object at a predetermined value,
- wherein the printer further comprises a gap adjustment part, attached to the body part, that comes into contact with the print object upon image printing, to maintain the distance between the print head and the print object at the predetermined value, and
- wherein the printer further comprises an ink supply source configured to supply ink to the print head, the ink supply source being independently flyable using a drive part for flight, independent of the flying of the flying object.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.