Image forming apparatus capable of transferring image onto circumferential surface of object along circumference thereof
AssigneeFUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
InventorTomoaki Yoshioka
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a transfer unit that transfers an image onto an object by making contact with the object; a holding unit that holds the object having a circumferential surface so that the circumferential surface rotates along a transfer direction of the transfer unit; and a transport unit that transports the holding unit holding the object along a transport path, and the transfer unit transfers an image onto the circumferential surface of the object in a circumferential direction as the object rotates, by making contact with the circumferential surface of the object maintained at a transfer position.
Claims8
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a transfer unit that transfers an image onto an object by making contact with the object;
- a holding unit that holds the object having a circumferential surface so that the circumferential surface rotates along a transfer direction of the transfer unit;
- and
- a transport unit that transports the holding unit holding the object along a transport path,
- wherein the transfer unit transfers an image onto the circumferential surface of the object in a circumferential direction as the object rotates, by making contact with the circumferential surface of the object maintained at a transfer position,
- wherein the holding unit further includes a mobile table part that is moved along the transport path by the transport unit and a support part that is provided on the mobile table part so as to be movable in a direction opposite to the transport direction of the transport unit and rotatably supports the object.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a transfer unit that transfers an image onto an object by making contact with the object;
- a holding unit that holds the object having a circumferential surface so that the circumferential surface rotates along a transfer direction of the transfer unit;
- and
- a transport unit that transports the holding unit holding the object along a transport path,
- wherein the transfer unit transfers an image onto the circumferential surface of the object in a circumferential direction as the object rotates, by making contact with the circumferential surface of the object maintained at a transfer position,
- wherein the holding unit includes a support table that supports the object placed thereon;
- and
- the support table is provided with a roller that has a rotary axis substantially orthogonal to the transport direction of the transport unit and supports the circumferential surface of the object.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- transfer means for transferring an image onto an object by making contact with the object;
- holding means for holding the object having a circumferential surface so that the circumferential surface rotates along a transfer direction of the transfer means;
- and
- transport means for transporting the holding means holding the object along a transport path,
- wherein the transfer means transfers an image onto the circumferential surface of the object in a circumferential direction as the object rotates by making contact with the circumferential surface of the object maintained at a transfer position,
- wherein the holding means further includes a mobile table part that is moved along the transport path by the transport means and a support part that is provided on the mobile table part so as to be movable in a direction opposite to the transport direction of the transport means and rotatably supports the object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.