Image recording apparatus
AssigneeDainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd.
InventorsMasaharu NAKAGAWA, Keisuke HIRAI, Kunio MURAJI, Akira MURATA
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Abstract
In an image recording apparatus using an inkjet mode, printing paper fed from a paper feeder 2 is supplied onto tables 1 movable by an endless transport mechanism of a table moving mechanism 5. After each table 1 is transferred from the endless transport mechanism to linear motor mechanisms 61 of the table moving mechanism 5, an image is recorded by an image recorder 3. Subsequently, the table 1 is transferred from the linear motor mechanisms 61 to the endless transport mechanism, and then the printing paper on the table 1 is discharged by a paper discharger 4.
Claims17
An image recording apparatus comprising:
- an endless transport mechanism including a pair of roller members, a drive mechanism for rotating said roller members, and an endless cord member wound around said roller members;
- a plurality of tables each for holding a recording medium on a surface thereof;
- a guide mechanism for guiding said tables to be movable along a track corresponding to said endless cord member;
- a linear motor mechanism including a plurality of movers and a stator for reciprocating said movers along the track of movement of said tables;
- a first connecting mechanism including a first connector attached to said endless cord member of said endless transport mechanism, a second connector attached to each of said tables, and a first switching mechanism for switching said first connector and said second connector between a connected state and a released state;
- a second connecting mechanism including a third connector attached to each of the movers of said linear motor mechanism, a fourth connector attached to each of said tables, and a second switching mechanism for switching said third connector and said fourth connector between a connected state and a released state;
- a recording medium feed mechanism for feeding the recording medium to each of said tables in movement;
- a recording head disposed above the tables moved by drive of said linear motor mechanism, each in a state of having said third connector and said fourth connector connected by said second connecting mechanism, for recording an image by discharging inks onto the recording medium from a plurality of inkjet nozzles arranged in a direction crossing a moving direction of the tables;
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- a recording medium discharge mechanism for discharging, from each of said tables, the recording medium with the image recorded by said recording head;
- wherein said first switching mechanism is arranged to disconnect said first connector and said second connector before each of said tables is opposed to said recording head, and to connect said first connector and said second connector after each of said tables is opposed to said recording head;
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- said second switching mechanism is arranged to connect said third connector and said fourth connector before each of said tables is opposed to said recording head, and to disconnect said third connector and said fourth connector after each of said tables is opposed to said recording head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.