# US 2013/0278697 A1 · Tray, ink jet textile printing apparatus, storing method of tray, and manufacturing method of printed matter

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- Number: US 2013/0278697 A1
- Document ID: US20130278697A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/835,037
- Filed: 2013-03-15
- Published: 2013-10-24
- Earliest claimed: 2012-04-24
- Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Applicants: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Inventors: Hideyuki Takeuchi; Kenji Yanagishita
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130278697A1

## CPC

- B41J 3/4078: {Printing on textile}
- B41J 11/06: Flat page-size platens {or smaller flat platens having a greater size than line-size platens (B41J11/0085 takes precedence)}
- B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS

## Abstract

A tray which is provided so as to be detachable from a support unit of an ink jet textile printing apparatus, and includes a main body having a setting surface on which a material to be printed is set; a positioning pin which is provided in a protruding manner on the mounting surface on the opposite side to the setting surface of the main body, and is used when mounting the main body on the support unit; and a leg portion which is provided in a protruding manner on the mounting surface of the main body, and has a protruding dimension which is longer than the positioning pin.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A tray which is provided so as to be detachable from a support unit of an ink jet textile printing apparatus, the tray comprising:
a main body having a setting surface on which a material to be printed is set;
a first protrusion portion which is used when arranging the main body at the support unit by being provided at an opposite side to the setting surface in a protruding manner; and
a leg portion which is provided so as to protrude to the side which is opposite to the setting surface, and of which a protruding dimension is longer than that of the first protrusion portion.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The tray according to claim 1,
wherein a plurality of the leg portions are provided.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The tray according to claim 1,
wherein the leg portion includes an inclined surface which retreats toward the inside from an end portion of the main body.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The tray according to claim 1,
wherein the setting surface of the main body is provided with a concave portion at which the leg portion is located when the plurality of trays are overlapped.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The tray according to claim 1, further comprising:
a frame which is fitted into the main body in a state of being set with the material to be printed on the setting surface, and maintains the set state of the material to be printed.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

An ink jet textile printing apparatus comprising:
the tray according to claim 1;
a support unit at which the tray is detachably mounted; and
an ink ejecting unit which ejects ink onto a material to be printed which is set in the tray.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The ink jet textile printing apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising:
a movement mechanism which relatively moves the ink ejecting unit with respect to the tray in a first direction,
wherein the tray includes the plurality of trays of which length in the first direction is different, and
wherein length of the leg portion in the first direction is shorter than length of a first tray in the first direction of which the length in the first direction is shortest among the plurality of trays.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The ink jet textile printing apparatus according to claim 7,
wherein the length of the leg portion in the first direction is longer than a distance of a second tray of which length in the first direction is longest among the plurality of trays between the first protrusion portion and an end portion in the first direction.

### Claim 9 (depends on 4)

A method of storing a tray comprising:
storing the tray according claim 4 by accumulating on top of another, by placing a leg portion of a tray on top in a concave portion of a tray below.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

A manufacturing method of a printed matter comprising:
setting a material to be printed onto the setting surface in a state in which the tray according to claim 1 is raised using the leg portion by being detached from a support unit of an ink jet textile printing apparatus;
arranging the tray in the support unit, subsequently; and
executing printing.