US 2015/0027480 A1 · DRAWING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF DRAWING APPARATUS

Abstract

According to one implementation, there is provided a drawing apparatus including a carriage, a cap member, and a holding/separating mechanism. The carriage holds a drawing tool including a tip. The cap member includes a tip receiving unit which covers and seals the tip. The holding/separating mechanism holds the tip of the drawing tool in a sealing state with the tip receiving unit when the drawing tool is placed in a standby position, and separates the tip of the drawing tool and the cap member from each other before starting the drawing. The holding/separating mechanism includes a move prevention member which is fixed to a certain position. The move prevention member comes into contact with the drawing tool so that the move prevention member prevents the drawing tool from moving in a direction that separates the tip from the cap member in the sealing state.

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Dependent claims

A drawing apparatus comprising:

a carriage which holds at least one drawing tool including a tip which draws on a drawing target;
a cap member which includes a tip receiving unit in which the tip of the drawing tool can be inserted and which is shaped to cover and seal the tip when the tip of the drawing tool is inserted;
and
a holding/separating mechanism which holds the cap member, holds the tip of the drawing tool in a sealing state sealed with the cap member when the drawing tool is placed in a standby position, and separates the tip of the drawing tool and the cap member from each other before starting the drawing,
wherein, the holding/separating mechanism includes a move prevention member which is fixed to a certain position;
and
the move prevention member comes into contact with the drawing tool so that the move prevention member prevents the drawing tool from moving in a direction that the tip is separated from the cap member when the holding/separating mechanism holds the tip of the drawing tool in the sealing state.

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A control method of a drawing apparatus, wherein the drawing apparatus includes,

a carriage which holds at least one drawing tool including a tip which draws on a drawing target;
a cap member which includes a tip receiving unit in which the tip of the drawing tool can be inserted and which is shaped to cover and seal the tip when the tip of the drawing tool is inserted;
and
a move prevention member which is fixed to a certain position,
the control method comprising:
moving at least one of the drawing tool and the cap member so that the drawing tool and the cap member come close to each other, and holding the tip of the drawing tool in a sealing state sealed with the cap member when moving the drawing tool to a standby position;
moving at least one of the drawing tool and the cap member so that the drawing tool and the cap member are separated from each other, and separating the tip of the drawing tool and the cap member from the sealing state before starting the drawing;
and
preventing the drawing tool from moving in a direction where the tip is separated from the cap member by bringing the move prevention member into contact with the drawing tool when the tip of the drawing tool is held in the sealing state.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Drawing apparatus and control method of drawing apparatus

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Drawing apparatus and control method of drawing apparatus

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