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US 2022/0016662 A1Published application
Coating apparatus and image forming apparatus
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorKatsuhiro UMEDA
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Abstract
Provided is a coating apparatus including: a liquid coating section; an adjusting section which is configured to be capable of coming into contact with and/or separating from the liquid coating section, and which adjusts an amount of the liquid in the liquid coating section; and a hardware processor differentiating the contact timing between the coated medium and the liquid coating section and the contact timing between the liquid coating section and the adjusting section in a case where the coated medium is coated with the liquid.
Claims13
A coating apparatus, comprising:
- a liquid coater configured to be capable of coming into contact with and/or separating from a coated medium which is coated with a liquid, the liquid coater coating the coated medium with the liquid;
- an adjuster configured to be capable of coming into contact with and/or separating from the liquid coater, the adjuster adjusting an amount of the liquid in the liquid coater;
- and
- a hardware processor differentiating a contact timing between the coated medium and the liquid coater and a contact timing between the liquid coater and the adjuster in a case where the coated medium is coated with the liquid.
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An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a coating apparatus that coats a coated medium with a liquid;
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- an image former that forms an image on the coated medium which is coated with the liquid by the coating apparatus, wherein
- the coating apparatus includes:
- a liquid coater configured to be capable of coming into contact with and/or separating from the coated medium coated with the liquid, the liquid coater coating the coated medium with the liquid;
- an adjuster configured to be capable of coming into contact with and/or separating from the liquid coater, the adjuster adjusting an amount of the liquid in the liquid coater;
- and
- a hardware processor differentiating a contact timing between the coated medium and the liquid coater and a contact timing between the liquid coater and the adjuster in a case where the coated medium is coated with the liquid.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.