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US 2024/0312675 A1Published application
Electric wire printing device
AssigneeShinmaywa Industries, Ltd.
InventorsTomohiro HIRATSUKA, Yoshihiro FUJITA
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Abstract
An electric wire printing device 10 according to the present invention includes an inkjet head 30 injecting ink to perform printing on an electric wire 5; a transportation device 20 transporting the electric wire 5; and a drying device 40 provided downstream, in a transportation direction of the electric wire 5, with respect to the inkjet head 30, the drying device 40 blowing air toward a printed portion on the electric wire 5.
Claims8
1:
- An electric wire printing device, comprising:
- an inkjet head injecting ink to perform printing on an electric wire;
- a transportation device transporting the electric wire;
- and
- a drying device provided downstream, in a transportation direction of the electric wire, with respect to the inkjet head, the drying device blowing air toward a printed portion on the electric wire.
2 more elements
2:
- The electric wire printing device according to claim 1, wherein:
- the transportation device transports the electric wire while the drying device is blowing the air toward the printed portion on the electric wire, and
- the drying device blows the air upstream in the transportation direction of the electric wire.
3:
- The electric wire printing device according to claim 1, wherein:
- the transportation device transports the electric wire in a longitudinal direction of the electric wire,
- the drying device includes a tubular member provided so as to surround a transportation path of the electric wire,
- an inner space through which the electric wire is to pass is demarcated in the tubular member, and
- the tubular member includes:
- a supply inlet opened toward the inner space, the supply inlet allowing compressed air to be supplied therethrough, and
- an opening allowing the inner space and a space outside the tubular member to communicate with each other such that the compressed air is discharged from the inner space.
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4:
- The electric wire printing device according to claim 3, wherein:
- the transportation device transports the electric wire while the compressed air is supplied from the supply inlet, and
- the opening is provided upstream, in the transportation direction of the electric wire, with respect to the supply inlet.
5:
- The electric wire printing device according to claim 4, wherein:
- the opening is provided at an upstream end, in the transportation direction of the electric wire, of the tubular member, and
- the transportation device inserts the electric wire into the inner space of the tubular member from the opening.
6:
- The electric wire printing device according to claim 5, wherein:
- the tubular member includes an electric wire exit allowing the electric wire to pass therethrough, the electric wire exit being provided at a downstream end, in the transportation direction of the electric wire, of the tubular member, and
- the electric wire exit has an opening area that is smaller than an opening area of the opening.
7:
- The electric wire printing device according to claim 3, wherein the supply inlet runs through the tubular member in a direction crossing the longitudinal direction of the electric wire.
8:
- The electric wire printing device according to claim 7, wherein the supply inlet is provided so as to be shifted with respect to the transportation path of the electric wire as seen in a direction in which the supply inlet runs through the tubular member.