Nozzle head, nozzle head holder, and droplet jet patterning device
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMakoto Goto
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Abstract
First link members (56A and 56B), a pair of second link members (57A and 57B), and three head holders (51R, 51G, and 51B) are installed rotatably. Rotational pivots (50A and 50B) provided at intermediate portions of the second link members (57A and 57B) and a reference nozzle of the reference head holder (51R) are positioned on the same line in a main scanning direction. The reference head holder (51R) is rotated about the reference nozzle, and the other head holders (51G and 51B) are also rotated simultaneously. The head holders (51G and 51B) are formed to be movable parallel to a sub scanning direction, irrespective of the rotation angles thereof.
Claims10
A nozzle head holder (7) for holding a nozzle head (500) having a plurality of nozzles (55), the nozzle head holder (7) comprising:
- a four-bar linkage (49) including a pair of first link members (56A and 56B) that extend parallel to a main scanning direction (X), and a pair of second link members (57A and 57B) that connect together said pair of first link members (56A and 56B);
- and
- rotational pivots (50A and 50B) provided at intermediate portions of said pair of second link members (57A and 57B), respectively;
- wherein:
- said pair of second link members (57A and 57B) are capable of rotating about said rotational pivots (50A and 50B);
- a tip end portion of said nozzle head (500) is connected rotatably to one first link member (56A);
- and
- a base end portion of said nozzle head (500) is connected rotatably to the other first link member (56B).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.