Droplet jetting applicator and method of manufacturing coated body
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsAtsushi Kinase, Hiroshi Koizumi
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Abstract
A droplet jetting applicator includes: a droplet jetting head which freely moves and includes a nozzle surface with a plurality of nozzles formed, from which droplets are jetted; a suction section which sucks the droplets jetted by the droplet jetting head from a facing position facing the nozzle surface; a support/transfer section which supports the suction section, freely moves together with the droplet jetting head, and moves the supported suction section to the facing position and a non-facing position which is apart from the facing position; and an exhaust section which evacuates the suction section to give the suction section a suction force.
Claims6
A droplet jetting applicator comprising:
- a table upon which an application object is placed;
- a droplet jetting head which is movably provided so as to move along the table, the jetting head including a nozzle surface with a plurality of nozzles formed, through which droplets are jetted;
- a suction section which receives and exhausts the droplets jetted from the plurality of nozzles, while sucking gas around the nozzle surface at a facing position opposite to the nozzle surface;
- a support/transfer section which supports the suction section, freely moves together with the droplet jetting head, and moves the supported suction section to the facing position and a non-facing position which is apart from the facing position;
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- an exhaust section which evacuates the suction section to give the suction section a suction force.
A method of manufacturing a coated body, comprising:
- preparing a droplet jetting applicator which includes:
- a table upon which an application object is placed;
- a droplet jetting head which is movably provided so as to move along the table and includes a nozzle surface with a plurality of nozzles formed, through which droplets are jetted;
- a suction section which receives and exhausts the droplets jetted from the plurality of nozzles, while sucking gas around the nozzle surface at a facing position opposite to the nozzle surface;
- a support/transfer section which supports the suction section, freely moves together with the droplet jetting head, and moves the supported suction section to the facing position and a non-facing position which is apart from the facing position;
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- an exhaust section which evacuates the suction section to give the suction section a suction force,
- jetting droplets from the droplet jetting head to the suction section;
- exhausting the jetted droplets and gas around the nozzle surface by the suction section;
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- jetting droplets from the droplet jetting head to the application object placed on the table.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.