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US 9,174,460 B2Granted
Liquid discharging apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsTsuneyuki Sasaki, Osamu Hara
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Abstract
A liquid discharging apparatus includes a head that discharges a liquid onto a medium, a medium supporting portion that supports the medium, a heater that heats the medium supported by the medium supporting portion, and a detecting unit that performs sensing and detects energy. The radiation energy of the heater is controlled on the basis of the energy detected by the detecting unit. The medium supporting portion is provided with a sensing target portion that can be sensed by the detecting unit.
Claims17
A liquid discharging apparatus comprising:
- a head that discharges a liquid onto a medium;
- a medium supporting portion that supports the medium;
- a heater that heats the medium supported by the medium supporting portion;
- a detecting unit that performs sensing and detects energy;
- and
- a control unit that controls radiation energy of the heater on the basis of the energy detected by the detecting unit,
- wherein the medium supporting portion is provided with a sensing target portion that is sensed by the detecting unit when the medium is not present, and
- wherein an emissivity of the sensing target portion is between 0.7 and 1,
- wherein the medium supporting portion is provided with a non-sensing target portion that is not sensed by the detecting unit, and
- wherein a gap is provided between the sensing target portion and the non-sensing target portion.
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A liquid discharging apparatus comprising:
- a head that discharges a liquid onto a medium;
- a heater that heats the medium;
- a detecting unit that performs sensing and detects energy;
- a sensing target portion that is sensed by the detecting unit and that has an emissivity between 0.7 and 1;
- a medium supporting portion that supports the medium;
- and
- a control unit that controls radiation energy of the heater on the basis of the energy detected by the detecting unit,
- wherein the medium supporting portion includes a non-sensing target portion that is not sensed by the detecting unit, and
- wherein a gap is provided between the sensing target portion and the non-sensing target portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.