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US 9,254,978 B2Granted
Seasoning apparatus and method
AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorKoji Furukawa
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Abstract
A seasoning apparatus includes: a table on which a stack of paper sheets is loaded, each of the paper sheets having at least one face on which active light curable aqueous ink has been deposited; an air blowing device which blows air in an air blowing direction to a side of the stack loaded on the table; an active light emission device which emits the active light in an active light emitting direction to a side of the stack loaded on the table; and a control device which causes the air blowing device to blow the air to the stack to create gaps between faces of the paper sheets, and causes the active light emission device to emit the active light to the stack to cause the active light to enter the gaps.
Claims12
A seasoning apparatus, comprising:
- a casing;
- a table on which a stack of paper sheets is loaded, each of the paper sheets having at least one face on which an active light curable aqueous ink has been deposited;
- a front side plate, a right-hand side plate and a left-hand side plate which are arranged on the table, the right-hand side plate and the left-hand side plate being arranged to oppose to each other and to be perpendicular to the front side plate, wherein in a state where the table is accommodated in the casing, the front side plate faces to an inner wall of a rear side section of the casing, and the stack loaded on the table is surrounded on four perimeter sides thereof by the front side plate, the right-hand side plate, the left-hand side plate and the inner wall of the rear side section of the casing;
- an air blowing device which is arranged at the rear side section of the casing, the air blowing device including one or more outflow ports being configured to blow air in an air blowing direction to a first side of the stack loaded on the table;
- an active light emitter which is arranged on at least one of the rear side section of the casing, the right-hand side plate and the left-hand side plate, and the active light emitter being configured to emit an active light in an active light emitting direction to at least one of the first side, a second side and a third side of the stack loaded on the table;
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- a control device including circuitry that is configured to perform control on the air blowing device and on the active light emitter:
- to cause the air blowing device to blow the air to the stack to create gaps between faces of the paper sheets, and
- to cause the active light emitter to emit the active light to the stack to cause the active light to enter the gaps,
- wherein the active light emitter includes active light emitter elements configured to emit the active light to at least two of the first, second and third sides of the stack loaded on the table,
- at least one of the right-hand side plate and the left-hand side plate is advanceable and retractable relative to each other, and
- the active light emitter elements are arranged respectively on the right-hand side plate and the left-hand side plate.
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A seasoning apparatus comprising:
- a casing;
- a table on which a stack of paper sheets is loaded, each of the paper sheets having at least one face on which an active light curable aqueous ink has been deposited;
- a front side plate, a right-hand side plate and a left-hand side plate which are arranged on the table, the right-hand side plate and the left-hand side plate being arranged to oppose to each other and to be perpendicular to the front side plate, wherein in a state where the table is accommodated in the casing, the front side plate faces to an inner wall of a rear side section of the casing, and the stack loaded on the table is surrounded on four perimeter sides thereof by the front side plate, the right-hand side plate, the left-hand side plate and the inner wall of the rear side section of the casing;
- an air blowing device which is arranged at the rear side section of the casing, the air blowing device including one or more outflow ports being configured to blow air in an air blowing direction to a first side of the stack loaded on the table;
- an active light emitter which is arranged on at least one of the rear side section of the casing, the right-hand side plate and the left-hand side plate, and the active light emitter being configured to emit an active light in an active light emitting direction to at least one of the first side, a second side and a third side of the stack loaded on the table;
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- a control device including circuitry that is configured to perform control on the air blowing device and on the active light emitter:
- to cause the air blowing device to blow the air to the stack to create gaps between faces of the paper sheets, and
- to cause the active light emitter to emit the active light to the stack to cause the active light to enter the gaps, wherein:
- the active light emitter includes active light emitter elements configured to emit the active light to at least two of the first, second and third sides of the stack loaded on the table,
- the right-hand side plate and the left-hand side plate are made from a material transmitting the active light,
- at least one of the right-hand side plate and the left-hand side plate is advanceable and retractable relative to each other, and
- the active light emitter elements are arranged on sides of the right-hand side plate and the left-hand side plate to face the stack loaded on the table across the right-hand side plate and the left-hand side plate, respectively.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.