Print apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorHidekatsu Miyasaka
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A print apparatus includes a print part configured to discharge a liquid onto a recording medium being conveyed, an irradiation part configured irradiate the recording medium, onto which the liquid has been discharged, with light, and a backup part provided to an opposite side of the irradiation part relative to the recording medium and having a regulating surface where a surface oriented toward the recording medium regulates movement of the recording medium in a direction of drawing away from the irradiation part, the regulating surface has an opening, and an irradiation area for the light irradiated from the irradiation part fits inside the opening as viewed in a plan view.
Claims9
A print apparatus, comprises:
- a print part configured to discharge a liquid onto a recording medium being conveyed;
- a conveyance part configured to convey the recording medium in a conveyance direction;
- an irradiation part arranged downwards in the conveyance direction relative to the print part and configured to irradiate the recording medium, onto which the liquid has been discharged, with light;
- a backup part provided to an opposite side of the irradiation part relative to the recording medium in a first direction in which the backup part draws away from the irradiation part, the backup part having a regulating surface where a surface oriented toward the recording medium regulates movement of the recording medium in the first direction;
- and
- the regulating surface having an opening, and
- at a position of the regulating surface in the first direction, an irradiation area, in a plain surface parallel to the regulating surface, for the light irradiated from the irradiation part being positioned inside of an area that overlaps with the opening in the plain surface parallel to the regulating surface.
A print apparatus comprising
- a print part configured to discharge a liquid onto a recording medium being conveyed;
- an irradiation part configured to irradiate the recording medium, onto which the liquid has been discharged, with light;
- and
- a backup part provided to an opposite side of the irradiation part relative to the recording medium, the backup part having a regulating surface where a surface oriented toward the recording medium regulates movement of the recording medium in a direction of drawing away from the irradiation part,
- the regulating surface having an opening, and an irradiation area for the light irradiated from the irradiation part fitting inside the opening as viewed in a plan view,
- the light-receiving part being constituted of a material having a higher thermal conductivity than that of a material constituting the regulating surface.
A print apparatus comprising:
- a print part configured to discharge a liquid onto a recording medium being conveyed;
- an irradiation part configured to irradiate the recording medium, onto which the liquid has been discharged, with light;
- and
- a backup part provided to an opposite side of the irradiation part relative to the recording medium, the backup part having a regulating surface where a surface oriented toward the recording medium regulates movement of the recording medium in a direction of drawing away from the irradiation part,
- the regulating surface having an opening, and an irradiation area for the light irradiated from the irradiation part fitting inside the opening as viewed in a plan view,
- the opening of the backup part being closed off by a window member that is transparent to the light irradiated from the irradiation part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.