发明名称 Printer provided with inkjet head including partially-overlapped head unit rows
摘要 In a printer, an inkjet head includes a plurality of head units. Each head unit has a nozzle layout area in which nozzles are arranged in an alignment direction crossing a conveying direction. The head units are arranged in a first row and a second row in the conveying direction. One head unit in the first row and another head unit in the second row define an overlap length. The overlap length is a length in the alignment direction of an overlap region in which the nozzle layout area of the one head unit and the nozzle layout area of the another head unit partially overlap in the conveying direction. The one head unit is shifted from the another head unit in the alignment direction. The overlap length in a center portion of the inkjet head is larger than that in each end portion of the inkjet head.
申请公布号 US9522526(B1) 申请公布日期 2016.12.20
申请号 US201615082828 申请日期 2016.03.28
申请人 Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha 发明人 Aiba Takashi;Koide Shohei;Sugiura Keita
分类号 B41J2/145;B41J2/045 主分类号 B41J2/145
代理机构 Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. 代理人 Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
主权项 1. A printer comprising: a conveying unit configured to convey a recording medium in a conveying direction; and an inkjet head configured to eject an ink droplet on the recording medium, the inkjet head including a plurality of head units, each of the plurality of head units having a nozzle layout area in which a plurality of nozzles is arranged in an alignment direction crossing the conveying direction, the plurality of head units being arranged in at least two rows each extending in the alignment direction, the at least two rows including a first row and a second row that are arranged in the conveying direction, the inkjet head having end portions and a center portion between the end portions in the alignment direction, each set of two head units of the plurality of head units including one head unit in the first row and another head unit in the second row and defining an overlap length, the overlap length being a length in the alignment direction of an overlap region in which a part of the nozzle layout area of the one head unit and a part of the nozzle layout area of the another head unit overlap in the conveying direction, the one head unit being shifted from the another head unit in the alignment direction, the overlap length defined by a set of two head units in the center portion being larger than the overlap length defined by a set of two head units in each of the end portions.
地址 Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken JP