IP Library Granted Patent US 7,946,676
Granted Patent B2
US 7,946,676 · App. 12/620,657 · Granted May 24, 2011

Liquid droplet ejection device, liquid droplet ejection method, manufacturing method of electro-optical device, electro-optical device and electronic equipment

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Patent No.
US 7,946,676
App. No.
12/620,657
Granted
May 24, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid droplet ejection device for ejecting a liquid from a nozzle of a head to a workpiece, the liquid droplet ejection device including: a table for loading the workpiece; a first shifting section capable of shifting the table in a first direction and in a second direction approximately intersecting the first direction at a right angle; a plurality of carriages having the head; and a second shifting section capable of positioning each of the carriages by mutually shifting each of the carriages along the second direction.

Claims (7)

1. A liquid droplet ejection method comprising:

shifting a table loaded with a workpiece in a first direction and in a second direction intersecting the first direction approximately at a right angle;

providing a plurality of carriages, each having a head, and each head having a nozzle;

pre-positioning each of the plurality of carriages independently in the second direction relative to each other and selecting at least one of the plurality of carriages so that the workpiece faces the at least one of the plurality of carriages and so that the workpiece does not face a remainder of the plurality of carriages; and

ejecting a liquid to the workpiece from the nozzle of the at least one plurality of carriages after the plurality of carriages have been pre-positioned.

2. The liquid droplet ejection method according to claim 1 , wherein the first direction is a drawing direction for drawing with respect to the workpiece with the liquid by shifting the table with respect to the head, and the second direction is a line feed direction carrying out line feed of an ejection position of the liquid on the workpiece by shifting the table for a fixed amount with respect to the head.

3. The liquid droplet ejection method according to claim 1 , wherein the carriage not used for ejecting the liquid droplet shifts to the maintenance section along the second direction and performs recovery of the ejection capacity of the nozzle of the head in the maintenance section.

Assignments (7)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 19, 2022
From: KATEEVA CAYMAN HOLDING, INC.
To: HB SOLUTION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059727/0111 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 17, 2022
From: KATEEVA, INC.; KATEEVA CAYMAN HOLDING, INC.
To: SINO XIN JI LIMITED
Reel/Frame 059382/0053 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jan 23, 2020
From: KATEEVA, INC.
To: SINO XIN JI LIMITED
Reel/Frame 051682/0212 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 22, 2020
From: EAST WEST BANK, A CALIFORNIA BANKING CORPORATION
To: KATEEVA, INC.
Reel/Frame 051664/0802 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2019
From: KATEEVA, INC.
To: EAST WEST BANK
Reel/Frame 048806/0639 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 8, 2018
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: KATEEVA, INC.
Reel/Frame 045741/0941 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2018
From: AN, EISHOKU; MURAYAMA, YOSHIAKI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 045707/0406 →