IP Library Granted Patent US 11,020,995
Granted Patent B2
US 11,020,995 · App. 16/547,552 · Granted Jun 1, 2021

Head leading member, printing machine, and manufacturing method of head leading member

Inventor: Toshiki Kitazawa (Nagano, JP)
Assignee: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
B41J25/304B41J2/2103B41J11/005B41J2202/22
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Patent No.
US 11,020,995
App. No.
16/547,552
Granted
Jun 1, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a head leading member with which it is possible to inexpensively lead a head with a high level of accuracy. A head leading member is a head leading member, provided in a printing machine that includes a head to discharge ink toward a working surface, for leading the head in a main travelling direction; and the head leading member comprises; a frame extending in the main travelling direction; a base member fixed to the frame, and having a guiding reference surface that is performed with a manufacture so as to be planar along the main travelling direction, in a state of being fixed to the frame; and a guide member extending in the main travelling direction and being supported on the guiding reference surface of the base member, in order to lead the head in the main travelling direction.

Claims (33)

1. A head leading member, being provided in a printing machine that includes a head to discharge an ink toward a working surface, for leading the head in a main travelling direction, the head leading member comprising:

a frame, extending in the main travelling direction;

a base member, being fixed to the frame, and having a guiding reference surface that is performed with a manufacture so as to be planar along the main travelling direction, in a state of being fixed to the frame; and

a guide member, extending in the main travelling direction and being supported on the guiding reference surface of the base member, in order to lead the head in the main travelling direction.

2. The head leading member according to claim 1 , wherein

a plurality of the base members is provided;

the base members are placed, having a clearance at intervals, in the main travelling direction; and

the guide member is placed so as to over-stride across the plurality of base members.

3. The head leading member according to either of claim 2 , wherein

each of the base members has a plurality of concave parts in the main travelling direction, in a frame contacting surface that the frame contacts.

4. The head leading member according to claim 2 , wherein

the guide member is fixed to the frame, by use of a fixing member, provided so as to pass through the base member.

5. The head leading member according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the base members has a plurality of concave parts in the main travelling direction, in a frame contacting surface that the frame contacts.

6. The head leading member according to claim 5 , wherein

the base member has a slit part that connects a side end in a direction perpendicular to the main travelling direction and each of the concave parts, in the frame contacting surface.

7. The head leading member according to claim 6 , wherein

the guide member is fixed to the frame, by use of a fixing member, provided so as to pass through the base member.

8. The head leading member according to claim 5 , wherein

the guide member is fixed to the frame, by use of a fixing member, provided so as to pass through the base member.

9. The head leading member according to claim 1 , wherein

the guide member is fixed to the frame, by use of a fixing member, provided so as to pass through the base member.

10. The head leading member according to claim 1 , wherein

the frame is shaped in a state where a metal plate is manufactured by way of a bending process.

11. The head leading member according to claim 1 , wherein

the printing machine includes a chassis, and

the frame is a part of the chassis included in the printing machine.

12. The head leading member according to claim 1 , wherein

the manufacture is carried out by way of a cutting process.

13. A printing machine comprising:

a head, discharging an ink toward a working surface;

a head leading member according to claim 1 , leading the head in a main travelling direction; and

a driver, driving the head along the head leading member in the main travelling direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2019
From: KITAZAWA, TOSHIKI
To: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050218/0661 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-157052 · Aug 24, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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