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US 11,207,883 · App. 16/514,165 · Granted Dec 28, 2021

Liquid jet device

Inventors: Tadashi Kaiba (Tokyo, JP); Shuusei Murai (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
B41J2/04516B41J2/04508B41J2/2135B41J19/145B41J2202/15B41J2202/20
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Patent No.
US 11,207,883
App. No.
16/514,165
Granted
Dec 28, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid jet device includes a head that discharges liquid to an object; a moving mechanism that moves at least one of the object and the head; and a controller that causes the head to discharge the liquid while moving the at least one of the object and the head in a first direction to form a first row of dots, and causes the head to discharge the liquid while moving the at least one of the object and the head in a second direction opposite the first direction to form a second row of dots that overlaps the first row of dots. The controller causes the center of the first dot in the second row of dots to be shifted from the center of the last dot in the first row of dots by a distance greater than or equal to a distance d.

Claims (23)

1. A liquid jet device, comprising:

a head that discharges liquid to an object;

a moving mechanism that moves at least one of the object and the head; and

a controller that

causes the head to discharge the liquid while moving the at least one of the object and the head in a first direction to form a first row of dots arranged in the first direction, and

causes the head to discharge the liquid while moving the at least one of the object and the head in a second direction opposite the first direction to form a second row of dots, which are arranged in the second direction and overlapping the first row of dots, at a substantially same position as the first row of dots in a direction orthogonal to the first direction,

wherein the controller causes a center of a first dot in the second row of dots to be horizontally shifted in the first direction from a center of a last dot in the first row of dots by a distance greater than or equal to a distance d between the last dot and a satellite dot of the last dot.

2. The liquid jet device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the controller

causes the head to discharge the liquid at predetermined intervals while moving the at least one of the object and the head in the first direction, and

causes the head to discharge the liquid at the predetermined intervals while moving the at least one of the object and the head in the second direction.

3. The liquid jet device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the controller causes the center of the first dot in the second row of dots to be shifted from the center of the last dot in the first row of dots toward the satellite dot of the last dot by the distance greater than or equal to the distance d.

4. A liquid jet device, comprising:

a head that discharges liquid to an object;

a moving mechanism that moves at least one of the object and the head; and

a controller that

causes the head to discharge the liquid while moving the at least one of the object and the head in a first direction to form a first row of dots arranged in the first direction, and

causes the head to discharge the liquid while moving the at least one of the object and the head in a second direction opposite the first direction to form a second row of dots at a position shifted from the first row of dots by a pitch p in a direction orthogonal to the first direction, the second row of dots being arranged in the second direction and overlapping the first row of dots,

wherein when r indicates a radius of each dot in the first row of dots and the second row of dots and d indicates a distance between a last dot in the first row of dots and a satellite dot of the last dot, the controller causes a center of a first dot in the second row of dots to be shifted in the first direction from a center of the last dot in the first row of dots by a distance greater than or equal to a value calculated by a following formula (1):

d +( r −√{square root over ( r 2 −p 2 )})  (1).

5. The liquid jet device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the controller

causes the head to discharge the liquid at predetermined intervals while moving the at least one of the object and the head in the first direction, and

causes the head to discharge the liquid at the predetermined intervals while moving the at least one of the object and the head in the second direction.

6. The liquid jet device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the controller causes the center of the first dot in the second row of dots to be shifted from the center of the last dot in the first row of dots toward the satellite dot of the last dot by the distance greater than or equal to the distance d.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 17, 2019
From: KAIBA, TADASHI; MURAI, SHUUSEI
To: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 049777/0905 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP JP2018-138118 · Jul 24, 2018 · national
JP JP2019-107165 · Jun 7, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200031117A1 · Jan 30, 2020