IP Library › Granted Patent US 9,254,681
Granted Patent B2
US 9,254,681 · App. 14/665,714 · Granted Feb 9, 2016

Textile-printing apparatus

Inventor: Hiroaki Sakai (Chino, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
B41J3/4078
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,254,681
App. No.
14/665,714
Granted
Feb 9, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A textile-printing apparatus includes a pre-treatment agent-applying section that applies a pre-treatment agent to a textile-printing medium, a press section that compresses, while heating the textile-printing medium, the textile-printing medium to which the pre-treatment agent has been applied, a printing liquid discharge section that discharges a printing liquid to the textile-printing medium that has been compressed while being heated by the press section, and a heater that heats the textile-printing medium to which the printing liquid has been discharged.

Claims (13)

1. A textile-printing apparatus comprising:

a pre-treatment agent-applying section that applies a pre-treatment agent to a textile-printing medium;

a press section that compresses, while heating the textile-printing medium, the textile-printing medium to which the pre-treatment agent has been applied;

a printing liquid discharge section that discharges a printing liquid to the textile-printing medium that has been compressed while being heated by the press section; and

a heater that heats the textile-printing medium to which the printing liquid has been discharged,

wherein the textile-printing medium is movable relative to the pre-treatment agent-applying section, the press section, the printing liquid discharge section, and the heater in steps corresponding to a predetermined step width; and

wherein movement of the textile-printing medium relative to the pre-treatment agent-applying section, the press section, the printing liquid discharge section, and the heater is temporarily stopped based on the printing liquid discharge section discharging the printing liquid to the textile-printing medium.

2. The textile-printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the press section includes:

a roller disposed so as to be rotatable in contact with the textile-printing medium;

a built-in heater that is provided in the roller and that heats the roller; and

a rotation section that rotates the roller during a period in which the movement of the textile-printing medium relative to at least the pre-treatment agent-applying section, the press section, the printing liquid discharge section, and the heater is temporarily stopped.

3. The textile-printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

a length of the heater in a direction of the movement of the textile-printing medium and the heater relative to each other is set longer than or equal to the predetermined step width.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2015
From: SAKAI, HIROAKI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035232/0836 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-062576 · Mar 25, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150273866A1 · Oct 1, 2015