Printing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11633962-B2
Application number	US-202117222991-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 5, 2021
Priority date	Apr 22, 2020
Publication date	Apr 25, 2023
Grant date	Apr 25, 2023

Abstract

Provided is a printing device in which a height position of an object can be accurately adjusted with a simple configuration. The printing device includes: a base part having an opening on a side and multiple first slits and second slits disposed side by side in an up-down direction; a support member for supporting the object, slidably engaged with any first and second slit among the first and second slits in a lateral direction from the opening side and being slidable through the opening between a pull-out position pulled out from the base part and a storage position stored in the base part; and a head part disposed above the support member at the storage position and ejecting ink toward the object supported by the support member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A printing device for printing on an object, the printing device comprising:
a base part which has an opening on a side and has a plurality of engaging parts disposed side by side in an up-down direction;
a support member for supporting the object, wherein the support member is slidably engaged with any engaging part among the plurality of engaging parts in a lateral direction from the side of the opening and is slidable through the opening between a pull-out position pulled out from the base part and a storage position stored in the base part; and
a head part which is disposed above the support member located at the storage position and ejects ink toward the object supported by the support member,
wherein the base part comprises:
a first wall which has a first side surface; and
a second wall which has a second side surface disposed facing the first side surface,

wherein a space for communicating with the opening and for disposing the support member at the storage position is formed between the first wall and the second wall, and
wherein the plurality of engaging parts comprise:
a plurality of first slits formed on the first side surface of the first wall, each of the plurality of first slits extending in the lateral direction and being disposed side by side in the up-down direction; and
a plurality of second slits formed on the second side surface of the second wall, each of the plurality of second slits extending in the lateral direction and being disposed facing each of the plurality of first slits.

2. The printing device according to claim 1 , wherein a first scale indicating positions of each of the plurality of first slits is provided on the first wall, and
a second scale indicating positions of each of the plurality of second slits is provided on the second wall.

3. The printing device according to claim 2 , wherein the first scale is provided on the first side surface of the first wall, and
the second scale is provided on the second side surface of the second wall.

4. The printing device according to claim 2 , wherein ends of each of the plurality of first slits on the side of the opening are disposed in a stepwise manner along the up-down direction, and
the first scale is provided at the ends of each of the plurality of first slits,
wherein ends of each of the plurality of second slits on the side of the opening are disposed in a stepwise manner along the up-down direction, and
the second scale is provided at the ends of each of the plurality of second slits.

5. The printing device according to claim 2 , wherein the base part further comprises a third wall which has a third side surface disposed on an opposite side of the opening with respect to the space,
the support member, by sliding from the pull-out position toward the storage position, is able to sandwich the object with the third side surface of the third wall in a thickness direction of the object,
a third scale corresponding to the first scale is provided on an upper surface of the first wall, and
a mark for pointing to a part of the third scale corresponding to the thickness of the object when the object is sandwiched between the support member and the third side surface of the third wall is provided on an upper surface of the support member.

Assignees

• Funai Electric Co

Inventors

• Sakai Hiroki
• Imura Yoshihiko

Classifications

• B41J11/20

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• A23P2020/253

  Coating food items by printing onto them; Printing layers of food products · CPC title

• A23P20/15

  Apparatus or processes for coating with liquid or semi-liquid products · CPC title

• A21C11/16

  Extruding machines · CPC title

• B41J2/01 Primary

  Ink jet · CPC title