Printing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9475277-B2
Application number	US-201314430914-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 24, 2013
Priority date	Sep 28, 2012
Publication date	Oct 25, 2016
Grant date	Oct 25, 2016

Abstract

It is aimed to provide a printing device capable of sequentially perform printing on recording medium and the like. As a solution thereto, a printing device 100 according to the present invention includes an ink jet head 1 , a ring-shaped transfer belt 2 that transfers ink onto a medium 12 , an ultraviolet irradiator 4 that cures the ink at a degree that is not completely cured, a driving roller 8 that rotationally drives the transfer belt 2 , a transparent roller 9 and a transfer roller 10 that transfer the ink onto the medium 12 , and an ultraviolet irradiator 5 that cures the ink.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A printing device, comprising:
an ink jet head that discharges ink that is cured by having radiation delivered;
a ring-shaped transfer medium being a transfer medium onto which the ink is discharged and allows the radiation to penetrate, being configured to transfer the ink onto a recording medium by causing the ink discharged on the transfer medium to make contact with the recording medium;
a first curing unit, performing a first curing process that cures the ink discharged on the transfer medium at a degree that is not completely cured;
a driving unit that rotationally drives the transfer medium;
a transferring unit that presses the transfer medium, on which the ink cured by the first curing process has been discharged, and the recording medium to transfer the ink onto the recording medium;
a second curing unit, performing a second curing process that delivers radiation on the ink on the recording medium after the first curing process to cure the ink; and
a detaching roller, disposed downstream of the transferring unit, that allows the recording medium to be detached from the transfer medium;
the ink jet head discharge the ink while moves in a direction that is parallel to a surface direction of the transfer medium;
the transferring unit includes a first roller provided inside a ring of the ring-shaped transfer medium, and a second roller provided at a position facing the first roller with the transfer medium and the recording medium sandwiched therebetween, and the first roller and the second roller press the transfer medium and the recording medium;
the second curing unit is installed in the first roller that allows radiation to penetrate or to pass through;
the second curing unit and the transferring unit perform the second curing process and a transferring process at the same time, wherein in the transferring process, a pressing position of the transfer medium based on the transfer unit and the recording medium is irradiated by the radiation irradiated from the second curing unit;
at least one portion of an area between the transfer unit and the detached roller is irradiated by the radiation irradiated by the second curing unit.

2. The printing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first roller is a roller having a gap for allowing the radiation to pass through.

3. The printing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first curing unit delivers the radiation onto the ink on the transfer medium and cures the ink at the degree that is not completely cured, and moves in a state in which a relative position with respect to the ink jet head is maintained.

4. The printing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first curing unit includes a heating unit that heats a surface of the transfer medium onto which the ink is discharged.

5. The printing device according to claim 4 , wherein
the heating unit heats the surface of the transfer medium onto which the ink is discharged to 40° C. or more and 80° C. or less.

Assignees

• Mimaki Eng Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ohnishi Masaru

Classifications

• B41J2002/012

  with intermediate transfer member · CPC title

• B41J2/01

  Ink jet · CPC title

• B41J11/002

  Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating · CPC title

• B41J2/0057 Primary

  where an intermediate transfer member receives the ink before transferring it on the printing material · CPC title

• B41J11/0021 Primary

  using irradiation · CPC title