Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Inkjet recording apparatus
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Application No.: US16925836Application Date: 2020-07-10
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Publication No.: US11345170B2Publication Date: 2022-05-31
- Inventor: Tsuyoshi Ito , Yuji Koga , Wataru Sugiyama , Kenji Samoto
- Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: JPJP2011-259493 20111128,JPJP2012-104095 20120427
- Main IPC: B41J11/14
- IPC: B41J11/14 ; B41J11/00 ; B41J11/06 ; B65H5/06 ; B65H9/00 ; B41J2/01

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus may include a mechanism for forming a corrugated shape in a sheet to be conveyed. The mechanism may include various components include one or more pressing portions, one or more ribs, one or more discharge rollers, a switching mechanism and the like. In one arrangement, ribs and pressing portions configured to create the corrugated shape may be disposed at various locations upstream or downstream of the platen, recording portion and/or nozzles thereof. In one example, pressing portions may be disposed both upstream and downstream of the nozzles of the recording portion to maintain a corrugated shape in the conveyed sheet. Various other configurations may be used.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210060983A1 Inkjet Recording Apparatus Public/Granted day:2021-03-04
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