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公开(公告)号:US10220640B2
公开(公告)日:2019-03-05
申请号:US15963549
申请日:2018-04-26
Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
Inventor: Yasutsugu Tsuruoka , Hironori Haijima , Toru Kuribayashi , Yuki Umemura
Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tablet printing apparatus includes: a conveyor belt including a suction hole to suck a tablet; and an ink jet print head configured to perform printing on the tablet; wherein the conveyor belt further includes a plurality of protrusions formed around the suction hole and configured to support the tablet in contact with the tablet, and a recess formed between the protrusions and communicated with the suction hole, each of the protrusions has a bottom surface, an upper surface, area of which is smaller than that of the bottom surface, and a side surface having an inclined surface, the protrusions support the tablet such that a gap is formed between a surface of the tablet on conveyor belt side and the suction hole, and a suction force is applied to the gap and space of the recess through the suction hole to suck the tablet.
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公开(公告)号:US11203215B2
公开(公告)日:2021-12-21
申请号:US17026427
申请日:2020-09-21
Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
Inventor: Azusa Hirano , Hironori Haijima , Junpei Tanaka
Abstract: A tablet printing apparatus 1 includes an inspection unit 53 determining whether or not the printed tablet T is good product, a good product collecting device 43 collecting the tablet T of the good product from the carrying belt 31a, a defective product collecting device 41 collecting the tablet other than the good product from the carrying belt 31a, a discharge confirming sensor 41c detecting whether or not the tablet other than the good tablet is collected by the defective product collecting device 41, and a re-inspection product collecting device 42 collecting the tablet T other than the good product from the carrying belt 31 a when a collecting operation for collecting the tablet T other than the good product is performed by the defective product collecting device 41, and the discharge confirming sensor 41c detects that the tablet T other than the good tablet is not collected.
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公开(公告)号:US10596828B2
公开(公告)日:2020-03-24
申请号:US16132935
申请日:2018-09-17
Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
Inventor: Azusa Hirano , Yasutsugu Tsuruoka , Hironori Haijima , Ryo Ikuta
Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tablet printing apparatus includes: a conveying path where a tablet is conveyed; a drying device configured to dry the tablet in the conveying path; and a print head device located on the downstream side of the drying device in the conveying path. The print head device is configured to perform printing on the tablet dried by the drying device.
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公开(公告)号:US20180311974A1
公开(公告)日:2018-11-01
申请号:US15963549
申请日:2018-04-26
Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
Inventor: Yasutsugu Tsuruoka , Hironori Haijima , Toru Kuribayashi , Yuki Umemura
CPC classification number: B41J11/007 , B41J3/407 , B41J11/0085 , B65G15/58
Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tablet printing apparatus includes: a conveyor belt including a suction hole to suck a tablet; and an ink jet print head configured to perform printing on the tablet; wherein the conveyor belt further includes a plurality of protrusions formed around the suction hole and configured to support the tablet in contact with the tablet, and a recess formed between the protrusions and communicated with the suction hole, each of the protrusions has a bottom surface, an upper surface, area of which is smaller than that of the bottom surface, and a side surface having an inclined surface, the protrusions support the tablet such that a gap is formed between a surface of the tablet on conveyor belt side and the suction hole, and a suction force is applied to the gap and space of the recess through the suction hole to suck the tablet.
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