公开(公告)号：US20180326747A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-15

申请号：US16040948

申请日：2018-07-20

Applicant: Shibaura Mechatronics Corporation

Inventor： Noritsugu TANIO ,  Jumpei TANAKA ,  Norihito MAFUNE ,  Junsuke KOMITO

IPC: B41J3/407 ,  B41M5/00

CPC classification number: B41J3/4073 ,  A61J3/007 ,  A61J3/06 ,  B41F17/36 ,  B41M5/0088

Abstract: A tablet printing apparatus and a tablet manufacturing method are provided which are capable of distinguishing and collecting a preceding tablet and a following tablet from each other when two or more tablets in contact with each other are carried. A tablet printing apparatus includes a carrying device 20 carrying tablets Tb, a sensor 30 detecting the tablet Tb being carried by the carrying device 20, a printing unit 50 performing, when the status changes from the status in which the sensor 30 the tablet Tb is not detected to the status in which the tablet Tb is detected, printing on the tablet Tb that has changed the status, and a collecting unit R distinguishing and collecting, when the time length at which the sensor 30 is detecting the tablet Tb is longer than the predetermined setting value because two or more tablets Tb in contact with each other are carried, the preceding tablet Tb and the following tablet Tb following thereto among two or more tablets Tb.

公开(公告)号：US20210213726A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-15

申请号：US17214155

申请日：2021-03-26

Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION

Inventor： Junpei TANAKA ,  Junsuke KOMITO ,  Noritsugu TANIO ,  Yasutsugu TSURUOKA ,  Azusa HIRANO

IPC: B41F17/36 ,  B41J3/407 ,  B41F33/00 ,  B41F33/16

Abstract: A tablet printing apparatus 1 according to embodiments includes an imaging device 23 that images a side surface of a tablet T on which a split line is formed on one surface, a carrying device 21 that carries the tablet T, a printing head device 24 that prints information on the tablet T carried by the carrying device 21, and a controlling device 50 that specifies an angle of the split line based on an image obtained by the imaging device 23, creates a printing data for printing the information in accordance with the split line using the specified angle, and controls the printing head device 24 using the created printing data.