公开(公告)号：US10857818B2

公开(公告)日：2020-12-08

申请号：US15570008

申请日：2016-04-27

Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION

Inventor： Shinichi Ogimoto ,  Ryo Ikuta ,  Yutaka Okabe ,  Hitoshi Aoyagi ,  Hikaru Hoshino

IPC: B41J2/01 ,  B41J11/00 ,  A61J3/06 ,  B41J3/407 ,  B41J11/42

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tablet printing apparatus includes: a conveyor configured to convey tablets sequentially supplied thereto while sucking and holding the tablets by a suction chamber 14; a print head located to face the conveyor and configured to elect ink to the tablet conveyed by the conveyor to perform printing; and partition walls 144, 144 and suction paths 1421, 1422 that serve as a suction force adjusting device configured to reduce a suction force applied to the tablet at a conveyance position facing the print head to be lower than a suction force applied to the tablet at conveyance positions in front of and behind the conveyance position.

公开(公告)号：US10806674B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-20

申请号：US16285259

申请日：2019-02-26

Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION

Inventor： Shinichi Ogimoto ,  Ryo Ikuta ,  Yutaka Okabe ,  Hitoshi Aoyagi ,  Hikaru Hoshino

IPC: B41J11/00 ,  A61J3/10 ,  A61J3/06 ,  B41J2/01 ,  B41J3/60 ,  B41J3/407 ,  B41M5/00

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tablet printing apparatus includes a conveyor configured to convey tablets sequentially supplied while sucking and holding the tablets; a print head arranged to face the conveyor to perform printing on each of the tablets being conveyed; a detector arranged upstream of the print head to detect the posture of each of the tablets; and a print condition tester arranged downstream of the print head to check print condition on each of the tablets. Suction force applied to the tablets is reduced at least in an area from a detection position to a print condition check position than in other area.

公开(公告)号：US10772801B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-15

申请号：US15997756

申请日：2018-06-05

Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION

Inventor： Yutaka Okabe

IPC: B41F17/36 ,  B41M1/40 ,  A61J3/00 ,  B65G15/58 ,  B41J11/00 ,  B41J3/407 ,  A61J3/10

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tablet printing apparatus includes: a conveyor belt configured to convey a tablet; a first suction path configured to suck the tablet to hold the tablet on the conveyor belt and suck the conveyor belt while allowing the conveyor belt to convey the tablet; a second suction path configured as a different path from the first suction path to suck only the conveyor belt while allowing the conveyor belt to convey the tablet; and a printer configured to perform printing on the tablet conveyed by the conveyor belt.

公开(公告)号：US20180280241A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-04

申请号：US15997756

申请日：2018-06-05

Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION

Inventor： Yutaka Okabe

IPC: A61J3/00 ,  B65G15/58 ,  B41J11/00

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tablet printing apparatus includes: a conveyor belt configured to convey a tablet; a first suction path configured to suck the tablet to hold the tablet on the conveyor belt and suck the conveyor belt while allowing the conveyor belt to convey the tablet; a second suction path configured as a different path from the first suction path to suck only the conveyor belt while allowing the conveyor belt to convey the tablet; and a printer configured to perform printing on the tablet conveyed by the conveyor belt.