US Patent Application 18313851. PRINTING APPARATUS simplified abstract

PRINTING APPARATUS

Organization Name

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA==Inventor(s)==

[[Category:MOTOYUKI Taguchi of Tokyo (JP)]]

[[Category:MASAAKI Matsuura of Kanagawa (JP)]]

[[Category:NORIYUKI Sugiyama of Kanagawa (JP)]]

[[Category:JUNICHI Kubokawa of Nagasaki (JP)]]

[[Category:YASUNORI Matsumoto of Kanagawa (JP)]]

[[Category:YUMI Mukoyama of Tokyo (JP)]]

[[Category:TAKAHIRO Kiuchi of Tokyo (JP)]]

[[Category:KYOSUKE Kamishima of Kanagawa (JP)]]

[[Category:HARUO Uchida of Kanagawa (JP)]]

[[Category:KEISEI Hakamata of Kanagawa (JP)]]

[[Category:TAKAAKI Ishida of Kanagawa (JP)]]

[[Category:SHOICHI Kan of Kanagawa (JP)]]

PRINTING APPARATUS - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18313851 titled 'PRINTING APPARATUS

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes a printing apparatus with multiple conveyance paths for print media.

• The printing unit performs printing on a print medium at a specific position while it is being conveyed.
• The first conveyance path allows the print medium to pass through the printing position.
• The second and third conveyance paths reverse the obverse and reverse surfaces of the print medium.
• The second conveyance path branches from the first conveyance path downstream of the printing position and merges back into it upstream.
• The third conveyance path branches from the second conveyance path and also merges back into the first conveyance path upstream.

Original Abstract Submitted

A printing apparatus includes a printing unit, and first, second, and third conveyance paths. The printing unit performs printing at a printing position on a print medium conveyed in a conveyance direction. The first conveyance path causes the print medium to pass through the printing position of the printing unit. The second conveyance path reverses obverse and reverse surfaces of the print medium, and the third conveyance path reverses obverse and reverse surfaces of the print medium. The second conveyance path branches from the first conveyance path at a first branching point on a downstream side of the printing position in the conveyance direction and merges into the first conveyance path on an upstream side of the printing position. The third conveyance path branches from a second branching point on the second conveyance path and merges into the first conveyance path on the upstream side of the printing position.