US 12,447,754 B2
Nail printing apparatus
Yuka Tani, Tokyo (JP); Toshiaki Tokisawa, Kanagawa (JP); and Soma Nakai, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/706,670.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-064098 (JP), filed on Apr. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0314638 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 3/407 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 3/4073 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A nail printing apparatus comprising:
a finger-placement unit on which a printing finger is to be placed, with the printing finger being a finger with a nail portion on which printing an image is to be performed, with the finger-placement unit capable of being elevated and lowered;
an abutting member configured to, in a case where the printing finger is inserted, abut a near-tip portion of the inserted printing finger; and
a print unit configured to perform printing on the nail portion,
wherein in a case where the printing finger is inserted, the finger-placement unit and the abutting member slide integrally in an insertion direction of the printing finger, and
a distance between the finger-placement unit and the abutting member remains constant while the finger-placement unit and the abutting member slide.