US 12,447,765 B2
Liquid ejector
Sho Shimizu, Shiojiri (JP); Hiroyuki Santo, Matsumoto (JP); and Keigo Iizawa, Shiojiri (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/165,217.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-016824 (JP), filed on Feb. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0249487 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. B41M 5/00 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 11/42 (2006.01); B41J 15/16 (2006.01); B41J 29/377 (2006.01)
CPC B41M 5/0011 (2013.01) [B41J 3/4078 (2013.01); B41J 11/0015 (2013.01); B41J 11/42 (2013.01); B41J 15/16 (2013.01); B41J 29/377 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid ejector comprising:
a holding unit configured to hold a roll body around which a fabric is wound;
a conveyance unit configured to pull out the fabric from the roll body to convey the fabric;
an ejection unit configured to eject a liquid to the fabric pulled out from the roll body;
a moisture applying unit configured to apply moisture to the roll body held by the holding unit;
a first detection unit configured to detect a first moisture content of a surface of the roll body; and
a control unit configured to control the moisture applying unit, wherein
the moisture applying unit is configured to adjust an amount of moisture to be applied to the roll body, and
the control unit adjusts the amount of moisture to be applied to the roll body by controlling the moisture applying unit based on a detection result of the first detection unit.