| US 7,536,974 B2 | ||
| Liquid applying apparatus and printing apparatus | ||
| Osamu Iwasaki, Suginami-ku (Japan); Naoji Otsuka, Yokohama (Japan); Yoshinori Nakagawa, Kawasaki (Japan); Atsuhiko Masuyama, Shinagawa-ku (Japan); and Naomi Oshio, Kawasaki (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 01, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/445,030. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-168568 (JP), filed on Jun. 08, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0279618 A1, Dec. 14, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. B05C 11/00 (2006.01); B05C 1/08 (2006.01); B41J 2/01 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 118—46 [118/262; 347/103] | 8 Claims |
| 1. A liquid applying apparatus comprising:
a liquid applying unit including:
an applying member having an applying surface with variable elasticity and adapted to apply a liquid to a medium; and
a liquid holding member abutting against the applying surface of the applying member to define a liquid holding space to hold
the liquid,
wherein the liquid applying unit applies the liquid held in the liquid holding space to the medium through the applying surface
by rotating the applying surface of the applying member; and
an abutting position setting unit configured to set an abutting position after a completed applying operation according to
an abutting position before starting the applying operation, so that the abutting position of the applying member and the
liquid holding member after the completed applying operation differs from the abutting position thereof before starting the
applying operation.
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