Recording Apparatus Shape Adjusting Section for Medium Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing recording apparatuses face challenges in maintaining image quality when dealing with unstable three-dimensional media shapes, as the shape changes can lead to deterioration in recorded image quality.
Innovation Solution
A recording apparatus with a shape adjusting section that stabilizes the medium to a reference shape, combined with a holding section to maintain this shape and a discharging section for precise liquid deposition, allowing for input of reference shapes and adjustment methods such as tension, compression, or pressure changes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the medium shape is allowed to change to accommodate various three-dimensional shapes, then adaptability is improved, but manufacturing precision deteriorates due to unstable shape causing image quality deterioration
Solution Approach 1:
The shape adjusting section performs preliminary action by adjusting the medium to a reference shape before the recording section performs the main action of discharging liquid. This preliminary shape adjustment ensures that the medium is in a stable, predetermined state before recording begins, preventing image quality deterioration while maintaining adaptability to various three-dimensional medium shapes
Solution Approach 2:
The shape adjusting section changes physical parameters of the medium (such as tension, compression, or positional parameters) to transform the medium into a reference shape. By controlling these parameters, the system maintains manufacturing precision through stable shape while accommodating diverse three-dimensional medium forms, thus resolving the contradiction between adaptability and precision
2Manufacturing precision
If a shape adjusting section is added to stabilize the medium shape, then manufacturing precision is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The holding section is designed with multi-functionality, serving both to hold the medium in place and to adjust its shape to a reference shape. By combining these two functions into a single section, the patent improves manufacturing precision through shape stabilization without proportionally increasing device complexity, as the additional shaping capability is integrated into an existing necessary component
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the holding function and shape adjusting function into a single integrated holding section. This consolidation reduces overall device complexity compared to having separate independent components for each function, while still achieving the goal of stabilizing medium shape to prevent image quality deterioration
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution effectively stabilizes the medium shape, preventing image quality deterioration and enabling high-quality recording on media with varying three-dimensional shapes.
Implementation Method 1
the shape adjusting section may adjust the shape of the medium by applying tension to the medium
Implementation Method 2
the shape adjusting section may adjust the shape of the medium by compressing the medium
Implementation Method 3
the shape adjusting section may adjust the shape of the medium by changing pressure of at least one of an interior and an exterior of the medium
Implementation Method 4
a recording section which has a discharging section that discharges a liquid onto the medium which is held by the holding section
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AI summary
To suppress deterioration in the quality of a recorded image resulting from the shape of a medium not being stable. There is provided a recording apparatus (1) including a shape adjusting section (11) which adjusts a shape of a medium (M) to a reference shape, a holding section (10) which holds a state of the medium (M) after being adjusted by the shape adjusting section (11), and a recording section (44) which has a discharging section (6) which discharges a liquid to the medium (M) which is held by the holding section (10). With the recording apparatus (1) having this configuration, it is possible to suppress deterioration in the quality of a recorded image resulting from the shape of the medium (M) not being stable.