Patent ID: 11904622
Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A printing system, comprising:
a conveyance machine configured to convey an object to be printed;
a position determination component configured to determine a printing position of printing information that is printed using thermochromic ink on the object to be printed conveyed by the conveyance machine;
an erasing component including a heat source, configured to erase the printing information that is printed using the thermochromic ink on the printing position by emitting heat from the heat source, a height position of which is adjusted according to the printing position, from a direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the object to be printed by the conveyance machine, according to a timing at which the printing position, determined based on the printing position, passes;
a printing component including a printer using the thermochromic ink, disposed behind the heat source of the erasing component along the conveyance direction, configured to print information on the object to be printed from the direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction by the printer, a height position of which is adjusted according to the printing position, according to the timing at which the printing position, determined based on the printing position, passes; and
a facing mechanism configured to cause a printing surface including the printing position of the object to be printed to face a printer head of the printer at least when the printing component prints the information, wherein
the conveyance machine includes a conveyance belt that conveys the object to be printed placed thereon in the conveyance direction, and
the printer head of the printer is provided toward the direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction, and
the facing mechanism includes
a butt plate extending along the conveyance belt of the conveyance machine up to at least an installation position of the printer, and having a surface rising on the conveyance belt side at a specified distance from the printer head, and
a pressing mechanism configured to press the object to be printed against the butt plate disposed in front of the printer installation position in the conveyance direction.