Patent ID: 11945222
Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A film forming method for forming a film formed on a material to be coated, the film forming method comprising:
applying liquids to the material by discharging the liquids from each of a plurality of discharge heads, the plurality of discharge heads being disposed along a transport direction of the material to be transported,
wherein each of the plurality of discharge heads has a plurality of liquid discharge nozzles disposed along a direction intersecting the transport direction,
wherein the applying includes applying of at least a first liquid, a second liquid, and a third liquid from each of the plurality of discharge heads,
wherein the second liquid is applied to a position substantially equal to a position to which the first liquid is applied along a width direction,
wherein the third liquid is applied to an intermediate position between the position to which the first liquid is applied and the position to which the second liquid is applied along the transport direction, the intermediate position being different from the position to which the first liquid is applied along the width direction,
wherein a type of the liquids discharged from the plurality of discharge heads is the same, and
wherein each of the liquids discharged from the plurality of discharge heads is an ink that forms an insulating layer, and a film is formed by discharging the ink from each of the plurality of discharge heads.