Patent ID: 8974037
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A film coating device, which forms a film of a coating liquid on a surface of a material to be coated by using an inkjet printer, comprising: a print head unit on a moving portion of the film coating device, said print head unit being capable of moving in a first direction with respect to the surface of the material to be coated; a plurality of print heads continuously mounted to the print head unit over an entire coating width in a direction orthogonal to the first direction; a fixed control unit provided on a fixed portion of the film coating device; and a coating control unit and a negative pressure pump on the moving portion of the film coating device, said coating control unit configured to control a coating state of said plurality of print heads and move together with said print head unit, said negative pressure pump configured to control a meniscus pressure, which is an internal pressure of said plurality of print heads, and to move together with said print head unit, and said coating control unit being connected to said fixed control unit by a transmission line; wherein: