Patent ID: 7559640
Filing Date: 2009-07-14
Classification: B41J,H01L

Abstract:
1. A liquid ejection apparatus comprising: a head unit that is movable on an object at least in two-dimensional directions, the head unit including a plurality of ejecting portions and a plurality of radiating portions, each of the ejecting portions ejecting droplets onto the object from a nozzle, and wherein each of the radiating portions radiating a laser beam onto the droplet received by the object; a controller that adjusts positions of the ejecting portions and positions of the radiating portions in correspondence with a movement direction of the head unit; an articulated robot having a multi-jointed arm assembly with the head unit being connected to a distal end of the arm assembly, wherein each of the radiating portions includes a laser having a radiation port, the radiation ports being arranged in parallel and equally spaced, defining a single row; wherein each of the lasers opposes a corresponding one of the nozzles, and wherein each of the lasers radiates a laser beam from each of the radiation ports.