Patent ID: 8001893
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A rotary inkjet imaging apparatus, comprising: a curved print zone having a longitudinal axis and in which a page of media having a length and width dimension is held stationary during imaging in a curved configuration about said axis; a carrier assembly including a carrier movable bi-directionally along a substantially linear path defined adjacent to said curved print zone and extending substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis thereof; and at least one inkjet printhead supported by said carrier for undergoing movement within said curved print zone along a curved path winding about a central axis extending parallel to said guide path and coaxial with said longitudinal axis of said curved print zone, such that said inkjet printhead moves across the length and width dimensions of the stationarily held page of media in a single pass of the carrier about said central axis in multiple revolutions and images an entirety of the page as said carrier moves unidirectionally along said linear path, and said printhead moves within said curved print zone and through portions of said curved path in which said printhead faces toward the page.