EP4186700A1 - Dispositif d'émission de lumière - Google Patents

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EP4186700A1
EP4186700A1 EP21846386.7A EP21846386A EP4186700A1 EP 4186700 A1 EP4186700 A1 EP 4186700A1 EP 21846386 A EP21846386 A EP 21846386A EP 4186700 A1 EP4186700 A1 EP 4186700A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J11/00—Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
    • B41J11/0015—Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form for treating before, during or after printing or for uniform coating or laminating the copy material before or after printing
    • B41J11/002—Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating
    • B41J11/0021—Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating using irradiation
    • B41J11/00218—Constructional details of the irradiation means, e.g. radiation source attached to reciprocating print head assembly or shutter means provided on the radiation source
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J11/00—Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
    • B41J11/0015—Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form for treating before, during or after printing or for uniform coating or laminating the copy material before or after printing
    • B41J11/002—Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating
    • B41J11/0021—Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating using irradiation
    • B41J11/00214—Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating using irradiation using UV radiation
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F23/00—Devices for treating the surfaces of sheets, webs, or other articles in connection with printing
    • B41F23/04—Devices for treating the surfaces of sheets, webs, or other articles in connection with printing by heat drying, by cooling, by applying powders

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  • the present invention relates to a light irradiation device that irradiates an irradiation object with light when the irradiation object is transferred in one direction.
  • a printing device that performs a printing process using UV ink that is cured by being irradiated with ultraviolet rays.
  • the printing device discharges ink from a nozzle of a head toward a medium and emits ultraviolet rays to dots formed on the medium.
  • the dots are fixed on the medium as the dots are cured by being irradiated with ultraviolet rays, such that a smooth printing process may be performed even on a medium that hardly absorbs a liquid.
  • an ultraviolet irradiation device used for such a printing device practically uses a light-emitting diode (LED) element as a light source, instead of the existing discharge lamp, to meet the needs for a reduction in power consumption, a prolonged lifespan, and a compact size of the device (e.g., Patent Document 1).
  • LED light-emitting diode
  • Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent No. 5482537
  • the ultraviolet irradiation device disclosed in Patent Document 1 has a light source unit having a plurality of ultraviolet ray light sources (ultraviolet ray LEDs) arranged in a direction perpendicular to a transfer direction of an irradiation object, and a pair of reflective members disposed between the light source unit and the irradiation object so that the light source unit is fitted with the pair of reflective members from upstream and downstream sides based on the transfer direction.
  • the ultraviolet irradiation device adopts a configuration that provides directionality to ultraviolet rays by guiding the ultraviolet rays from an ultraviolet ray source to a pair of reflective plates and emitting the ultraviolet rays.
  • the light amount (intensity) of the ultraviolet rays decreases each time the ultraviolet rays are reflected by the reflective members, because the reflective members have predetermined reflectance. For this reason, it is necessary to increase the number of ultraviolet LEDs to supplement the light amount by the amount of decrease in light amount in order to obtain a predetermined light amount on the irradiation object (i.e., the light amount for assuredly curing the UV ink). Further, as a result, there occurs a problem in that the cost, size, and power consumption of the device are increased. Accordingly, there is a need for a light irradiation device capable of performing efficient irradiation without increasing the number of LEDs.
  • the present invention has been contrived in consideration of the above-mentioned problems in the related art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a light irradiation device capable of performing efficient irradiation while providing directionality to exiting light.
  • a light irradiation device of the present invention emits rays to an irradiation object capable of relatively moving in a first direction and includes: a substrate defined in the first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged on the substrate so that the number of light-emitting elements in the second direction is n (n is two or more integers) and the light-emitting elements are arranged in m (m is two or more integers) rows in the first direction, the plurality of light-emitting elements being disposed so that directions of optical axes thereof are aligned with a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction; a cover glass configured to transmit the rays emitted from the plurality of light-emitting elements; a support part configured to support the cover glass and having an opening portion through which the rays having passed through the cover glass passes; and a pair of first reflective mirrors disposed between the substrate
  • the first reflective surfaces 108a and 109a may provide directionality to the exiting light and perform efficient irradiation.
  • the light irradiation device may include a second reflective mirror extending to an upstream side based on the first direction from a tip portion of the first reflective mirror positioned at the upstream side based on the first direction so as to face the cover glass, the second reflective mirror being configured to reflect the rays, which have been reflected by the irradiation object, to the irradiation object.
  • the second reflective mirror may be integrated with the first reflective mirror positioned at the upstream side based on the first direction.
  • the light irradiation device may include a third reflective mirror extending to a downstream side based on the first direction from a tip portion of the first reflective mirror positioned at the downstream side based on the first direction so as to face the cover glass, the third reflective mirror being configured to reflect the rays, which have been reflected by the irradiation object, to the irradiation object.
  • the third reflective mirror may be integrated with the first reflective mirror positioned at the downstream side based on the first direction.
  • the light irradiation device may include a housing configured to accommodate the substrate, the plurality of light-emitting elements, and the pair of first reflective mirrors, and the support part and the cover glass may constitute a part of the housing.
  • the ray may be a ray in an ultraviolet wavelength region.
  • the irradiation object may have a sheet shape, and the ray in the ultraviolet wavelength region may cure ink applied onto a surface of the irradiation object.
  • the light irradiation device capable of performing efficient irradiation while providing directionality to exiting light.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 are views illustrating a configuration of a light irradiation device 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 1(a) is a perspective view
  • FIG. 1(b) is a front view
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A in FIG. 1(b) .
  • the light irradiation device 1 according to the present embodiment refers to a light source device embedded in a printing device or the like and configured to cure ultraviolet curable ink or ultraviolet curable resin.
  • the light irradiation device 1 is disposed above an irradiation object P (e.g., a sheet-shaped recording medium or the like) transferred in one direction and emits line-shaped ultraviolet rays to the irradiation object P.
  • FIG. 1(a) illustrates only the light irradiation device 1 for convenience of description. However, in an actual printing device or the like, a plurality of recording heads for providing ink with different colors is arranged in a transfer direction of the irradiation object P, and the light irradiation device 1 is disposed in a narrow space at a downstream side of the recording heads.
  • the transfer direction of the irradiation object P is defined and described as an X-axis direction (first direction)
  • an arrangement direction of light-emitting diode (LED) elements 217 to be described below is defined and described as a Y-axis direction (second direction)
  • a direction in which the LED elements 217 emit ultraviolet rays is defined and described as a Z-axis direction (third direction).
  • the ultraviolet ray is considered as meaning light having a wavelength of 400 nm or less.
  • the ultraviolet ray means light having a wavelength (e.g., a wavelength of 250 to 420 nm) capable of curing the ultraviolet curable ink applied onto the irradiation object P.
  • the present embodiment describes a light irradiation device 1 that includes a light source unit 200, cooling fans 300, and a housing 100 configured to accommodate the light source unit 200 and the cooling fans 300.
  • the housing 100 is a casing having a box shape elongated in the Y-axis direction, and a cover glass 105 made of glass is provided on a front surface (a surface based on the plus Z-axis direction) of the housing 100 and configured such that the ultraviolet rays exit the cover glass 105.
  • a pair of mirror units 108 and 109 is disposed between the light source unit 200 and the cover glass 105 and spaced apart from each other in the X-axis direction ( FIG. 2 ).
  • a support plate 107 (support part) is disposed on the front surface of the cover glass 105 and supports a rim portion of the cover glass 105 from a side based on the plus Z-axis direction ( FIGS. 1(b) and 2 ).
  • the support plate 107 has a rectangular opening 107a (opening portion) formed at a central portion thereof.
  • the ultraviolet rays passing through the cover glass 105 are emitted to the irradiation object P through the opening 107a.
  • the cover glass 105 and the support plate 107 are disposed to cover the front surface of the housing 100, and the cover glass 105 and the support plate 107 constitute a part of the housing 100.
  • an exhaust port 101 for discharging air in the housing 100 is formed in a left surface (a surface based on the minus X-axis direction) of the housing 100.
  • Four intake ports 103 for supplying air into the housing 100 are formed in a rear surface (a surface based on the minus Z-axis direction) of the housing 100, and the cooling fans 300 are disposed to respectively correspond to the intake ports 103 ( FIGS. 1(a) and 2 ).
  • the light irradiation device 1 is electrically connected to a power source device (not illustrated), and electric power is supplied from the power source device to the light source unit 200, the cooling fans 300, and the like.
  • FIG. 3 is a view for explaining a configuration of the light source unit 200 of the present embodiment
  • FIG. 3(a) is a front view (a view viewed from a side based on the plus Z-axis direction)
  • FIG. 3(b) is a side view (a view viewed from a side based on the minus X-axis direction).
  • the light source unit 200 includes four LED modules 210 disposed side by side in the Y-axis direction, and a heat sink 220.
  • the ultraviolet rays emitted from the LED modules 210 are guided by the pair of mirror units 108 and 109 and emitted to the irradiation object P through the opening 107a and the cover glass 105 disposed on the front surface of the housing 100 (see broken-line arrows in FIG. 2 ).
  • the LED module 210 includes a substrate 215 having a rectangular plate shape defined in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction, and the plurality of LED elements 217 having the same properties.
  • the LED module 210 is fixed to an end surface (an end surface based on the plus Z-axis direction) of a base plate 222 of the heat sink 220.
  • the substrate 215 of each of the LED modules 210 is a rectangular wiring substrate made of a material (e.g., aluminum nitride) having high thermal conductivity.
  • the LED elements 217 of 5 rows (X-axis direction) ⁇ 20 (Y-axis direction) are mounted on the surface of the substrate in a chip-on-board (COB) manner.
  • the LED elements 217 are disposed in an LED mounting region S (a region surrounded by a broken line in FIG. 3(a) ) of an approximately central portion of the substrate 215 based on the X-axis direction.
  • the LED elements 217 are disposed at predetermined intervals (e.g., 2 mm) in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction.
  • the LED elements 217 disposed in the respective rows are sequentially referred to as LED elements 217a, 217b, 217c, 217d, and 217e in the X-axis direction.
  • An anode pattern (not illustrated) and a cathode pattern (not illustrated) are formed on the substrate 215 to supply electric power to each of the LED elements 217.
  • Each of the LED elements 217 is electrically connected to the anode pattern and the cathode pattern by soldering.
  • the substrate 215 is electrically connected to a non-illustrated driver circuit by means of a non-illustrated wire cable, and each of the LED elements 217 is configured to be supplied with a drive current from the driver circuit through the anode pattern and the cathode pattern.
  • the ultraviolet rays (e.g., wavelength of 385 nm) corresponding in light amount to the drive current are emitted from each of the LED element 217.
  • the line-shaped ultraviolet rays parallel to the Y-axis direction are emitted from the LED module 210.
  • the four LED modules 210 are arranged in the Y-axis direction, and the line-shaped ultraviolet rays from the respective LED modules 210 are continued in the Y-axis direction.
  • each of the LED elements 217 is adjusted so that each of the LED elements 217 of the present embodiment emits the ultraviolet rays with approximately uniform light amount, and the line-shaped ultraviolet rays emitted from the four LED modules 210 have approximately uniform light amount distributions in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction.
  • the heat sink 220 refers to a kind of an air-cooled heat sink disposed to be in close contact with a back surface of the substrate 215 of the LED module 210 and configured to dissipate heat generated by each of the LED modules 210.
  • the heat sink 220 is made of a material such as aluminum or copper having good thermal conductivity and includes the base plate 222 having a thin-plate shape extending in the Y-axis direction, and a plurality of heat radiating fins 225 formed on a surface of the heat sink 220 opposite to the surface being in contact with the substrate 215.
  • the heat radiating fins 225 each have a thin-plate shape parallel to the X-Z plane and disposed at predetermined intervals in the Y-axis direction.
  • cooling air produced by the cooling fans 300 uniformly cools the plurality of heat radiating fins 225.
  • the respective LED modules 210 are uniformly cooled by the heat sink 220 and the cooling fans 300, which inhibits a deterioration in luminous efficiency caused by an increase in temperature of the LED elements 217.
  • the pair of mirror units 108 and 109 is disposed between the light source unit 200 and the cover glass 105 and spaced apart from each other in the X-axis direction ( FIG. 2 ).
  • the support plate 107 (support part) is disposed on the front surface of the cover glass 105 and supports the rim portion of the cover glass 105 from the side based on the plus Z-axis direction ( FIGS. 1(b) and 2 ).
  • the pair of mirror units 108 and 109 are each a metallic plate-shaped member extending in the Y-axis direction so that the optical paths of the respective ultraviolet rays emitted from the LED elements 217 are interposed therebetween in the X-axis direction.
  • the mirror units 108 and 109 extend in the Z-axis direction so as to be disposed uprightly and approximately perpendicularly to the cover glass 105 and disposed symmetrically so that the optical paths of the ultraviolet rays emitted from the LED elements 217 are interposed between the mirror units 108 and 109.
  • the mirror units 108 and 109 respectively have first reflective surfaces 108a and 109a facing each other so that the optical paths of the ultraviolet rays emitted from the LED elements 217 are interposed therebetween.
  • the ultraviolet ray emitted from the LED element 217 has been known as being dispersed at a predetermined diffusion angle and decreased in intensity when the ultraviolet ray has a large angle component.
  • the first reflective surfaces 108a and 109a are disposed so that the optical paths of the ultraviolet rays emitted from the LED elements 217 are interposed therebetween, the ultraviolet rays, which include even the ultraviolet rays having low intensity and a large angle component, are guided by the first reflective surfaces 108a and 109a and exit through the cover glass 105.
  • the light amount decreases each time the ultraviolet rays are reflected by the first reflective surfaces 108a and 109a because the first reflective surfaces 108a and 109a have predetermined reflectance (e.g., 90%).
  • predetermined reflectance e.g. 90%
  • the ultraviolet ray which has a small angle component (e.g., the ultraviolet ray with a diffusion angle of ⁇ 60°) among the ultraviolet rays emitted from the LED elements 217, exits after being reflected by the first reflective surfaces 108a and 109a once or without being reflected, and the ultraviolet ray, which has a large angle component (e.g., the ultraviolet ray with a diffusion angle of > 60°), exits after being reflected by the first reflective surfaces 108a and 109a one or more times (details will be described below).
  • a small angle component e.g., the ultraviolet ray with a diffusion angle of ⁇ 60°
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic view for explaining a relationship between the arrangement of the LED module 210, the mirror units 108 and 109, the cover glass 105, and the support plate 107 and the rays emitted from the respective LED elements 217.
  • FIG. 4(a) is a view illustrating a relationship with the ultraviolet ray having a small diffusion angle (e.g., a diffusion angle of ⁇ 60°)
  • FIG. 4(b) is a view illustrating a relationship with the ultraviolet ray having a large diffusion angle (e.g., a diffusion angle of > 60°).
  • a small diffusion angle e.g., a diffusion angle of ⁇ 60°
  • FIG. 4(b) is a view illustrating a relationship with the ultraviolet ray having a large diffusion angle (e.g., a diffusion angle of > 60°).
  • L60a represents the ray having a diffusion angle of 60° and emitted from the LED element 217a
  • L60c represents the ray having a diffusion angle of 60° and emitted from the LED element 217c
  • L60e represents the ray having a diffusion angle of 60° and emitted from the LED element 217e
  • L0a represents the ray having a diffusion angle of 0° and emitted from the LED element 217a
  • L65a represents the ray having a diffusion angle of 65° and emitted from the LED element 217a
  • L80e represents the ray having a diffusion angle of 80° and emitted from the LED element 217e.
  • each of the LED elements 217 has a rectangular shape.
  • each of the LED elements 217 is sufficiently thin in the Z-axis direction, and a light-emitting point of each of the LED elements 217 is substantially disposed on the surface of the substrate 215.
  • the ray L60a which has a diffusion angle of 60° among the ultraviolet rays emitted from the LED element 217a, is reflected by the first reflective surface 108a once and exits through the cover glass 105.
  • the ray L60a exits through the cover glass 105 without entering the first reflective surface 109a (i.e., not passing through a tip of the first reflective surface 109a) ( FIG. 4(a) ).
  • the ray L60c which has a diffusion angle of 60° among the ultraviolet rays emitted from the LED element 217c, is reflected by the first reflective surfaces 108a and 109a once and exits through the cover glass 105.
  • the ray L60e which has a diffusion angle of 60° among the ultraviolet rays emitted from the LED element 217e, is reflected by the first reflective surface 109a once and exits through the cover glass 105.
  • the ray L60e exits through the cover glass 105 without entering the first reflective surface 108a (i.e., not passing through a tip of the first reflective surface 108a).
  • the ray which has a diffusion angle smaller than 60° among the ultraviolet rays emitted from the respective LED elements 217, also exits through the cover glass 105 after being reflected by the first reflective surfaces 108a and 109a once or without being reflected.
  • the ray (the ray L60a, L60c, L60e, or L0a), which has a diffusion angle of 60° or less, passes through the cover glass 105 and then reaches the irradiation object P after passing through the opening 107a (i.e., without being vignetted by the support plate 107).
  • the ray i.e., the ray L65a having a diffusion angle of 65° or the ray L80e having a diffusion angle of 80°
  • the first reflective surfaces 108a and 109a one or more times and exits through the cover glass 105 ( FIG. 4(b) ).
  • some rays e.g., the rays L65a
  • the rays L65a each having a diffusion angle larger than 60° pass through the cover glass 105 and the opening 107a (i.e., without being vignetted by the support plate 107) and then reach the irradiation object P
  • the other rays e.g., the rays L80e
  • the component such as the support plate 107 without passing through the opening 107a (i.e., while being vignetted by the support plate 107) and then reach the irradiation object P.
  • a distance in the X-axis direction from a central axis (a light-emitting point) of the LED element 217a to the first reflective surface 109a may be represented by ⁇ 3h from the relationship with the ray L60a.
  • a distance in the X-axis direction from a central axis (a light-emitting point) of the LED element 217e to the first reflective surface 108a may be represented by ⁇ 3h from the relationship with the ray L60e. Therefore, an interval b between the first reflective surfaces 108a and 109a may be represented by b ⁇ ⁇ 3 h + ⁇ 3 h ⁇ a .
  • Expression 1 may be obtained by modifying the above-mentioned expression.
  • a distance in the X-axis direction from the central axis (the light-emitting point) of the LED element 217a to one end (an end based on the plus X-axis direction) of the support plate 107 may be represented by ⁇ 3d from the relationship with the ray L60a.
  • a distance in the X-axis direction from the central axis (the light-emitting point) of the LED element 217e to the other end (the end based on the minus X-axis direction) of the support plate 107 may be represented by V3d from the relationship with the ray L60e. Therefore, an interval w of the support plate 107 in the X-axis direction may be represented by w ⁇ ⁇ 3 d + ⁇ 3 d ⁇ a .
  • Expression 2 may be obtained by modifying the above-mentioned expression.
  • the ray (ultraviolet ray) having high intensity and the diffusion angle of 60° or less reaches the irradiation object P while being reflected by the first reflective surfaces 108a and 109a once or without being reflected, the influence made by the reflection by the first reflective surfaces 108a and 109a (i.e., a decrease in light amount) is inhibited.
  • the ray (ultraviolet ray) having the diffusion angle larger than 60° is reflected by the first reflective surfaces 108a and 109a one or more times, but the influence of the overall amount of light emitted to the irradiation object P is small (i.e., the influence of the decrease in light amount is small) because the ray (ultraviolet ray) having the diffusion angle larger than 60° has low intensity.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates a simulation result for explaining an operational effect of the light irradiation device 1 of the present embodiment.
  • the horizontal axis indicates an interval between the support plates 107 in the X-axis direction (i.e., a width w (mm) of the opening 107a in the X-axis direction).
  • the vertical axis indicates an accumulated amount of ultraviolet rays emitted from the light irradiation device 1, i.e., a relative value when an accumulated amount of light is 1 in case that w is 100 (mm).
  • the accumulated amount of light was obtained by changing w (mm) under a simulation condition in which the width a of the LED mounting region S in the X-axis direction (i.e., the distance from the LED element 217a in the first row positioned at the most upstream side based on the X-axis direction (the side based on the minus X-axis direction) to the LED element 217e in the fifth row positioned at the most downstream side based on the X-axis direction (the side based on the plus X-axis direction) is 10 (mm), the interval b between the first reflective surfaces 108a and 109a is 15 (mm), the height h of the first reflective surfaces 108a and 109a in the Z-axis direction is 5 (mm), and the distance d from the substrate 215 to the support plate 107 is 8 (mm).
  • the width a of the LED mounting region S in the X-axis direction i.e., the distance from the LED element 217a in the first row positioned at the
  • the accumulated amount of light is about 0.9 and w is 30 (mm) or more in case that w is about 17 (mm)
  • the accumulated amount of light does not decrease (i.e., the ultraviolet ray emitted from the light irradiation device 1 reaches the irradiation object P without being vignetted by the support plate 107).
  • the flowing expressions are made by inputting the simulation condition into Expression 1 and satisfies Expression 1.
  • the accumulated amount of the ultraviolet ray emitted from the light irradiation device 1 rarely decreases (i.e., the accumulated amount of light is 0.9 or more) when the conditions of Expressions 1 and 2 approximately coincide with the simulation result and Expressions 1 and 2 are satisfied.
  • the configuration has been described in which in the LED module 210 of the present embodiment, the LED elements 217 are arranged in the aspect of 5 rows (X-axis direction) ⁇ 20 (Y-axis direction).
  • the LED elements 217 may be arranged such that the number of LED elements 217 in the Y-axis direction is n (n is two or more integers), and the LED elements 217 are arranged in m rows (m is two or more integers) in the X-axis direction.
  • first reflective surfaces 108a and 109a of the present embodiment have been described as extending in the Z-axis direction to be provided uprightly and approximately perpendicularly to the cover glass 105 and disposed symmetrically so that the optical paths of the ultraviolet rays emitted from the respective LED elements 217 are interposed therebetween.
  • first reflective surfaces 108a and 109a need not be necessarily parallel to the Z-axis direction.
  • the first reflective surfaces 108a and 109a may be disposed to be widened in a shape in the Z-axis direction.
  • the configuration has been described in which the positional relationship between the LED element 217, the first reflective surfaces 108a and 109a, and the support plate 107 satisfies Expressions 1 and 2, but the present invention is not necessarily limited to this configuration.
  • the positional relationship may satisfy Expressions 3 and 4 below.
  • FIG. 6 is a view for explaining a configuration of a light irradiation device 1A according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
  • the light irradiation device 1(a) of the present embodiment differs from the light irradiation device 1 of the first embodiment in that an X-Z cross-section of each of a pair of mirror units 108 and 109 has an L shape
  • the light irradiation device 1A includes a second reflective mirror 108b extending in the minus X-axis direction from a tip portion of a first reflective surface 108a of the mirror unit 108 so as to face the cover glass 105, and a third reflective mirror 109b extending in the plus X-axis direction from a tip portion of a first reflective surface 109a of the mirror unit 109 so as to face the cover glass 105.
  • the second reflective mirror 108b and the third reflective mirror 109b are configured to reflect the ultraviolet rays, which are emitted from the LED elements 217 (the LED element 217c in FIG. 6 ) and reflected by the irradiation object P, back to the irradiation object P (see broken line arrows in FIG. 6 ).
  • the ultraviolet ray i.e., the ultraviolet ray reflected by the irradiation object P
  • the ultraviolet ray which does not contribute to the curing of the ultraviolet curable ink on the irradiation object P, is reflected back to the irradiation object P, which makes it possible to further improve efficiency in using the ultraviolet ray.
  • FIG. 6 illustrates that the rays are reflected by the second reflective mirror 108b and the third reflective mirror 109b only once. However, the rays are reflected multiple times in accordance with the angle components of the ultraviolet rays.
  • a width of each of the second reflective mirror 108b and the third reflective mirror 109b in the X-axis direction may be as large as possible. In this case, the width of the cover glass 105 in the X-axis direction may be increased, and the interval between the support plates 107 in the X-axis direction (i.e., the width of the opening 107a in the X-axis direction) may be increased.
  • both the second reflective mirror 108b and the third reflective mirror 109b need not be necessarily installed, and any one of the second reflective mirror 108b and the third reflective mirror 109b may be installed.
  • each of the mirror units 108 and 109 of the present embodiment has an L shape
  • the first reflective surface 108a and the second reflective mirror 108b are integrated
  • the first reflective surface 109a and the third reflective mirror 109b are integrated.
  • the present invention is not necessarily limited to this configuration.
  • the first reflective surface 108a and the second reflective mirror 108b may be separately formed, and the first reflective surface 109a and the third reflective mirror 109b may be separately formed.
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