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EP 3 500 432 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 26.06.2019 Bulletin 2019/26 (21) Application number: 17751859.4 (22) Date of filing: 31.07.2017

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B41J 2/175(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/JP2017/027617 (87) International publication number: WO 2019/026100 (07.02.2019 Gazette 2019/06)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: MA MD (71) Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Nagoya-shi, Aichi 467-8561 (JP)	(72) Inventors: ONO, Akihito Nagoya-shi Aichi 467-8562 (JP) ISHIBE, Akinari Nagoya-shi Aichi 467-8562 (JP) (74) Representative: J A Kemp  14 South Square Gray's Inn London WC1R 5JJ London WC1R 5JJ (GB)