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US 11,884,061 B2Granted
Printing apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorYuki Awanohara
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Abstract
Provided is a printer including: a platen having a plurality of suction ports for sucking a recording medium, a suction fan, a suction duct configured to couple the plurality of suction ports and the suction fan to each other, and a motor, wherein the suction duct includes a cover member covering a portion of the motor, a gap is formed between the cover member and the motor, and an opening is formed in the cover member.
Claims4
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a platen having a plurality of suction ports for sucking a printing medium;
- a suction fan;
- a suction duct configured to couple the plurality of suction ports and the suction fan to each other;
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- a component having a heat generating source;
- a cover member constituting a portion of the suction duct and covering at least a portion of the component,
- a gap is formed between the cover member and the component, and
- an opening is formed in the cover member,
- wherein a position of the opening formed in the cover member is disposed at a center position of the cover member in a transport direction of the recording medium, the position being a position further separated from the component than the center of the cover member in a width direction of the recording medium.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.