Inkjet printer
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorAtsuhisa Nakashima
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Abstract
An inkjet printer includes a pair of rollers whose axes of rotation are parallel to each other. An endless conveyor belt is stretched between the pair of rollers. The conveyor belt conveys a print medium in the conveyance direction attendant upon rotations of the pair of rollers. The conveyor belt has, on its outer circumferential surface, an ink receiving groove extending in a direction intersecting the conveyance direction. The depth of the ink receiving groove gradually increases toward the center of the ink receiving groove in the conveyance direction in at least one of regions continuous from front and rear ends of the ink receiving groove in the conveyance direction.
Claims29
An inkjet printer comprising:
- an inkjet head;
- a pair of rollers whose axes of rotation are parallel to each other;
- and
- an endless conveyor belt stretched between the pair of rollers for conveying a print medium in the conveyance direction attendant upon rotations of the pair of rollers,
- the conveyor belt having, on its outer circumferential surface, an ink receiving groove extending in a direction intersecting the conveyance direction,
- the ink receiving groove having a reinforcing member disposed in at least one of regions continuous from front and rear ends of the ink receiving groove in the conveyance direction.
An inkjet printer comprising:
- an inkjet head;
- a pair of rollers whose axes of rotation are parallel to each other;
- and
- an endless conveyor belt stretched between the pair of rollers for conveying a print medium in the conveyance direction attendant upon rotations of the pair of rollers,
- the conveyor belt having, on its outer circumferential surface, an ink receiving groove extending in a direction intersecting the conveyance direction,
- the conveyor belt comprising:
- an endless base sheet;
- one or more outer circumferential sheets bonded to the outer circumferential surface of the base sheet, the length of each outer circumferential sheet along the conveyance direction being smaller than the outer circumferential length of the base sheet, the one or more outer circumferential sheets being disposed on the base sheet such that two ends of the outer circumferential sheet or sheets in the conveyance direction are distant from each other;
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- one or more reinforcing members bonded to the portion of the outer circumferential surface of the base sheet not covered with the outer circumferential sheet or sheets between the two ends of the outer circumferential sheet or sheets in at least one of regions continuous from front and rear ends of the outer circumferential sheet or sheets in the conveyance direction.
An inkjet printer comprising:
- an inkjet head;
- a pair of rollers whose axes of rotation are parallel to each other;
- and
- an endless conveyor belt stretched between the pair of rollers for conveying a print medium in the conveyance direction attendant upon rotations of the pair of rollers,
- the conveyor belt having, on its outer circumferential surface, an ink receiving groove extending in a direction intersecting the conveyance direction,
- the conveyor belt further having a first reinforcing member extending in the conveyance direction across the ink receiving groove and having a constant strength along the conveyance direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.