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US 2009/0244232 A1Published application
Printing apparatus, target transport device, and target transport method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorShinji HABA
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Abstract
A target transport device includes a transport belt that transports a target from an upstream side to a downstream side, a support member that supports the target transported by the transport belt over the transport belt, a heating unit that heats the support member, and a heat applying unit that applies heat from the heating unit to the support member so that a difference in temperature occurs on a surface of the supporting member supporting the target in a transport direction of the target.
Claims6
A target transport device comprising:
- a transport belt that transports a target from an upstream side to a downstream side;
- a support member that supports the target transported by the transport belt over the transport belt;
- a heating unit that heats the support member;
- and
- a heat applying unit that applies heat from the heating unit to the support member so that a difference in temperature occurs on a surface of the supporting member supporting the target in a transport direction of the target.
2 more elements
A target transport method comprising:
- heating a support member that supports a target transported from an upstream side to a downstream side by a transport belt over the transport belt;
- and
- applying heat to the support member so that a difference in temperature occurs on a surface of the support member supporting the target in a transport direction of the target.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.