# US 2019/0168524 A1 · Recording apparatus

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- Number: US 2019/0168524 A1
- Document ID: US20190168524A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/204,589
- Filed: 2018-11-29
- Published: 2019-06-06
- Earliest claimed: 2017-12-01
- Assignees: Canon Finetech Nisca Inc.
- Inventors: Daisuke KANEOYA
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190168524A1

## CPC

- B41J 29/17: Cleaning arrangements
- B41J 2/0057: {where an intermediate transfer member receives the ink before transferring it on the printing material}
- B41J 2/32: using thermal heads
- B41J 3/28: for printing downwardly on flat surfaces, e.g. of books, drawings, boxes {, envelopes, e.g. flat-bed ink-jet printers}
- B41J 13/12: specially adapted for {small} cards, envelopes, or the like {, e.g. credit cards, cut visiting cards}
- B41J 29/38: Drives, motors, controls or automatic cut-off devices for the entire printing mechanism
- B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS

## Abstract

The present invention is to provide a recording apparatus capable of cleaning the surface of a medium such as a card at each time before and after image transfer, in a transport path to which is fed a card ejected from a media supply C, and a cleaning section that performs cleaning by nipping the card with a pair of contact rollers to pass through. In the transport path, when the card is transported to the transfer section by driving roller pairs and contact rollers, the card prior to transfer is cleaned. After transfer processing in the transfer section, the card is transported in the opposite direction to pass through the cleaning section again, and is transported to the discharge section D, and the card subsequent to transfer is thereby cleaned.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A recording apparatus for bringing a transfer film with an image formed into press-contact with a medium and thereby transferring the image to the medium, comprising:
a media supply section adapted to supply the medium;
a cleaning section adapted to clean the medium;
a transfer section adapted to provide transfer processing on the medium;
a discharge section to which the medium is discharged;
media transport means for transporting the medium; and
a control section adapted to control the media transport means,
wherein the control section controls the media transport means so as to transport the medium from the media supply section to the transfer section via the cleaning section, and to transport the medium to the discharge section via the cleaning section after the transfer processing by the transfer section.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the cleaning section is disposed between the media supply section and the transfer section and on a downstream side in a media transport direction in the transfer processing by the transfer section.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The recording apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control section transports the medium from one side of the cleaning section at the time of supplying the medium, and transports the medium from the other side of the cleaning section after the transfer processing.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the media transport means is disposed on opposite sides of the cleaning section at least in a transport direction of the medium, and the control section transports the medium until an upstream-side end portion of the medium in the transport direction passes through the cleaning section.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The recording apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a reverse section adapted to reverse a transport direction of the medium to transport; wherein the cleaning section is provided between the reverse section and the transfer section.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The recording apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the control section transports the medium from the media supply section to discharge to the discharge section through the reverse section, the cleaning section, the transfer section, the cleaning section and the reverse section.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The recording apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the reverse section includes a transport roller that transports the medium, a surface of the transport roller is configured to include stickiness, and
the cleaning section is comprised of the transport roller.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The recording apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a re-removal member adapted to remove dust adhering to the cleaning section.