Transport device and recording device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorKatsuya ASAMOTO
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Abstract
A transport device 21 for transporting a medium 99 to be recorded by a recording section 12 includes a transport belt 25 for transporting the medium; a pressing section 31 that is located further upstream than the recording section in a transport direction of the medium and presses the medium against the transport belt while heating the medium; a cover 32 covering the recording section and the pressing section, which has an intake port 36, and a fan 51 that draws air into the cover through the intake port and is located further upstream than the intake port in the transport direction, wherein the intake port is located between the recording section and the pressing section in the transport direction.
Claims6
A transport device that transports a medium to be recorded by a recording section, the transport device comprising:
- a transport belt for transporting the medium;
- a pressing section that is located further upstream in a transport direction of the medium than is the recording section and that presses the medium against the transport belt while heating the medium;
- a cover that covers the recording section and the pressing section and that has an intake port;
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- a fan that draws air into the cover through the intake port and that is located further upstream in the transport direction than is the intake port, wherein
- the intake port is located between the recording section and the pressing section in the transport direction.
A recording device comprising:
- a recording section that records to a medium;
- a transport belt for transporting the medium;
- a pressing section that is located further upstream in a transport direction of the medium than is the recording section and that presses the medium against the transport belt while heating the medium;
- a cover that covers the recording section and the pressing section and that has an intake port;
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- a fan that draws air into the cover through the intake port and that is located further upstream in the transport direction than is the intake port, wherein
- the intake port is located between the recording section and the pressing section in the transport direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.