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US 7,802,882 B2Granted
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.
Claims4
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,
- wherein the heat applying unit applies heat from the heating unit to the support member so that an amount of heat applied from the heating unit to an upstream half of the support member in the transport direction of the target is larger than an amount of heat applied from the heating unit to a downstream half of the support member in the transport direction of the target,
- wherein the heat applying unit is provided with a control unit that controls the heating unit and a driving unit for driving the transport belt, and
- wherein the control unit controls the heating unit and the driving unit so that a difference between the amount of heat applied from the heating unit to the downstream half of the support member in the transport direction of the target and the amount of heat applied from the heating unit to the upstream half of the support member in the transport direction of the target becomes larger as a transport speed of the target transported by the transport belt becomes higher.
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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,
- wherein the heat is applied by a heat applying unit which applies heat from a heating unit to the support member so that an amount of heat applied from the heating unit to an upstream half of the support member in the transport direction of the target is larger than an amount of heat applied from the heating unit to a downstream half of the support member in the transport direction of the target,
- wherein the heat applying unit is provided with a control unit that controls the heating unit and a driving unit for driving the transport belt, and
- wherein the control unit controls the heating unit and the driving unit so that a difference between the amount of heat applied from the heating unit to the downstream half of the support member in the transport direction of the target and the amount of heat applied from the heating unit to the upstream half of the support member in the transport direction of the target becomes larger as a transport speed of the target transported by the transport belt becomes higher.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.