Recording device including conveyor belt and wiper blade
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorHirotaka Ishizuka
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Abstract
To suppress cleaning fluid from remaining on a conveyor belt and dirtying of a medium to be recorded by the cleaning fluid when applying the cleaning fluid to clean the conveyor belt. This is equipped with a conveyor belt 2 configured to support a medium to be recorded P on a support surface S and conveying it, and wiper blades 13 and 16 abuttable with the conveyor belt 2. The wiper blades 13 and 16 are more hydrophilic than the support surface S. With this configuration, it is possible to suppress the cleaning fluid from remaining on the conveyor belt and dirtying the medium to be recorded with the cleaning fluid when applying the cleaning fluid to clean the conveyor belt.
Claims15
A recording device comprising:
- a conveyor belt configured to support a medium on a support surface and convey the medium;
- and
- a wiper blade abuttable with the conveyor belt,
- the wiper blade being more hydrophilic than the support surface, and
- the static contact angle of water to the wiper blade being smaller by 10° or more than the static contact angle of water to the support surface.
A recording device comprising:
- a conveyor belt configured to support a medium on a support surface and convey the medium;
- and
- a wiper blade disposed at a position where the wiper blade contacts with cleaning fluid applied to the conveyor belt, and does not contact with the support surface during cleaning of the conveyor belt,
- the wiper blade being more hydrophilic than the support surface, and
- the static contact angle of water to the wiper blade being smaller by 10° or more than the static contact angle of water to the support surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.