Printer with staggered transporting belts
US8021063B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 13, 2008 |
| Grant date | Sep 20, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 30, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2801/12
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A printer includes first transporting belts disposed in parallel at predetermined intervals in the direction intersecting the direction of transportation of print media. The first transporting belts transport a print medium while adsorbing the print medium. Second transporting belts disposed in parallel at predetermined intervals in the direction intersecting the direction of transportation of print media further transport the print media. The second transporting belts are separated from the first transporting belts at the downstream part of the first transporting belts in the direction of transportation of print media. A print head prints on the print medium. The position of separation at which the print medium is separated from the first transporting belts is different in the direction of transportation of print media between one of the first transporting belts and another one of the first transporting belts.
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