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Recording device

US8070285B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 19, 2009
Grant dateDec 6, 2011
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Expiry dateJan 28, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J11/0085
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A recording device includes: a recording head which performs a recording operation on a recording medium; a transport member which has a plurality of through holes arranged therein and transports the recording medium; and a suction unit which has a suction force generating section for generating a suction force for sucking air and a plurality of communication channels for communicating the suction force generating section with the respective through holes and generates a suction force in the through holes to suck the recording medium onto the transport member. On the upstream side of the recording area in a transport direction, a suction force at the center in a direction perpendicular to the transport direction of the recording medium is larger than a suction force at the opposite ends.

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