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Restraint device and recording device

US8167424B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 8, 2009
Grant dateMay 1, 2012
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Expiry dateApr 26, 2030

Classification

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

Abstract

An ink jet printer includes a restraint device which applies a restraining force, applied to a support surface used for supporting a recording sheet, to the recording sheet transported from an upstream side to a downstream side in a transport direction. The restraint device includes a second support member which includes the support surface and a suction hole opened to the support surface and generating a negative pressure therein and which is capable of sucking the recording sheet supported to the support surface toward the support surface on the basis of the negative pressure generated inside the suction hole and a shield belt which is disposed to face the support surface.

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