Indirect aqueous inkjet printer with media conveyor that facilitates media stripping in a transfer nip
US9227429B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 6, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jan 5, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 6, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41M5/03
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An aqueous inkjet printer includes a media conveyor having an endless belt to which media sheets adhere. The endless belt is entrained around a transfer roller and a roller. The transfer roller forms a nip with an image member in the printer and the media sheets on the endless belt pass through the nip to transfer images from the image member to the media sheets. After the media sheets exit the nip, they follow the endless belt to the roller where the radius of the roller enables a force to be applied perpendicularly to the media sheets to separate the media sheets from the endless belt.
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