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Recording apparatus

US9375948B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 3, 2014
Grant dateJun 28, 2016
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Expiry dateOct 3, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2/04563
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A recording apparatus includes a support member that supports a recording medium, a heating device that heats the recording medium on the support member, a recording head that ejects fluid onto the recording medium on the support member and that is positioned between the support member and the heating device, a blower that has a blowing port from which gas is blown, and a carriage that moves and has the recording head mounted thereon. The carriage has an enclosing structure inside which at least part of the gas blown from the blowing port is taken and inside which a gas layer in which the gas flows is formed between the recording head and the heating device.

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