US 11,858,279 B2
Recording device
Takamasa Ikagawa, Matsumoto (JP); Koji Hara, Matsumoto (JP); and Hiroyuki Maeda, Matsumoto (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/549,277.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-208178 (JP), filed on Dec. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0184983 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 29/17 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 29/17 (2013.01) [B41J 11/007 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A recording device comprising:
a recording unit configured to perform recording by discharging a droplet to a medium;
a conveyance belt disposed facing the recording unit and convey the medium;
an electrostatic elimination unit disposed facing the conveyance belt; and
a cleaning unit including a scrape unit configured to make contact with the conveyance belt and scrape off a residual at the conveyance belt, the electrostatic elimination unit being disposed on an opposite side of the conveyance belt from the cleaning unit, wherein
the cleaning unit includes a pressing part configured to push the scrape unit against the conveyance belt, and
the scrape unit includes a contact part that contacts the conveyance belt,
the contact part being formed of a sponge member, and
when the residue is scraped off, the contact part is scraped,
wherein the electrostatic elimination unit overlaps the cleaning unit when viewed in a direction of discharge of the droplet from the recording unit.