US 12,291,044 B2
Transport device and liquid ejecting device
Koji Sato, Shiojiri (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/153,510.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-004200 (JP), filed on Jan. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0226835 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 29/17 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B65G 45/16 (2006.01); B65H 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 29/17 (2013.01) [B41J 11/007 (2013.01); B65G 45/16 (2013.01); B65H 5/021 (2013.01); B65H 2301/531 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transport device comprising:
a transporting belt including an outer peripheral surface where a medium is placeable, the transporting belt being configured to transport the medium;
a wiper blade including a tip portion configured to come into contact with the outer peripheral surface, and a base end portion located on an opposite side of the tip portion in an intersecting direction intersecting with the outer peripheral surface, the wiper blade being configured to wipe the outer peripheral surface;
a contact portion made of resin and configured to support the base end portion by coming into contact with the base end portion; and
a plurality of pressing units provided side by side in a width direction of the transporting belt, the plurality of pressing units being configured to press the base end portion via the contact portion.