US 12,291,045 B2
Liquid ejecting device
Kenji Yamaguchi, Matsumoto (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/343,574.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-105587 (JP), filed on Jun. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0001698 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. B41J 29/17 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 29/17 (2013.01) [B41J 11/007 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid ejecting device comprising:
a transport unit including a transporting belt at which a medium is mounted with the transporting belt in contact with a first surface of the medium, the transporting belt having an endless shape and configured to transport the medium in a transport direction, the transport unit also including a first roller and a second roller over which the transporting belt is stretched;
an ejecting unit configured to eject a liquid to a second surface of the medium mounted at the transporting belt downstream of the first roller in a circumferential direction of the transporting belt and upstream of the second roller;
a cleaning unit configured to clean a portion of the transporting belt downstream of the second roller in the circumferential direction of the transporting belt and upstream of the first roller, the portion being a portion at which the medium is not mounted; and
a removing unit provided upstream of the first roller in the transport direction and configured to remove deposits deposited on the medium, wherein
the removing unit is brought into contact with the second surface of the medium, and is brought into contact with a portion of the transporting belt where the medium is not mounted.