US 12,064,957 B2
Image recording apparatus
Akihito Sugiura, Aichi-ken (JP); Masayuki Okumura, Nagoya (JP); and Shigeki Kato, Toyoake (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/120,917.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-226106 (JP), filed on Dec. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0178783 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
Int. Cl. B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 13/08 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 11/0085 (2013.01) [B41J 13/08 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image recording apparatus comprising:
an endless belt which extends in a conveying direction and which has a conveying surface configured to convey a medium in the conveying direction;
a driver configured to rotate the endless belt along the conveying direction;
a support including:
a first support which is aligned with the endless belt in an orthogonal direction being parallel to the conveying surface and orthogonal to the conveying direction, the first support having a first space which has a concave shape in a cross section orthogonal to the conveying direction and which extends in the conveying direction, the first space being opened in a normal line direction of the conveying surface; and
a second support which is aligned with the endless belt in the orthogonal direction, the second support being disposed farther from the endless belt as compared with the first support in the orthogonal direction, the second support having a second space which has a concave shape in a cross section orthogonal to the conveying direction and which extends in the conveying direction, the second space being opened in the normal line direction of the conveying surface;
an air flow generator configured to generate a first air flow allowed to flow along the conveying direction in the first space and a second air flow allowed to flow along the conveying direction in the second space, where a flow rate of the first air flow is faster than a flow rate of the second air flow; and
a recorder configured to record an image on the medium supported by the endless belt and the support.