US 12,403,704 B2
Transport device and liquid ejecting apparatus
Kazutoshi Fujishima, Azumino (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/479,721.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-159315 (JP), filed on Oct. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0109340 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 15/04 (2006.01); B41J 29/17 (2006.01); B65G 45/12 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 11/007 (2013.01) [B41J 29/17 (2013.01); B65G 45/12 (2013.01); B41P 2235/21 (2013.01); B41P 2235/22 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transport device, comprising:
a transporting belt including an outer circumferential surface on which a medium is supportable, and configured to transport the medium;
a cleaning roller being in contact with the outer circumferential surface, and configured to clean the outer circumferential surface while rotating;
a storage unit in which a cleaning liquid supplied to the outer circumferential surface via the cleaning roller is stored;
a discharge port through which the cleaning liquid is dischargeable;
a flow path pipe that communicates with the discharge port, and through which the cleaning liquid discharged through the discharge port is passable;
a pump configured to change an internal pressure of the flow path pipe to cause the cleaning liquid to flow so that the cleaning liquid stored in the storage unit is discharged from the storage unit through the discharge port and the flow path pipe;
a sensor configured to detect the internal pressure of the flow path pipe; and
a control unit configured to determine a state of the cleaning liquid stored in the storage unit based on a detection result of the sensor.