US 12,420,574 B2
Transport device and droplet ejecting device
Satoshi Minemura, Matsumoto (JP); and Tomonori Amari, Shiojiri (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/461,236.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-141999 (JP), filed on Sep. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0075761 A1, Mar. 7, 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 transport device, comprising:
a transporting belt including an outer circumferential surface configured to come into contact with a medium, the transporting belt being configured to transport the medium;
a rotating brush including a brush portion configured to come into contact with the outer circumferential surface, the rotating brush being configured to rotate;
a cleaning member including a contact portion configured to come into contact with the brush portion, the cleaning member being configured to clean the rotating brush; and
a storage tank configured to store a cleaning liquid, wherein
the contact portion includes a plurality of protrusions,
the rotating brush is located with a part of the brush portion immersed in the cleaning liquid stored in the storage tank, and
the cleaning member comes into contact with a portion, of the brush portion, immersed in the cleaning liquid stored in the storage tank.