US 12,420,575 B2
Transport device and recording device
Katsuya Asamoto, Matsumoto (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/520,154.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-188956 (JP), filed on Nov. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0176290 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. B41J 29/377 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 15/04 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 29/377 (2013.01) [B41J 11/0015 (2013.01); B41J 11/007 (2013.01); B41J 15/048 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transport device that transports a medium to be recorded by a recording section, the transport device comprising:
a transport belt for transporting the medium;
a pressing section that is located further upstream in a transport direction of the medium than is the recording section and that presses the medium against the transport belt while heating the medium;
a cover that covers the recording section and the pressing section and that has an intake port; and
a fan that draws air into the cover through the intake port and that is located further upstream in the transport direction than is the intake port, wherein
the intake port is located between the recording section and the pressing section in the transport direction.