Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Printing apparatus
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Application No.: US16883533Application Date: 2020-05-26
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Publication No.: US11260682B2Publication Date: 2022-03-01
- Inventor: Satoru Katagami
- Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Workman Nydegger
- Priority: JPJP2019-098348 20190527
- Main IPC: B41J15/04
- IPC: B41J15/04 ; B41J2/01 ; B41J13/02 ; B41J11/00

Abstract:
A printing apparatus including a set section on which a printing medium is set, a winding unit configured to wind, the printing medium transported from the set section, a head configured to discharge an ink onto an image forming surface of the printing medium being transported, thereby forming an image, and a drying chamber formed downstream of the head in a transport direction and downward of the head, the drying chamber being configured to dry the ink discharged to the printing medium, wherein the drying chamber is provided with an endless belt made of metal and configured to transport the printing medium while being in contact with an image non-forming surface on an opposite side of the printing medium from the image forming surface, and a plurality of rollers over which the endless belt is stretched, the plurality of rollers being configured to cause the endless belt to rotate.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200376863A1 PRINTING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-12-03
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