公开(公告)号：US20190047285A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-14

申请号：US16079057

申请日：2017-01-31

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Nobuaki SAKAI ,  Takao YAMAMOTO ,  Akira ISHIKAWA ,  Yusuke MAKISHIMA ,  Daiki ISHIKAWA

IPC: B41J2/135 ,  B41J29/17 ,  B65H20/02 ,  B41J2/17 ,  B41J2/175

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a transport unit 30 that transports a medium M in a transport direction F, a printing unit that prints on a printing surface M1 of the medium M, and a removal unit 60 that is provided on an upstream side in the transport direction F with respect to the transport unit 30 and is provided so as to come into contact with the printing surface M1.

公开(公告)号：US20170291433A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-12

申请号：US15465753

申请日：2017-03-22

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Naohiro UEYAMA ,  Naoto HAYAKAWA ,  Akira ISHIKAWA ,  Daiki ISHIKAWA ,  Yuta KAWAGUCHI

IPC: B41J11/02

CPC classification number: B41J11/02 ,  B41J29/17

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing portion, a transport portion a medium support portion disposed on an upstream side of a recording head, and a removal portion that includes a first contact portion, which comes into contact with the printing surface when a medium is supported by the medium support portion. The removal portion is spatially separated from the medium support portion at both a section on the upstream side of the first contact portion and a section on the downstream side of the first contact portion. An interval between the removal portion and the medium support portion becomes wider in tandem with progression toward a direction opposite to the transport direction on the upstream side in the transport direction of the first contact portion, and becomes wider in tandem with progression toward the transport direction on the downstream side in the transport direction of the first contact portion.