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Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 14, 2020
Applicant:

Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;

Inventors:

Akihito Sugiura, Aichi-ken, JP;

Masayuki Okumura, Nagoya, JP;

Shigeki Kato, Toyoake, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 13/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/0085 (2013.01); B41J 13/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is provided an image recording apparatus including: an endless belt which extends in a conveying direction and which has a conveying surface configured to convey a medium; a driver configured to rotate the endless belt along the conveying direction; a support which is aligned with the endless belt in an orthogonal direction being parallel to the conveying surface and orthogonal to the conveying direction, the support having a pair of support walls extending in the conveying direction, and arranged at an interval in the orthogonal direction so as to define between each other a space opened in an orientation in which the conveying surface faces; an air flow generator configured to generate an air flow allowed to flow along the conveying direction in the space between the support walls; and a recorder configured to record an image on the medium supported by the endless belt and the support.


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