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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2023
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Yamaguchi, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid ejecting device includes: a transport unit including a transporting belt at which a medium is mounted with the transporting belt in contact with a first surface of the medium, the transporting belt having an endless shape and configured to transport the medium in a transport direction, the transport unit also including a first roller and a second roller over which the transporting belt is stretched; an ejecting unit configured to eject a liquid to a second surface of the medium mounted at the transporting belt downstream of the first roller in a circumferential direction of the transporting belt and upstream of the second roller; a cleaning unit configured to clean a portion of the transporting belt downstream of the second roller in the circumferential direction of the transporting belt and upstream of the first roller, the portion being a portion at which the medium is not mounted; and a removing unit provided upstream of the first roller in the transport direction and configured to remove deposits deposited on the medium, in which the removing unit is brought into contact with the second surface of the medium, and is brought into contact with a portion of the transporting belt where the medium is not mounted.