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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2023
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kazutoshi Fujishima, Azumino, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A transport device including a transporting belt that includes a medium-supportable outer circumferential surface and transports the medium, a cleaning roller capable of cleaning the outer circumferential surface, a storage unit that stores a cleaning liquid supplied to the outer circumferential surface via the cleaning roller, a discharge port through which the cleaning liquid is dischargeable, a flow path pipe through which the discharged cleaning liquid is passable, a pump that changes an internal pressure of the flow path pipe to cause the cleaning liquid to flow so that the cleaning liquid stored in the storage unit is discharged from the storage unit through the discharge port and the flow path pipe, a sensor capable of detecting the internal pressure of the flow path pipe, and a control unit that determines a state of the cleaning liquid stored in the storage unit based on a detection result of the sensor.