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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2023
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuya Asamoto, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A transport devicefor transporting a mediumto be recorded by a recording sectionincludes a transport beltfor transporting the medium; a pressing sectionthat is located further upstream than the recording section in a transport direction of the medium and presses the medium against the transport belt while heating the medium; a covercovering the recording section and the pressing section, which has an intake port, and a fanthat draws air into the cover through the intake port and is located further upstream than the intake port in the transport direction, wherein the intake port is located between the recording section and the pressing section in the transport direction.