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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2010
Applicant:
Masami Ikeda, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Masami Ikeda, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Kyocera Mita Corporation, , JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A conveying platen is provided with a plurality of air circulation parts, each of which includes a long groove opened toward the conveying belt and formed in a longitudinal direction following a conveying direction, and a hole that penetrates in a thickness direction from a part of a bottom surface of the long groove. These air circulation parts are arrayed in the conveying direction and a width direction perpendicular to the conveying direction. The conveying platen has an opposed region which faces a nozzle surface. The long groove is provided in the opposed region. The hole is provided in a region other than the opposed region.