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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2009
Naoki Akihiro, Amimachi, JP;
Tomohiko Shimoda, Amimachi, JP;
Hiroshi Sugitani, Amimachi, JP;
Riso Kagaku Corporation, Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet transfer mechanism for a printer () to form an image on a sheet () being transferred in a transfer route by propelling ink at ink heads (), includes: a transfer belt () that has a plurality of adhesion through-holes () for holding a sheet () and transfers the sheet () being held thereon, a platen () that slidably supports the transfer belt () in an area facing the ink heads () and has a plurality of suction through-holes () in an area through which the plurality of the adhesion through-holes () pass; a suction fan () that generates airflow with negative pressure for holding the sheet () on the transfer belt () through the plurality of the suction through-holes () and the plurality of the adhesion through-holes (); and plugging plates () that adjust a number density of the suction through-holes () in the platen () depending on an arrangement of the ink heads ().