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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2014
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Manabu Suzuki, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image recording apparatus includes: a rotating drum including a hollow cylinder around which a recording medium is guided while the rotating drum rotates; a discharge head that discharges liquid onto the recording medium guided around the outer surface of the rotating drum; and an air flow generator that generates an air flow that passes through the inside of the hollow cylinder of the rotating drum. The rotating drum further includes, in the hollow cylinder, a shaft member that has an axis identical to a rotation axis of the rotating drum and supporting members that are plate-shaped and that extend from the shaft member in the radial direction of the rotating drum and support the hollow cylinder, and the rotating drum rotates in a rotation direction about the shaft member. Each of the supporting members includes at least one air hole penetrating therethrough in the rotation direction.