JP6115709B2 - Medium transport device and recording device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a medium conveying apparatus that conveys a medium, and a recording apparatus including the medium conveying apparatus.

  In a recording apparatus typified by a printer, a configuration in which an object to be transported, that is, a recording sheet, is transported using a transport belt may be employed. In order to obtain an appropriate recording quality in such a configuration, it is necessary to prevent the recording paper from lifting from the conveyance belt. As a means for adsorbing the recording paper to the transport belt, an apparatus using electrostatic attraction in addition to air suction has been conventionally used. Patent Documents 1 to 5 disclose such a conventional configuration.

  The printing apparatus described in Patent Document 1 is configured such that, when forming a charging pattern in which charged areas having different polarities alternate on the transport belt, the area excluding the position where the polarity is reversed and the end of the recording paper face each other. ing. That is, in the portion where the charge is switched from “+” to “−”, there are places where the charge becomes zero, but in the vicinity where such charge becomes zero, the “+” charge and the “−” charge are Since they are close to each other, there are regions where the charging is unstable due to the influence of the electric charges. In view of this, the printing apparatus described in Patent Document 1 forms a charging pattern so that the end of the recording paper is not desired in such an unstable region.

In addition, by applying an alternating voltage on the conveyor belt, the positively charged region and the negatively charged region are alternately formed because of the influence of the electric lines of force from the positive charge to the negative charge, the electric force, or the Coulomb force. Is more effective than the electrostatic adsorption force (adsorption force due to dielectric polarization) obtained by uniformly forming a charged region of the same polarity on the conveyor belt. This is because there are cases.
In addition, Patent Documents 2 to 4 disclose a configuration in which a recording medium is electrostatically attracted to a conveyance belt by applying an alternating voltage on the conveyance belt.

  Further, the inkjet recording apparatus described in Patent Document 5 has a problem that charging of the transport belt adversely affects the flying accuracy of ink droplets. In other words, in a predetermined back surface area corresponding to the front surface area immediately below the recording head of the conveyance belt, the electric charge retained with a polarity opposite to that of the conveyance belt so as to eliminate the dielectric polarization inside the recording paper due to the charging of the conveyance belt. It has a configuration for abutting the rollers. As a result, the dielectric polarization of the recording medium is weakened, and high-quality recording can be performed without hindering normal flight of ink droplets.

JP 2006-264899 A JP 2006-346870 A JP 2008-74558 A JP 2006-103022 A JP 2006-62829 A

  By the way, of the ink ejected from the ink jet recording head, the liquid droplets that do not land on the recording paper (sometimes referred to as ink mist) adhere to the components of the apparatus, or on the recording surface of the recording paper. The technical problem of adhesion has been known for some time.

  Here, the charging characteristics of the ink mist will be described below. When ink droplets are ejected from the recording head, the ink droplets are divided into main droplets that land on the recording paper and satellite droplets that float without landing on the recording paper (this becomes the above-described ink mist). The satellite droplets floating in the air are positively charged by the Leonard effect (the air around the satellite droplets is negatively charged). In addition, the longer the time for which the ink mist drifts in the air, the greater the positive charge amount of the ink mist.

On the other hand, a detection means for detecting a recording sheet, specifically, an optical sensor may be provided in a region facing the conveyance belt. Since this optical sensor includes a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit, if floating ink mist adheres to the light emitting unit or the light receiving unit, erroneous detection is caused due to a decrease in detection sensitivity. The ink mist is affected by the positively charged region on the transport belt, and repels and scatters toward the optical sensor, which may cause a further tendency to adhere to the optical sensor.
And about such a technical subject, in the said patent documents 1-5, special consideration was not taken.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and an object of the present invention is to repel an ink mist by a positively charged region on the conveyance belt in an apparatus having a configuration for conveying an object to be conveyed using a conveyance belt. It is to suppress scattering to the detection means side.

  In order to solve the above problems, a medium conveying apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention includes a conveying belt that adsorbs and conveys an object to be conveyed by electrostatic attraction, a belt charging unit that charges the conveying belt, Detecting means for detecting an object to be detected on the placement surface, which is disposed opposite to a placement surface on which the article to be conveyed is placed on the conveyor belt, and the belt charging means is provided on the conveyor belt. The charging area facing the detection means is a negative charging area.

  According to this aspect, since the belt charging means for charging the conveyance belt sets the charging area of the conveyance belt facing the detection means as the negative charging area, the positively charged droplets are charged directly below the detection means (specifically, In this case, it is possible to avoid the problem of receiving a repulsive force from the positively charged region) and scattering toward the detecting means, and thus it is possible to suppress problems associated with droplets adhering to the detecting means.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the belt charging unit is transported from a charging region facing the detection unit in a first direction which is a direction intersecting a transport direction of the transported object. With respect to a negatively charged region formed at a predetermined interval toward the outside of the belt, the amount of charge increases toward the outside of the transport belt with reference to the amount of charge in the charged region facing the detection means. The negatively charged region is formed.

  According to this aspect, when the belt charging unit forms a plurality of negative charging regions, the conveying belt is charged so that the amount of charge increases from the region facing the detection unit toward the outside of the belt. The droplets are attracted from the region of the detection unit toward the belt outer side, and thereby it is possible to more effectively suppress the droplets from adhering to the detection unit.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect, the belt charging unit includes a charging roller in contact with the transport belt, and a voltage applying unit that applies a voltage to the charging roller. The roller is configured such that the electric resistance value decreases toward the outside of the conveyor belt with reference to a portion that forms a charging region facing the detection unit.

  According to this aspect, the charging roller is configured such that the electric resistance value decreases toward the outside of the transport belt with reference to a portion that forms a charging region facing the detection unit. The voltage application means can apply a constant voltage to the charging roller to increase the amount of charge on the outside of the belt, thereby simplifying the voltage control.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to third aspects, the detection unit is an optical sensor including a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit.
According to this aspect, in the medium transport device in which the detection means is configured by an optical sensor, the operational effects of any of the first to third aspects can be obtained.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to fourth aspects, the belt charging unit negatively charges a region excluding the placement region on which the conveyed object is placed. To do.

  According to this aspect, since the belt charging means negatively charges the area other than the placement area on which the object to be conveyed is placed on the conveyor belt, the positively charged droplets are placed on the object to be conveyed on the conveyor belt. Attracts and adheres to the negatively charged area outside the area. Thereby, the adhesion amount of droplets (in this case, satellite droplets) on the conveyance belt from the conveyance object can be increased, and the adhesion amount of droplets on the conveyance object can be reduced. In addition, it is possible to further suppress the scattering of the droplets and obtain a good result.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to fifth aspects, the belt charging unit is configured such that the negative charge amount is greater than the positive charge amount for the entire belt portion constituting the placement surface. The conveying belt is charged.

  According to this aspect, since the belt charging unit charges the transport belt so that negative charging is dominant over the entire belt portion constituting the placement surface, the liquid droplets drifting above the placement surface. Are attracted to the conveying belt side, and the scattering of droplets can be more effectively suppressed.

  According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a conveyor belt that attracts and conveys an object to be conveyed by electrostatic attraction, a belt charging unit that charges the conveyor belt, and a load on which the object to be conveyed is placed on the conveyor belt. A detecting means for detecting an object to be detected on the mounting surface, and a recording head for discharging ink to the transported object, wherein the belt charging means is connected to the recording head from the recording head. The transport belt is charged so as to guide the discharged and positively charged ink mist away from the detection means.

  According to this aspect, the belt charging unit charges the transport belt so as to guide the positively charged ink mist discharged from the recording head in a direction away from the detection unit, so that the ink mist is detected by the detection unit. It is possible to avoid the problem of receiving a repulsive force from the charged region immediately below and scattering toward the detection means, and thereby it is possible to suppress problems associated with ink mist adhering to the detection means.

  According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a medium conveying apparatus according to any one of the first to seventh aspects, wherein a recording head for recording on a medium and the mounting surface are arranged so as to face the recording head. And a recording apparatus. According to this aspect, in the recording apparatus, it is possible to obtain the same effects as any of the first to seventh aspects described above.

  According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the eighth aspect, a voltage application member to which a positive voltage is applied is provided at a position on the downstream side of the recording head in the medium conveyance path and facing the mounting surface. It is characterized by that.

  The droplets ejected from the recording head tend to scatter to the downstream side in the transport direction due to the action accompanying the movement of the transport belt (the action of the air flow). According to this aspect, since the voltage application member to which a positive voltage is applied is provided at a position downstream of the recording head in the medium conveyance path and facing the mounting surface, a negatively charged region in the conveyance belt is provided. An electric field is formed between the electrode and the voltage application member, whereby the scattered droplets can be effectively attached to the conveying belt side, and the scattering of the droplets can be effectively prevented.

FIG. 3 is a side view of a recording unit in the ink jet printer according to the invention. FIG. 3 is a plan view schematically showing a first example of a charging pattern on a conveyor belt. The top view which shows the structure of a belt charging means. The top view which shows typically the 2nd Example of the charging pattern on a conveyance belt. The top view which shows the structure of 2nd Embodiment of a belt charging means. The top view which shows typically the 3rd Example of the charging pattern on a conveyance belt. The top view which shows the structure of 3rd Embodiment of a belt charging means.

  DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings. However, the invention is not limited to the embodiment described below, and various modifications are possible within the scope of the invention described in the claims. Assuming that these are also included in the scope of the present invention, one embodiment of the present invention will be described below.

  FIG. 1 is a side view of a recording unit of an ink jet printer 1 which is an embodiment of a recording apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view schematically showing a first example of a charged pattern state on a conveyor belt, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a configuration of a belt charging unit. FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the configuration of the second embodiment of the belt charging means, FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing a second embodiment of the charging pattern on the conveying belt, and FIG. 6 is the third embodiment. It is a figure shown typically. FIG. 7 is a plan view showing the configuration of the third embodiment of the belt charging means. In each figure, the components of the ink jet printer 1 are simplified as appropriate.

  In the xyz coordinate system shown in each figure, the x direction and the y direction are horizontal directions, of which the x direction is the paper width direction and the belt width direction (device depth direction), and the y direction is the device direction. These are the left-right direction, the belt moving direction, and the paper transport direction. The z direction is the direction of gravity (the device height direction).

  In FIG. 1, the ink jet printer 1 includes a feed roller 2, and the feed roller 2 supplies a recording paper P as an example of a transported object onto a transport belt 9. On the further upstream side of the feed roller 2, there is provided a feeding means including a detachable paper cassette for storing the recording paper, a feeding roller for feeding the recording paper P from the paper cassette, and the like. In FIG. 1, the feeding means is not shown. Also, the discharge means for discharging the recording sheet P on which recording has been performed is not shown.

  The conveyance belt 9 is an endless belt for adsorbing and conveying the recording paper P on the belt surface, and is entrained between the driving roller 7 and the driven roller 8. The driving roller 7 and the driven roller 8 arranged on the downstream side thereof are arranged in parallel in a substantially horizontal plane at a predetermined interval, whereby the conveying belt 9 is located between the driving roller 7 and the driven roller 8. Both the upper part and the lower part of the belt part located in the position are substantially horizontal. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and when the diameters of the driving roller 7 and the driven roller 8 are different, if the upper part of the transport belt 9 is substantially horizontal, the lower part does not need to be horizontal.

  The drive roller 7 is configured to be rotationally driven by a drive motor (not shown), and this drive motor is driven and controlled by the control unit 11 so that the transport belt 9 is moved in a predetermined direction at a predetermined timing. The motor is driven by a predetermined movement amount at a predetermined movement speed. In addition, the arrow (right arrow and left arrow) in FIG. 1 shows a belt moving direction, and the curved arrow attached to the driving roller 7 and the driven roller 8 shows the rotation direction of both rollers.

As will be described later, the conveyor belt 9 is charged to a predetermined state by the belt charging unit 14, thereby electrostatically adsorbing the recording paper P. For this reason, the conveyor belt 9 is made of an insulating material such as PET, polyimide, fluorine resin, or rubber having at least the surface (outer peripheral surface) having a medium resistance (1 × 10 ¹⁰ Ω / □ or less), and is necessary. Accordingly, carbon black or a conductive filler is mixed to adjust the resistance value, and the amount of retained charge for charging is adjusted.

  The inkjet recording head 3 is disposed above the conveyance belt 9 so as to face the surface of the conveyance belt 9 that is flat. The inkjet recording head 3 is, for example, yellow (Y), magenta (M), cyan (C), or black (K) 4 in order from the moving belt 9 moving direction, that is, the upstream side of the recording paper P conveying direction. It has a nozzle row (not shown) that ejects colored ink droplets (droplets). Then, under the control of the control unit 11, a color image is formed on each recording sheet P conveyed by the conveying belt 9 at a predetermined timing.

  Note that an ink tank (not shown) in which inks of these colors Y, M, C, and K are stored in the apparatus main body (not shown) of the inkjet printer 1 is detachable from or attached to the apparatus main body. Ink is supplied from the ink tank to the inkjet recording head 3 through an ink tube (not shown).

  In the present embodiment, the ink jet recording head 3 is a long head along the width direction (x direction) of the transport belt 9 which is a direction orthogonal to the paper transport direction, that is, the most recording paper expected to be used. This is a non-scanning head formed to a length that can cover the entire width of a large size paper. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be a scanning head that discharges ink while moving in the paper width direction (x direction), that is, a so-called serial type recording head.

  In addition, the nozzle plate 3a formed with an ink discharge hole (not shown) that forms a surface facing the conveying belt 9 in the inkjet recording head 3 may be formed of a conductor such as metal, or an insulating material such as silicon. It may be formed of a body or a semiconductor. When the nozzle plate 3a is formed of a conductor such as a metal, when the nozzle plate 3a is grounded, the negative charge of the ink moving in the nozzle plate 3a moves to the nozzle plate 3a side, so that the ink is ejected. Thus, the charged state changes to the positive charging side.

  The lower surface (nozzle formation surface) of the nozzle plate 3a is directed to the upper surface of the transport belt 9, that is, the paper placement surface 9a on which the recording paper P is placed, and the nozzle formation surface is the paper placement surface of the transport belt 9. 9a and a predetermined distance away from each other.

  A second paper detection sensor 5 is provided at a position on the surface of the ink jet recording head 3 that faces the conveyor belt 9 and away from the nozzle plate 3a. The second paper detection sensor 5 is an optical sensor, and includes a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit (not shown), receives light emitted from the light emitting unit at the light receiving unit, and sends a detection signal based on the amount of light to the control unit 11. And send. Thereby, the control unit 11 can detect the passage of the leading edge and the trailing edge of the recording paper P, and can grasp the length of the recording paper P together with the driving speed of the conveying belt 9.

  A first paper detection sensor 4 is provided downstream of the feed roller 2 and upstream of the transport belt 9, that is, between the feed roller 2 and the transport belt 9. The first paper detection sensor 4 is an optical sensor having the same configuration as the second paper detection sensor 5, and the control unit 11 of the inkjet printer 1 receives a detection signal from the first paper detection sensor 4, The timing at which the recording paper P reaches the conveying belt 9, more specifically, the positional relationship between the recording pattern P and a charging pattern (described later) formed on the conveying belt 9 can be controlled. In FIG. 1, the first paper detection sensor 4 is shown in the vicinity of the recording paper P placement area on the transport belt, but actually the second paper detection sensor 4 starts from the placement area of the recording paper P on the transport belt 9. There must be a distance equal to or greater than the distance to the charging unit 18 (second charging roller 20). As a result, it is possible to grasp the area where the leading or trailing edge of the recording paper P is placed on the conveying belt 9, and thus the charging control of the conveying belt 9 is possible.

  Subsequently, a belt charging unit 14 is provided below the driving roller 7 that drives the conveying belt 9. The belt charging unit 14 includes a first charging unit 15, a second charging unit 18, these two charging units (charging rollers), and a voltage applying unit 12 that applies a voltage to these charging units. .

  The voltage application means 12 is a power supply device configured by an AC power supply, a DC power supply, a known switching regulator, and the like, and is a power supply device that can perform rectification of alternating voltage, polarity inversion, pulse modulation, and the like. The voltage application unit 12 applies a predetermined voltage (DC voltage or alternating voltage) to the charging units of the first charging unit 15 and the second charging unit 18 under the control of the control unit 11.

  On the other hand, a static eliminator 10 is provided below the driven roller 8. The static eliminator 10 is a static eliminator for eliminating the charged state of the conveyor belt 9, and is located upstream of the belt charger 14 in the belt driving direction, and the belt charger 14 is controlled under the control of the controller 11. Before the charging pattern is formed on the conveyor belt 9, the charged state of the conveyor belt 9 is eliminated in advance. The static eliminator 10 can use various types of static eliminator such as a well-known ion-type static eliminator or a self-discharge rectifier represented by a static eliminator brush.

Reference numeral 22 denotes a voltage application member provided at a position downstream of the ink jet recording head 3 and facing the paper placement surface 9 a of the conveyor belt 9. The voltage application member 22 is formed of a conductive material, and a positive voltage is applied.

Thereby, the following effects are obtained. That is, the ink droplets ejected from the ink jet recording head 3 and floating tend to scatter to the downstream side in the transport direction due to the action accompanying the movement of the transport belt 9 (the action of the air flow). However, an electric field is formed between the negatively charged region portion of the sheet placement surface 9a of the transport belt 9 and the voltage-applied member 22 , thereby effectively adhering the scattered ink droplets to the transport belt 9 side. And ink droplets can be effectively prevented from scattering.

  Reference numeral 24 denotes a cleaning roller. The cleaning roller is provided so as to be able to come into contact with the conveyance belt 9, and removes ink droplets, foreign matters, and the like attached to the conveyance belt 9 by being in contact with the conveyance belt 9. The cleaning roller 24 is rotationally driven by a motor (not shown) in a direction that opposes the moving direction of the conveyor belt 9, thereby functioning to wipe the surface of the conveyor belt 9. Note that not only the cleaning roller 24 but also a wiper or the like that can clean the transport belt 9 may be used.

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Next, a first embodiment of the charging pattern formed by the belt charging unit 14 will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 2, the display formed by enclosing the characters “+” or “−” is an image of the charging polarity (the polarity of the charge generated on the conveying belt) formed on the sheet placing surface 9 a of the conveying belt 9. It expresses. Reference numeral P1 indicates a recording sheet conveyed in advance, and reference numeral P2 indicates a recording sheet conveyed subsequent to the recording sheet P1.

  In the present embodiment, on the sheet placement surface 9a of the conveyance belt 9, a first charging direction and a minus charging area extending along the sheet conveyance direction (y direction) are the first direction that intersects the conveyance direction. As a result, the belt charging means 14 forms a charging pattern that is alternately arranged in the belt width direction (x direction).

  In FIG. 2, a broken line T0 indicates a line passing through the conveyance belt 9 directly below the second sheet detection sensor 5 (hereinafter referred to as “detection line T0”). As shown in the figure, the belt charging unit 14 sets the detection line T0 on the sheet placement surface 9a of the transport belt 9 as a negative charging region. That is, the charging area facing the second sheet detection sensor 5 in the transport belt 9 is set as a minus charging area.

  As a result, the positively charged ink mist can be prevented from receiving a repulsive force from the charging area immediately below the second paper detection sensor 5 and scattering toward the second paper detection sensor 5, thereby detecting the second paper detection. Problems (false detections) associated with ink mist adhering to the sensor 5 can be suppressed.

  That is, the belt charging unit 14 charges the transport belt 9 so as to guide the positively charged ink mist away from the second paper detection sensor 5, so that the ink mist adheres to the second paper detection sensor 5. Can be suppressed.

  The configuration of the first charging unit 15 and the second charging unit 18 that form such a charged state is shown in FIG. The first charging unit 15 includes a first charging roller 17 in contact with the transport belt 9 on a shaft 16 that extends in a belt width direction (x direction) that is a first direction that intersects the moving direction of the transport belt 9 (y direction). And arranged at predetermined intervals. The second charging unit 18 has a second charging roller 20 in contact with the conveying belt 9 positioned on the upstream side (upstream side in the belt movement direction) of the first charging unit 15 and along a shaft 19 extending in parallel with the shaft 16. It is arranged so as to be positioned between the first charging rollers 17. The first charging roller 17 and the second charging roller 20 are made of, for example, a conductive rubber material.

  The voltage applying unit 12 applies a DC voltage having opposite polarity to the first charging unit 15 and the second charging unit 18 (a positive voltage for the first charging unit 15 and a negative voltage for the second charging unit 18). As a result, a charging pattern is formed on the transport belt 9 in which positively charged regions and negatively charged regions extending in the paper transport direction are alternately arranged in the paper width direction. The charged area on the detection line T0 is in contact with the second charging roller 20 to which a negative voltage is applied, so that a negative charged area is formed on the detection line T0.

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Next, a second embodiment of the charging pattern formed by the belt charging means will be described with reference to FIG. The charging pattern shown in FIG. 4 differs from the first embodiment shown in FIG. 2 in that the charging is performed toward the outer side (outer in the x direction) of the conveying belt 9 based on the charging amount in the negative charging area on the detection line T0. The charging pattern is formed so that the amount increases. In FIG. 4, a “-” display surrounded by a thick circle conceptually indicates that the amount of charge is large.

  In the embodiment of FIG. 4, the negatively charged region is formed on the lines T1 and T2 in addition to the detection line T0. The amount of charge in the negatively charged region formed on the line T1 is larger than the amount of charge in the negatively charged region formed on the detection line T0. Further, the amount of charge in the negatively charged region formed on the line T2 is larger than the amount of charge in the negatively charged region formed on the line T1.

  Due to such a charging pattern, the floating ink mist is attracted to the detection line T0, that is, from the lower region of the second paper detection sensor 5 to the belt outer side, and thereby the second paper detection sensor 5 receives the ink mist. Can be more effectively suppressed.

  The second charging unit that forms such a charged state can be configured like a second charging unit indicated by reference numeral 18A in FIG. The second charging unit 18A illustrated in FIG. 5 includes second charging rollers 20A, 20B, and 20C. A difference from the second charging unit 18 shown in FIG. 3 is that the electric resistance values of the second charging rollers 20A, 20B, and 20C are different.

  The second charging roller 20A that forms the negatively charged region on the detection line T0 has a resistance value AΩ. The second charging roller 20B that forms the negatively charged region on the line T1 has a resistance value BΩ. The second charging roller 20C that forms the negatively charged region on the line T2 has a resistance value CΩ. These resistance values have a relationship of A> B> C. That is, the electric resistance value decreases toward the outer side of the conveyor belt 9 with reference to a portion forming a negatively charged region facing the second paper detection sensor 5.

As a result, the voltage application means 12 can increase the amount of charge on the outer side of the belt by applying a constant voltage to the second charging portion 18A, and the voltage control becomes simple.
Instead of the configuration as described above, the charging pattern shown in FIG. 4 may be formed by applying different voltages to the plurality of second charging rollers 20 (FIG. 3) having the same electric resistance value. good. In other words, the high voltage is applied toward the belt outer side.

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Next, a third embodiment of the charging pattern formed by the belt charging means will be described with reference to FIG. The charge pattern shown in FIG. 6 differs from the first embodiment shown in FIG. 2 and the second embodiment shown in FIG. 4 in that the paper placement area on which the recording paper is placed on the paper placement surface 9a. The charged state is formed by the belt charging means so that the region excluding the region is negatively charged over the entire region.

  Accordingly, the positively charged ink mist is attracted to and adhered to the negatively charged region outside the paper placement region of the transport belt 9. Accordingly, it is possible to more effectively suppress the ink mist from being scattered in the apparatus, and to further suppress or prevent various problems associated with the ink mist. In addition, the amount of ink mist adhering to the transport belt 9 can be increased, the amount of ink mist adhering to the recording surface of the recording paper can be reduced, and a better recording result can be obtained.

  Further, with the charging pattern as described above, the minus charge amount becomes more dominant than the plus charge amount with respect to the belt portion constituting the sheet placement surface 9a in the transport belt 9, that is, the minus charge amount is more than the plus charge amount. Therefore, the ink droplets (positively charged) drifting above the sheet placement surface 9a are effectively attracted to the conveying belt 9 side, and the scattering of the ink droplets can be further effectively suppressed. .

  The belt charging means for forming such a charged state can be configured as shown in FIG. In FIG. 7, the basic configuration of the first charging unit 15 and the second charging unit 18 is the same as that of the first embodiment (FIG. 3) already described. The difference is that in the first embodiment, the charging pattern formed by the first charging unit 15 and the second charging unit 18 is formed to have a width that covers the entire belt width, but in this embodiment, the first charging unit 15 and The charging pattern formed by the second charging unit 18 is formed to a width that covers the sheet width.

  The charging roller 27 attached to the shaft 26 is in contact with the outside of the sheet area. A negative voltage is applied to the charging roller 27, whereby a negatively charged region is formed outside the paper region as shown in FIG. Note that a negative charging region is also formed in the inter-paper region (the region between the recording paper P1 and the recording paper P2 in FIG. 6). This is a circuit for applying a voltage to the first charging unit 15 in the voltage applying means 12A. Is configured to be able to switch between a positive voltage and a negative voltage.

  When the charging pattern is formed on the paper region, the voltage applying unit 12A applies a positive voltage to the first charging unit 15. When the charging pattern is formed in the inter-sheet area, the voltage applying unit 12A applies a negative voltage to the first charging unit 15. With such a configuration, the charging pattern shown in FIG. 6, that is, the charging pattern in which the outside of the sheet area is uniformly negatively charged is formed.

Each of the embodiments described above is an example, and it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to these embodiments. In particular, in the present embodiment, the present invention is applied to an ink jet printer, but may be applied to other liquid ejecting apparatuses in general.
Here, the liquid ejecting apparatus uses an ink jet recording head, and is not limited to a recording apparatus such as a printer, a copier, and a facsimile machine that discharges ink from the recording head to perform recording on a recording medium. And a device for ejecting a liquid corresponding to the application from a liquid ejecting head corresponding to the ink jet recording head to an ejected medium corresponding to the recording medium, and attaching the liquid to the ejected medium.

  In addition to the recording head, as a liquid ejecting head, a color material ejecting head used for manufacturing a color filter such as a liquid crystal display, and an electrode material (conductive paste) used for forming an electrode such as an organic EL display or a surface emitting display (FED) Examples thereof include an ejection head, a bioorganic matter ejection head used for biochip production, and a sample ejection head as a precision pipette.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Inkjet printer, 2 Feed roller, 3 Inkjet recording head, 4 1st paper detection sensor, 5 2nd paper detection sensor, 7 Drive roller, 8 Driven roller, 9 Conveyor belt, 10 Static elimination device, 11 Control part, 12, 12A Voltage application means, 14 belt charging means, 15 first charging section, 16 axes, 17 charging rollers, 18 second charging section, 19 axes, 20 charging rollers, 22 voltage applied member, 24 cleaning rollers, 26 axes, 27 charging Roller, En negatively charged area, Ep positively charged area, E0 uncharged area, P recording paper

Claims (7)

A conveyor belt that adsorbs and conveys the object to be conveyed by electrostatic adsorption;
Belt charging means for charging the conveyor belt;
A detecting means for detecting the object to be detected on the mounting surface, disposed opposite to the mounting surface on which the object to be transported is mounted on the transport belt,
Said belt charging unit, the conveyor belt, the charged area facing the detecting means and negatively charged regions,
The belt charging unit is formed at a predetermined interval from the charging region facing the detection unit toward the outside of the conveyance belt in a first direction that is a direction intersecting a conveyance direction of the object to be conveyed. For the negatively charged region, the negatively charged region is formed so that the amount of charge increases toward the outside of the conveyor belt with reference to the charge amount of the charged region facing the detection means.
A medium conveying apparatus characterized by the above. The medium conveying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the belt charging unit includes a charging roller in contact with the conveying belt;
Voltage applying means for applying a voltage to the charging roller,
The charging roller is configured such that the electric resistance value decreases toward the outside of the conveyor belt with reference to a portion that forms a charging region facing the detection unit.
A medium conveying apparatus characterized by the above. The medium conveying apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the detection unit is an optical sensor including a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit.
A medium conveying apparatus characterized by the above. The medium conveying apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the belt charging unit negatively charges an area excluding a placement area on which an object to be conveyed is placed.
A medium conveying apparatus characterized by the above. In the medium transporting apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the belt charging unit, often becomes the conveyor belt as from negative charge a positive charge amount for the entire belt portion constituting the placement surface Charge the
A medium conveying apparatus characterized by the above. A recording head for recording;
The medium conveying device according to any one of claims 1 to 5 , wherein the placement surface is disposed so as to face the recording head.
Recording device. The recording apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising a voltage application member to which a positive voltage is applied at a position downstream of the recording head in the medium conveyance path and facing the mounting surface.
A recording apparatus.

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