US Patent Application 18325144. RECORDING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD simplified abstract
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RECORDING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Yoshikazu Koike of CHINO-SHI (JP)
Takamasa Ikagawa of MATSUMOTO-SHI (JP)
Shintaro Komuro of MATSUMOTO-SHI (JP)
Hirohisa Adachi of MATSUKAWA-MACHI (JP)
Masaki Miyazawa of MATSUMOTO-SHI (JP)
RECORDING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18325144 titled 'RECORDING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD
Simplified Explanation
This patent application describes a recording device with a recording unit and a medium transport belt for recording on a recording medium. It also includes a cleaning unit that can move into contact with the medium transport belt to perform a cleaning operation when needed.
- The recording device has a recording unit and a medium transport belt for recording on a recording medium.
- A cleaning unit is included, which can move into contact with the medium transport belt or stay in a non-contact position.
- The cleaning unit performs a cleaning operation on the medium transport belt when it is in contact with it.
- A discrimination section is present to determine the surface state of the medium transport belt.
- A control section uses the information from the discrimination section to activate the cleaning unit based on the surface state of the medium transport belt.
Original Abstract Submitted
A recording device configured to perform recording on a recording medium, includes a recording unit; a medium transport belt configured to transport the recording medium on which the recording is to be performed by the recording unit; a cleaning unit configured to move to a contact position at which the cleaning unit is in contact with the medium transport belt or a non-contact position at which the cleaning unit is not in contact with the medium transport belt, and to perform a cleaning operation on the medium transport belt when the cleaning unit is positioned at the contact position; a discrimination section configured to discriminate a surface state of the medium transport belt; and a control section configured to cause the cleaning unit to execute the cleaning operation according to the surface state of the medium transport belt discriminated by the discrimination section.
