JP2013091162A - Conveying device and recording apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a conveying device capable of smoothly conveying a target with a liquid recording applied by adhesion of liquid, and to provide a recording apparatus.SOLUTION: The conveying device includes: a conveying mechanism for conveying a sheet CS with surface printing by adhesion of ink at the upstream side to the downstream side; a holding member 61 capable of holding the surface with the surface printing applied on the sheet CS conveyed by the conveying mechanism; a drying device arranged adjacent to the holding member 61 along the conveyance path of the sheet CS; a cover member 62 for covering the holding member 61; and an opening 70 formed at the drying device side in the cover member 62.

Description

  The present invention relates to a recording apparatus such as an ink jet printer, and a transport apparatus that is provided in the recording apparatus and transports a target such as paper.

  In general, an ink jet printer is widely known as a recording apparatus that performs liquid recording processing by attaching a liquid to a target by a liquid recording means. As such a printer, what is conventionally shown in patent document 1 is known.

  In the printer of Patent Document 1, printing is performed by ejecting ink (liquid) from a nozzle of a print head (liquid recording means) onto a sheet (target) conveyed from the upstream side to the downstream side, and After printing on the surface of the paper opposite to the printed surface (recording surface) by the back surface printing unit, dry air (hot air) is blown and dried on the downstream side by a drying device (heat source). Yes.

JP 2009-179415 A

  By the way, in the printer of Patent Document 1, a print head is disposed on the upstream side of the back surface printing unit, and a drying device is disposed on the downstream side of the back surface printing unit. For this reason, the paper is brought into sliding contact with the back surface printing unit before the surface printed by the print head is dried by the drying device. As a result, there is a problem that the paper may not be smoothly conveyed due to the frictional force generated between the surface of the paper printed by the print head and the back surface printing unit.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to such problems existing in the prior art. An object of the present invention is to provide a transport apparatus and a recording apparatus capable of smoothly transporting a target subjected to a liquid recording process due to the adhesion of liquid.

  In order to achieve the above object, a transport apparatus according to the present invention includes a transport unit that transports a target, which has been subjected to a liquid recording process due to liquid adhesion, on the upstream side, and a target transported by the transport unit. A holding member capable of holding a recording surface which is a surface subjected to the liquid recording process; a heat source disposed adjacent to the holding member along a transport path of the target; and a cover member covering the holding member And an opening formed on the heat source side of the cover member.

  According to the present invention, since heat from the heat source is taken into the cover member from the opening, the holding member in the cover member is warmed by the taken heat. When the holding member is warmed, the recording surface of the target is easily dried by the heat of the holding member when the target is held by the holding member, so that the frictional force generated between the recording surface of the target and the holding member is reduced. Reduced. Therefore, it is possible to smoothly transport the target that has been subjected to the liquid recording process due to the adhesion of the liquid.

  In the transport apparatus according to the present invention, the holding member performs impact recording processing by impact on the surface opposite to the recording surface of the target while holding the recording surface of the target. An impact hitting surface that receives impact of hitting through the target is provided.

  According to this invention, when impact recording processing by impact is performed on the surface opposite to the recording surface of the target, the impact of the impact is received by the impacted surface of the holding member. For this reason, it is possible to suitably perform hitting recording processing by hitting on the surface opposite to the recording surface of the target.

In the transport device of the present invention, the opening is formed at a position corresponding to the holding member.
According to this invention, the heat from the heat source taken into the cover member from the opening is effectively transmitted to the holding member. Therefore, it becomes possible to warm the holding member efficiently.

  In the transport apparatus of the present invention, the heat source is a drying unit that is disposed downstream of the holding member in the transport path and blows the heated air from the air outlet to the target, and the transport unit includes: A plurality of rollers arranged at intervals along a direction orthogonal to the transport direction of the target between the drying means and the cover member in the transport path; and the blower outlet in the transport direction of the target The rollers are not arranged in a region between the holding members.

  According to this invention, the roller does not hinder the heated air blown from the outlet of the drying means from flowing toward the holding member. Therefore, the holding member can be effectively warmed by the heated air blown from the outlet of the drying means.

  The recording apparatus of the present invention includes a transport apparatus having the above-described configuration, and a liquid recording unit that is disposed on the upstream side of the holding member in the target transport path and that performs the liquid recording process by attaching a liquid to the target. It was.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain the same operational effects as those of the transport device having the above configuration.

1 is a schematic side view showing an ink jet printer according to an embodiment. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a holding unit and its periphery in the printer. FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line 3-3 in FIG. 2. The front view of the holding unit. The top view of the holding unit. The bottom view of the holding unit.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment in which the recording apparatus of the present invention is embodied in an ink jet printer will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, when referring to “front-rear direction”, “left-right direction”, and “up-down direction”, the front-rear direction, the left-right direction, and the up-down direction indicated by arrows in the drawings are respectively shown. In addition, in the arrows indicating the upward, rightward and forward directions in the drawings, those marked with “•” in “○” (viewed from the front of the arrow) are displayed from the back of the page. It means an arrow heading, and “X” in “○” (a view of the arrow blades from the back) means an arrow heading from the front to the back of the page.

  As shown in FIG. 1, an ink jet printer 11 as a recording apparatus includes a main body case 12 having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape. On the front wall of the main body case 12, a paper discharge port 12a that communicates with the inside and the outside of the main body case 12, and a substantially horizontal plate-shaped paper discharge unit on which the printed sheet CS discharged from the paper discharge port 12a can be placed. 12b. A paper feed unit 13 to which a roll body RS formed by winding a long sheet ST (for example, continuous paper) in a roll shape is attached to the lower end of the main body case 12.

  In the main body case 12, a transport mechanism 14 is provided as a transport unit that transports the sheet ST along a transport path extending from the paper feed unit 13 toward the paper discharge unit 12 b. Further, in the main body case 12, a surface recording unit 15 that performs a surface printing process as a liquid recording process in which ink as a liquid is ejected and adhered to the surface of the sheet ST in the middle of the conveyance path, and a surface printing process A cutter 16 is provided for cutting the subsequent sheet ST into a cut sheet CS (cut sheet) having a predetermined length.

  On the downstream side of the cutter 16 in the transport path of the sheet ST, an impact is printed by impact on the recording surface (front surface) opposite to the recording surface (front surface) on which the front surface printing process is performed in the cut sheet CS. A back surface recording unit 20 that performs a back surface printing process as a recording process is provided. Further, on the downstream side of the back surface recording unit 20 in the transport path of the sheet ST, ink is applied by blowing warm air (heated air) onto the recording surface (front surface) that is the surface of the cut sheet CS that has been subjected to the front surface printing process. A drying device 17 as a drying means (heat source) for drying is provided so as to be adjacent to the back surface recording unit 20 along the conveyance path.

  Further, a curl correction mechanism 18 that corrects curling (curling) of the cut sheet CS is provided on the downstream side of the drying device 17 in the transport path of the sheet ST. The curl correction mechanism 18 has a conveyance function in addition to the curl correction function and constitutes a part of the conveyance mechanism 14. In the present embodiment, the target is configured by the sheet ST and the cut sheet CS.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the paper feed unit 13 includes a rotary shaft 19 that rotatably supports the roll body RS, and a feed motor (not shown) that rotates the rotary shaft 19. Then, as the feeding motor is driven, the rotation shaft 19 rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 1, whereby the sheet ST is fed out from the roll body RS toward the downstream side of the conveyance path of the sheet ST.

  The transport mechanism 14 includes a plurality of rotationally driveable transport rollers 21 to 28 that transport the sheets ST and CS from the upstream side to the downstream side of the transport path, and a drive source for rotationally driving the transport rollers 21 to 28. A conveyance motor (not shown), and driven rollers 31 to 37 capable of sandwiching the sheets ST and CS between the conveyance rollers 21 to 27, respectively.

  Then, the driven rollers 31 to 37 are driven to rotate along with the rotation of the transport rollers 21 to 27 by a transport motor (not shown), whereby the sheets ST and CS are moved from the upstream side to the downstream side of the transport path. Be transported. At a position corresponding to the transport roller 26, a substantially flat transport path forming member 41 that constitutes a part of the transport path and can support the sheets ST and CS is disposed.

  The curl correction mechanism 18 constituting a part of the transport mechanism 14 includes a large-diameter transport roller 28, and a small-diameter transport roller 27 and a driven roller 37 disposed on the downstream side of the transport path with respect to the transport roller 28. It is equipped with a decal roller pair DR. Then, the curl correction mechanism 18 moves the driven roller 37 constituting the decurling roller pair DR to a correction position that imparts a correction force to bend the sheet CS in a direction opposite to the curl direction during printing. Apply curl correction to CS.

  In the following description, the transport roller 23 and the driven roller 33 paired with each other, the transport roller pair R1, the transport roller 24 and the driven roller 34 with the transport roller pair R2, and the transport roller 25 and the driven roller 35 with the transport roller pair R3. The conveyance roller 26 and the driven roller 36 are referred to as a conveyance roller pair R4.

  The front surface recording unit 15 is installed on the upper side of the conveyance path in the main body case 12 so as to extend horizontally along the width direction (left and right direction) orthogonal to the conveyance direction (front direction) of the sheets ST and CS. 45 and a carriage 46 supported by the guide shaft 45 so as to be movable along the longitudinal direction (width direction) of the guide shaft 45.

  A liquid recording head 47 as a liquid recording unit is attached to the carriage 46 so as to face the transport path. The liquid recording head 47 is provided with a plurality of nozzles 47a that eject ink. Therefore, when the carriage 46 is reciprocated along the scanning direction (left-right direction) while being guided by the guide shaft 45, the liquid recording head 47 is reciprocated in the scanning direction (width direction of the sheet CS) together with the carriage 46.

  Further, the front surface recording unit 15 includes a support base 48 disposed at a position facing the liquid recording head 47 across the transport path. The support base 48 has a built-in suction mechanism 49 that sucks the sheet ST through a plurality of suction holes (not shown) opened on the upper surface thereof. Then, a surface printing process for attaching ink to the sheet ST is performed by ejecting ink from the nozzles 47a of the liquid recording head 47 onto the surface (the upper surface in FIG. 1) of the sheet ST supported by the support base 48. The

  Specifically, the ink jet printer 11 receives print job data from a host device (not shown). Then, when the print job data is input, the control device 100 provided in the ink jet printer 11 divides the print data included therein for each print data corresponding to one scan of the liquid print head 47.

  In the middle of one scan of the carriage 46, the liquid recording head 47 performs a surface printing process for ejecting ink from the nozzle 47a selected based on the recording data. Then, the sheet ST is conveyed to the next surface printing processing position between the surface printing processing for each scanning.

  That is, in the front surface recording unit 15, an image based on a print job is formed on the sheet ST by alternately repeating the formation of a band-shaped image whose width direction is the longitudinal direction and the intermittent conveyance of the sheet ST. The A virtual plane including the upper surface of the support base 48 and the upper surface of the conveyance path forming member 41 in the conveyance path from the surface recording unit 15 to the curl correction mechanism 18 is a conveyance surface that conveys the sheets ST and CS being printed. Become.

  Further, the cutting of the sheet ST by the cutter 16 is performed in a state where the conveyance of the sheet ST by the conveyance mechanism 14 is stopped. The cutter 16 operates to cut substantially the center of the sheet portion sandwiched between the conveying roller pairs R1 and R2 in the width direction (left-right direction), and separates the cut sheet CS from the sheet ST. In the present embodiment, the sheet ST is cut at the timing when the conveyance of the sheet ST is stopped in the course of the front surface printing process.

  The drying device 17 is disposed above a region sandwiched between the transport roller pairs R3 and R4 in the transport direction. The drying device 17 dries the ink of the sheet CS by blowing warm air from the air outlet 17a formed on the lower surface to the surface (recording surface) of the sheet CS supported on the upper surface of the transport path forming member 41. Apply drying treatment.

  In this case, the drying device 17 has a length corresponding to the maximum width of the sheet CS in the width direction (left-right direction), and the air outlet 17a extends in the width direction of the sheet CS along the longitudinal direction (width direction) of the drying device 17. It opens in a substantially rectangular shape extending over the entire length. Therefore, the drying device 17 can blow warm air from the outlet 17a over the entire width of the sheet CS. The drying device 17 is subjected to temperature control and air blowing control by the control device 100 that performs overall control of the operation state of the ink jet printer 11.

Next, the configuration of the back surface recording unit 20 will be described in detail.
As shown in FIG. 1, the back surface recording unit 20 is located between the cutter 16 and the drying device 17 in the conveyance path. The back surface recording unit 20 includes a holding unit 50 that is disposed on the upper side of the conveyance path and holds the surface of the sheet CS, and a striking recording head 51 that is disposed so as to face the holding unit 50 across the conveyance path. ing.

  The impact recording head 51 is configured as a so-called dot impact type head that performs back surface printing processing in which an ink ribbon (not shown) is hit against the back surface (lower surface) of the sheet CS to form ink dots.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the holding unit 50 includes a plate-like beam member 60 that extends in the left-right direction, and two columnar shapes attached to the center of the beam member 60 in the left-right direction. And a synthetic resin cover member 62 that covers the beam member 60 and each holding member 61 from above.

  The left and right end portions of the beam member 60 are bent at right angles toward the upper side, respectively, and further bent at right angles toward the outside in the left and right direction. A guide roller 63 is rotatably supported at the front end edge of the beam member 60 on the outer side in the left-right direction with respect to each holding member 61 so as to form a pair on the left and right. That is, each guide roller 63 includes a rotating shaft 63a that is rotatably supported by a bearing portion 60a provided at a front end edge of the beam member 60, and four rollers that are rotatably supported at equal intervals by the rotating shaft 63a. 63b.

  Each guide roller 63 rotates by contact with the conveyed sheet CS, thereby reducing the frictional force generated between the sheet CS after the back surface printing process and protecting the sheet CS. The sheet CS is accurately guided to the conveying roller pair R3 while suppressing the upward warping of the sheet.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the holding members 61 are arranged with respect to the beam member 60 in the left-right direction and slightly shifted in the front-rear direction. In this case, each holding member 61 is inserted through a through hole (not shown) formed in the beam member 60 so that the lower end portion protrudes below the lower surface of the beam member 60.

  Further, on the beam member 60, each holding member 61 is inserted and an annular adjusting member 64 capable of adjusting the height position (vertical direction position) of each holding member 61 is fixed. A screw hole 65 extending in the left-right direction is formed in the peripheral wall of each adjustment member 64. A screw 66 is screwed into the screw hole 65.

  Then, the adjustment member 64 restricts the vertical movement of the holding member 61 by tightening the screw 66, while the adjustment member 64 allows the vertical movement of the holding member 61 by loosening the screw 66. That is, each adjustment member 64 supports each holding member 61 so that it can be adjusted to a desired height.

  As shown in FIGS. 3, 4, and 6, the lower surface of each holding member 61 is formed when the back surface printing process by the impact recording head 51 is performed on the back surface of the sheet CS while the surface of the sheet CS is held. The hitting surface 61a receives the hitting impact of the hitting recording head 51 through the sheet CS.

  At a position corresponding to each holding member 61 on the lower surface of the beam member 60, a guide frame 67 that guides the sheet CS conveyed along the conveyance path to the hitting surface 61a surrounds the lower end portion of each holding member 61. Are provided respectively. Each guide frame 67 is formed with a circular through hole 68 for exposing the striking face 61a of each holding member 61 to the lower side.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, the cover member 62 covers the entire upper side of the beam member 60 and has a shape corresponding to the beam member 60. When the cover member 62 covers the entire upper side of the beam member 60, a passage T extending in the left-right direction is formed between the cover member 62 and the beam member 60. An accommodating portion 69 for accommodating each holding member 61 is provided at a central portion in the left-right direction corresponding to each holding member 61 in the cover member 62.

  The accommodating portion 69 has a substantially square box shape whose lower side (beam member 60 side) is open, and is formed so as to rise compared to a portion other than the accommodating portion 69 in the cover member 62. The internal space of the accommodating portion 69 communicates with the passage T. The front wall 69a and the rear wall 69b of the housing part 69 are inclined so as to approach each other toward the upper side in the front-rear direction, and the upper wall 69c of the housing part 69 is substantially horizontal.

  A plurality of (four in the present embodiment) openings 70 are formed at positions on the drying device 17 side of the housing portion 69 of the cover member 62 and communicate with the inside and outside of the housing portion 69 and are arranged at equal intervals in the left-right direction. ing. Each opening 70 is disposed so as to correspond to each holding member 61 in the front-rear direction. Each opening 70 has a substantially rectangular shape extending from the center in the vertical direction of the front wall 69a of the housing 69 to the front end of the upper wall 69c. Further, the width of each opening 70 in the left-right direction gradually increases toward the top.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the transport roller 25 (roller) constituting the transport roller pair R <b> 3 disposed between the drying device 17 and the cover member 62 in the transport path of the sheet CS is a rotation extending in the left-right direction. A plurality (six in this embodiment) are provided on the shaft 25a. Three transport rollers 25 are arranged at equal intervals on both the left and right sides of the central portion of the rotation shaft 25a.

  In this case, each transport roller 25 is not disposed in the central portion of the rotating shaft 25 a included in the region between each holding member 61 (housing portion 69) and the air outlet 17 a of the drying device 17 in the front-rear direction. That is, each transport roller 25 is disposed outside the region between each holding member 61 (housing portion 69) and the blower outlet 17 a of the drying device 17 in the front-rear direction.

  Similarly, a plurality of driven rollers 35 (rollers) constituting a pair of conveyance rollers R3 disposed between the drying device 17 and the cover member 62 in the conveyance path of the sheet CS are provided on the rotation shaft 35a extending in parallel with the rotation shaft 25a. (Six in this embodiment) are provided. Each driven roller 35 is arranged at a position corresponding to each conveying roller 25 on the rotation shaft 35a in the vertical direction.

  Therefore, each driven roller 35 is not disposed in the central portion of the rotating shaft 35 a included in the region between each holding member 61 (accommodating portion 69) and the air outlet 17 a of the drying device 17 in the front-rear direction. That is, each driven roller 35 is disposed outside the region between each holding member 61 (accommodating portion 69) and the air outlet 17 a of the drying device 17 in the front-rear direction.

In this embodiment, the transport mechanism 14, the drying device 17, each holding member 61, and the cover member 62 constitute a transport device.
Next, the operation of the ink jet printer 11 will be described.

  Now, the sheet ST (continuous paper) fed out from the roll body RS of the paper supply unit 13 toward the downstream side of the transport path is subjected to surface printing processing by the liquid recording head 47 on the support base 48. The sheet ST after the surface printing process is transported to the downstream side of the transport path by the transport roller pair R1, and is sequentially cut into sheets CS (cut sheet paper) by the cutter 16. The cut sheet CS is conveyed to the back surface recording unit 20 by the conveyance roller pair R2.

  The front surface (recording surface) of the sheet CS conveyed to the back surface recording unit 20 is held by the impacted surface 61a of each holding member 61, and the back surface printing process is performed on the back surface by the impact recording head 51. Is done. At this time, the impact of the impact by the impact recording head 51 is received over the sheet CS by the impacted surface 61a of each holding member 61.

Then, the sheet CS after the back surface printing process is conveyed to the drying area which is the lower area of the drying device 17 by the conveying roller pair R3.
The sheet CS transported to the drying region is dried by receiving warm air blown from the air outlet 17 a of the drying device 17 on the upper surface of the transport path forming member 41. The dried sheet CS is conveyed to the downstream side of the conveyance path by the conveyance roller pair R4, and after the curl correction mechanism 18 corrects the curl, the sheet CS is discharged from the paper discharge port 12a onto the paper discharge unit 12b.

  At this time, a part of the hot air blown from the blower outlet 17a of the drying device 17 flows toward the rear side, which is the upstream side, along the conveyance path of the sheet CS. It flows into the accommodating portion 69 of the member 62. In this case, since the conveyance roller pair R3 is not disposed in the region between each opening 70 and the air outlet 17a in the conveyance direction of the sheet CS, the temperature is transferred from each opening 70 into the accommodating portion 69 of the cover member 62. The flow of wind is not hindered by the transport roller pair R3.

  When warm air flows into the housing portion 69, each holding member 61 is warmed by the heat of the warm air flowing into the housing portion 69, and as a result, the impact surface 61 a is warmed and the impact surface is hit. The temperature of the surface 61a increases. Then, when the hitting surface 61a is warmed, the sheet CS that has been subjected to the front surface printing process in the front surface recording unit 15 and is moistened with ink on the front surface recording unit 15 becomes the hitting surface 61a of each holding member 61 in the back surface recording unit 20. It becomes easy to dry by the heat of. Then, since the frictional force between the hitting surface 61a and the surface of the sheet CS is reduced, the sheet CS is smoothly conveyed in the back surface recording unit 20.

  Incidentally, when each holding member 61 is not warmed and the temperature of the hitting surface 61a is low, the surface of the sheet CS wet with ink is not easily dried when held on the hitting surface 61a. The frictional force between the hitting surface 61a and the surface of the sheet CS is not reduced. As a result, the sheet CS is likely to be jammed in the back surface recording unit 20, and thus the sheet CS may not be smoothly conveyed.

As described above, according to the embodiment described in detail, the following effects can be obtained.
(1) Four openings 70 are formed at a position on the drying device 17 side in the accommodating portion 69 of the cover member 62. For this reason, since the warm air blown out from the blower outlet 17a of the drying device 17 is taken into the accommodating part 69 from each opening 70, each holding member 61 in the accommodating part 69 is moved by the heat of the taken hot air. Can be warmed. Then, each holding member 61 is warmed, so that when the surface (recording surface) of the sheet CS that has been surface-printed by the surface recording unit 15 and moistened with ink is held by each holding member 61, each holding member 61 Since it becomes easy to dry with the heat of the member 61, the frictional force which generate | occur | produces between the surface of this sheet | seat CS and the strike surface 61a of each holding member 61 can be reduced. Therefore, the sheet CS subjected to the front surface printing process in the front surface recording unit 15 can be smoothly conveyed in the back surface recording unit 20.

  (2) When each holding member 61 performs a back surface printing process by striking on the back surface of the sheet CS while holding the front surface (recording surface) of the sheet CS, the impact of the striking force passes through the sheet CS. An impacted hitting surface 61a is provided. For this reason, the impact of the impact recording head 51 when the back surface printing process is performed on the sheet CS can be received by the impacted surface 61 a of each holding member 61. Therefore, the back side printing process by hitting can be suitably performed on the back side of the sheet CS.

  (3) Each opening 70 of the cover member 62 is formed in a position corresponding to each holding member 61, that is, in a housing portion 69 that houses each holding member 61. For this reason, since the heat of the warm air blown out from the outlet 17a of the drying device 17 and taken into the cover member 62 from each opening 70 can be effectively transmitted to each holding member 61, each The holding member 61 can be efficiently warmed.

(4) In a region between the blower outlet 17a of the drying device 17 and each holding member 61 (the accommodating portion 69 of the cover member 62) in the conveyance direction of the sheet CS, the conveyance roller pair R3 (the conveyance roller 25 and the driven roller 35) is provided. ) Is not placed. For this reason, it can suppress that the conveyance roller pair R3 becomes the obstruction at the time of the warm air which blows off from the blower outlet 17a flows toward each holding member 61. FIG. Therefore, each holding member 61 can be quickly and effectively warmed by the heat of the hot air blown from the air outlet 17a.
(Example of change)
The above embodiment may be changed to another embodiment as described below.

The drying device 17 may be of a type that dries the sheet CS with the radiant heat of the heater, instead of a type that dries the sheet CS with warm air.
A device other than the drying device 17 may be used as a heat source. That is, when ultraviolet curable ink is used for the ink jet printer 11, an ultraviolet irradiation device is used instead of the drying device 17. In this case, since the ultraviolet irradiation device includes a high-pressure ultraviolet lamp (for example, a high-pressure mercury ultraviolet lamp or a metal halide ultraviolet lamp) that reaches a high temperature, the high-pressure ultraviolet lamp functions as a heat source.

  The heat source may be disposed adjacent to the back surface recording unit 20 on the upstream side of the back surface recording unit 20 in the conveyance path of the sheet CS. That is, a heat source may be disposed between the back surface recording unit 20 and the cutter 16. In this case, each opening 70 is formed in the rear wall 69 b on the heat source side in the housing portion 69 of the cover member 62.

  A pair of conveyance rollers R3 (conveyance roller 25 and driven roller 35) is disposed in a region between the blower outlet 17a of the drying device 17 and each holding member 61 (the accommodating portion 69 of the cover member 62) in the conveyance direction of the sheet CS. May be.

The openings 70 of the cover member 62 are not necessarily formed at positions corresponding to the holding members 61.
-Each holding member 61 does not necessarily need to be provided with the impacted surface 61a. That is, each holding member 61 may be a guide member that guides the surface (recording surface) side of the conveyed sheet CS, for example.

-You may comprise the front wall 69a of the accommodating part 69 of the cover member 62 with a net | network. In this case, the mesh functions as an opening for taking in warm air.
The number, shape, and arrangement of the openings 70 formed in the accommodating portion 69 of the cover member 62 may be changed as appropriate.

The number of holding members 61 attached to the beam member 60 may be changed as appropriate. For example, the number of holding members 61 attached to the beam member 60 may be one, or may be three or more.
The sheet ST and the cut sheet CS constituting the target may be a plastic film or a metal foil.

  In the above embodiment, the recording apparatus is embodied in the ink jet printer 11, but a liquid ejecting apparatus that ejects or ejects liquid other than ink may be employed. The present invention can be used for various liquid ejecting apparatuses including a liquid ejecting head that ejects a minute amount of liquid droplets. In addition, a droplet means the state of the liquid discharged from the said liquid ejecting apparatus, and shall also include what pulls a tail in granular shape, tear shape, and thread shape. The liquid here may be any material that can be ejected by the liquid ejecting apparatus. For example, it may be in a state in which the substance is in a liquid phase, such as a liquid with high or low viscosity, sol, gel water, other inorganic solvents, organic solvents, solutions, liquid resins, liquid metals (metal melts ) And liquids as one state of the substance, as well as particles in which functional material particles made of solid materials such as pigments and metal particles are dissolved, dispersed or mixed in a solvent. Further, representative examples of the liquid include ink and liquid crystal as described in the above embodiment. Here, the ink includes general water-based inks and oil-based inks, and various liquid compositions such as gel inks and hot melt inks. As a specific example of the liquid ejecting apparatus, for example, a liquid containing a material such as an electrode material or a color material used for manufacturing a liquid crystal display, an EL (electroluminescence) display, a surface emitting display, or a color filter in a dispersed or dissolved form. It may be a liquid ejecting apparatus for ejecting, a liquid ejecting apparatus for ejecting a bio-organic matter used for biochip manufacturing, a liquid ejecting apparatus for ejecting a liquid used as a precision pipette, a printing apparatus, a microdispenser, or the like. In addition, transparent resin liquids such as UV curable resin to form liquid injection devices that pinpoint lubricant oil onto precision machines such as watches and cameras, and micro hemispherical lenses (optical lenses) used in optical communication elements. A liquid ejecting apparatus that ejects a liquid onto the substrate or a liquid ejecting apparatus that ejects an etching solution such as an acid or an alkali to etch the substrate may be employed. The present invention can be applied to any one of these liquid ejecting apparatuses.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Inkjet printer as recording apparatus, 14 ... Conveying mechanism as conveying means constituting conveying apparatus, 17 ... Drying apparatus as drying means (heat source) constituting conveying apparatus, 17a ... Outlet, 25 ... Conveying roller (Roller), 35 ... driven roller (roller), 47 ... liquid recording head as liquid recording means, 61 ... holding member constituting the conveying device, 61a ... impacted surface, 62 ... cover member constituting the conveying device, 70 ... opening, ST ... sheet as target, CS ... cut sheet as target.

Claims (5)

A transport means for transporting the target, which has been subjected to the liquid recording process by the adhesion of liquid on the upstream side, to the downstream side;
A holding member capable of holding a recording surface which is a surface on which the liquid recording process is performed on the target conveyed by the conveying unit;
A heat source disposed adjacent to the holding member along the transport path of the target;
A cover member covering the holding member;
And an opening formed on the heat source side of the cover member.   The holding member, when holding the recording surface of the target, performs impact recording processing by impact on the surface opposite to the recording surface of the target, The conveying apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a striking face to be received by the motor.   The transport device according to claim 1, wherein the opening is formed at a position corresponding to the holding member. The heat source is a drying unit that is arranged on the downstream side of the holding member in the conveyance path and that heats and heats the heated air from the air outlet to the target.
The transport unit includes a plurality of rollers arranged at intervals along a direction orthogonal to the transport direction of the target between the drying unit and the cover member in the transport path,
The said roller is not arrange | positioned in the area | region between the said blower outlet and the said holding member in the conveyance direction of the said target, The conveying apparatus as described in any one of Claims 1-3 characterized by the above-mentioned. . The conveying apparatus as described in any one of Claims 1-4,
A recording apparatus comprising: a liquid recording unit that is disposed on an upstream side of the holding member in the target transport path, and that performs liquid recording processing by attaching a liquid to the target.