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Printing apparatus

  • US 10,059,128 B2
  • Filed: 04/25/2017
  • Issued: 08/28/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A printing apparatus comprising:

  • a printing portion that performs printing on a printing surface of a medium;

    a transport portion that transports the medium in a transport direction;

    a medium support portion that is disposed on an upstream side in the transport direction with respect to the printing portion and supports the medium;

    a removal portion that is disposed on the upstream side in the transport direction with respect to the printing portion; and

    a fixing portion to which the removal portion is fixed,wherein the removal portion includesa removal member that has a flexible property and comes into contact with the printing surface, andan elastic member that holds the removal member between itself and the medium support portion, and that presses the removal member,wherein a length of the elastic member in a width direction, which is orthogonal to the transport direction, is shorter than a length of the removal member in the width direction, andwherein, among portions of the elastic member, an end portion in the width direction is disposed on an inner side of an end portion in the width direction among portions of the removal member.

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