ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,011, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Transport device and droplet ejecting device" was invented by Koji Sato (Shiojiri, Japan), Shuhei Nishizawa (Shiojiri, Japan) and Yoshihisa Horikawa (Shiojiri, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport unit includes a glue belt, a cleaning unit, and a support unit. The glue belt can transport a medium. The cleaning unit can clean the glue belt with a cleaning liquid. The support unit includes a support surface capable of supporting a sponge that comes into contact with the glue belt cleaned by the cleaning unit. At least one opening is provided in the support ...