Medium holding apparatus, image recording apparatus, and...

Details Medium holding apparatus, image recording apparatus, and... Medium holding apparatus, image recording apparatus, and...

2009-03-04

2011-10-18

McCullough, Michael (Department: 3653)

Sheet feeding or delivering

Feeding

By means to convey sheet

C101S389100

Reexamination Certificate

active

08038151

ABSTRACT:
A medium holding apparatus includes: a medium holding device which includes: flow channel forming sections having openings respectively and provided according to a prescribed arrangement pattern on a medium holding surface on which a medium is fixed and held; flow channel control sections having a smaller cross-sectional area than a cross-sectional area of the flow channel forming sections and restricting a flow rate of air flowing in the flow channel forming sections; and a pressure generating section connected to the flow channel forming sections via the flow channel control sections; and a suction pressure generating device which generates suction pressure that is applied to the medium held on the medium holding device.

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