Patent ID: 9409732
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: B41J,B65H

Claim Text:
1. A sheet-like object transporting device that transports a sheet-like object, comprising: a transport plate having a plurality of suction holes made penetrating therethrough; a suction unit that is provided beneath the transport plate and sucks in air through the plurality of suction holes; a transport belt that is provided so as to be movable along an upper surface of the transport plate and has one open zone in a circumferential direction of the transport belt, the open zone having a length corresponding to that of the sheet-like object; a driving unit that moves the transport belt along the upper surface of the transport plate in a sheet transport direction; and a controller that controls the driving unit so that the sheet-like object is transported in a state in which the sheet-like object covers over the open zone.