Patent ID: 8480321
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A recording media transporting apparatus comprising: a substantially linear transport path for transporting a recording medium; a first transport device provided on the substantially linear transport path for transporting the recording medium; a second transport device spaced apart from the first transport device on the transport path for further transporting the recording medium from the first transport device; a cleaning rotating body that is disposed to face the first transport device on the transport path and that has an adhesive portion for cleaning a surface of the recording medium; a first sensor disposed in an upstream side of a recording medium transport direction relative to the first transport device and the cleaning rotating body; and a control device for controlling rotation speeds of the cleaning rotating body or the first transport device, and the second transport device at a first rotation speed, a second rotation speed lower than the first rotation speed, or a third rotation speed equal to or higher than the first rotation speed, wherein when a front end of the recording medium is sensed by the first sensor, the control device controls the rotation speed of the cleaning rotating body or the first transport device from the first rotation speed to the second rotation speed for a period during which the front end of the recording medium reaches the second transport device from the cleaning rotating body or the first transport device, and when the front end of the recording medium reaches the second transport device, the control device controls the rotation speed of the cleaning rotating body or the first transport device from the second rotation speed to the third rotation speed.