Patent ID: 8636355
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A target supporting apparatus comprising: a first supporting member having a plurality of first suction holes open to a front surface of the first supporting member and a rear surface thereof; wherein the plurality of first suction holes are arranged in a front-rear direction as one column, and a number of the columns are regularly arranged in a right-left direction and are spaced from each other by a given distance, the plurality of first suction holes communicating with each other via by a plurality of first recesses and a plurality of second recesses extending transversely to the plurality of first recesses and formed in the front surface of the first supporting member; a second supporting member having a plurality of second suction holes formed therein and being stacked on and fixed to the front surface of the first supporting member, the second supporting member being stationary relative to the first supporting member, the cross-sectional area of each of the plurality of second suction holes being smaller than the cross-sectional area of each of the plurality of first suction holes, wherein heat applied to the second supporting member is thermally conducted to areas above the plurality of second suction holes and transferred to a target; and a sucking unit arranged beneath the first supporting member and extending over a plurality of the plurality of first suction holes, wherein the sucking unit sucks in the plurality of first suction holes and hence sucks in the plurality of second suction holes communicating with the plurality of first suction holes; wherein the target which is supported in order for a liquid to be adhered thereto is sucked and held onto a supporting face of the second supporting member due to the driving of the sucking unit.