CONVEYANCE DEVICE, IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE, AND MEDIUM CONVEYANCE METHOD

摘要

A conveyance device includes an image-forming drum (52) which fixes a rear surface (PB) of a sheet (P) and conveys the sheet along an arc-shaped path at a transfer position (312), a chain gripper which includes a gripper (64D) which is disposed on the downstream side of the image-forming drum in a conveyance direction and holds a leading end portion of the sheet, conveys the sheet along the arc-shaped path at the transfer position, and is disposed at a position at which a portion of the path leads to the image-forming drum side from the transfer position, and a blower unit (300) which is disposed on the chain gripper side from the transfer position, blows air from the chain gripper side to the image-forming drum side on the downstream side of the transfer position in the conveyance direction, and blows air toward the sheet conveyed by the chain gripper.

主权项

1. A conveyance device, comprising:
a first conveyance unit that conveys a medium while fixing a first surface of the medium, configured to convey the medium along an arc-shaped path at a transfer position at which the medium is transferred to the downstream side in a conveyance direction in which the medium is conveyed; a second conveyance unit that is disposed on the downstream side of the first conveyance unit in the conveyance direction and includes a holding unit holding a leading end portion of the medium transferred from the first conveyance unit at the transfer position, configured to convey the medium transferred at the transfer position along the arc-shaped path on condition that a portion of the path is disposed at a position at which the portion of the path leads to the first conveyance unit side from the transfer position; a blowing unit that is disposed on the second conveyance unit side from the transfer position and blows air from the second conveyance unit side to the first conveyance unit side on the downstream side of the transfer position in the conveyance direction, configured to blow air toward the medium conveyed by the second conveyance unit; and wherein the blowing unit blows air to the downstream side in the conveyance direction at a range within 15°, based on a line which connects a rotation center of the first conveyance unit and a rotation center of the second conveyance unit.