Recording device and medium feeding method for recording device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10137709-B2
Application number	US-201715459241-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 15, 2017
Priority date	Mar 17, 2016
Publication date	Nov 27, 2018
Grant date	Nov 27, 2018

Abstract

A recording device includes a feeding roller which feeds a medium; and a groove which is provided on a downstream side of the feeding roller in a feeding path of the medium and is used for cutting the medium. The feeding roller feeds the medium to an upstream side before feeding the medium to the downstream side, after the medium is cut at a position of the groove. It is preferable that the recording device further include a control portion which controls the feeding roller so that the feeding roller feeds the medium to the upstream side before feeding the medium to the downstream side, in a case where whether or not there is a possibility that the medium is cut at the position of the groove is determined and thus it is determined that there is a possibility that the medium is cut at the position of the groove.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A recording device comprising:
a feeding portion which feeds a medium;
a medium support comprising a first support portion and a second support portion, the feeding portion being upstream of the first and second support portions,
a control portion which controls the feeding portion;
a groove which is provided on a downstream side of the first support portion and the upstream side of the second support portion in a feeding path of the medium; and
a cutter that is used for cutting the medium at the position of the groove,
wherein the control portion controls the feeding portion so that the feeding portion feeds a leading edge of the cut medium to an upstream side before feeding the leading edge of the medium to the downstream side of the groove, after the medium is cut at a position of the groove;
wherein the control portion controls the feeding portion so that a trailing end of the recorded portion of the medium reaches a standby position which is different from the position in which the groove is provided in the feeding path at the end of a recording job, and
wherein the control portion determines whether or not the medium is to be cut at the position of the groove and then determines whether or not the medium is fed by the feeding portion during the standby state between the recording jobs.

2. The recording device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a feed detecting portion which detects feeding amount of the medium, wherein the control portion determines whether or not the medium is fed by the feeding portion during the standby state based on the feeding amount detected by the feed detecting portion during the standby state.

3. The recording device according to claim 1 , further comprising: an operating portion which receives an instruction of feeding the medium, wherein the control portion controls the feeding portion so that the feeding portion feeds the medium when the operating portion receives the instruction of feeding the medium and the control portion determines whether or not the medium is fed by the feeding portion during the standby state based on whether or not the operating portion receives the instruction of feeding the medium during the standby state.

4. The recording device according to claim 1 , wherein the control portion determines whether or not there is a possibility that the medium is cut at the position of the groove by whether or not the cutting portion is operated.

5. A recording device comprising:
a feeding portion which feeds a medium;
a medium support comprising a first support portion and a second support portion, the feeding portion being upstream of the first and second support portions,
a control portion which controls the feeding portion;
a groove which is provided on a downstream side of the first support portion and the upstream side of the second support portion in a feeding path of the medium; and
a cutter that is used for cutting the medium at the position of the groove;
a medium detecting portion which detects presence or absence of the leading edge of the medium at a detecting position on the downstream side of the groove in the feeding path
wherein the control portion:
controls the feeding portion so that the feeding portion feeds a leading edge of the cut medium to an upstream side before feeding the leading edge of the medium to the downstream side of the groove, after the medium is cut at a position of the groove; and
determines whether or not the medium is to be cut at the position of the groove and then determines whether or not there is the leading edge of the medium on the downstream side of the groove based on a detecting result of the medium detecting portion.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Hamano Ryo

Classifications

• B41J11/42

  Controlling {printing material conveyance for accurate alignment of the printing material with the printhead; Print registering} · CPC title

• B41J11/006

  Means for preventing paper jams or for facilitating their removal · CPC title

• B41J13/0036

  in the output section of automatic paper handling systems · CPC title

• B41J15/04

  Supporting, feeding, or guiding devices; Mountings for web rolls or spindles · CPC title

• B41J11/70 Primary

  cutting perpendicular to the direction of paper feed · CPC title