Sheet supplying apparatus and printing apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10183509-B2
Application number	US-201715408711-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 18, 2017
Priority date	Nov 19, 2014
Publication date	Jan 22, 2019
Grant date	Jan 22, 2019

Abstract

A printing apparatus is configured to perform in a first mode in which a second driving unit drives a second spool to feed out a sheet from a roll to a printing unit via a second guide, the printing unit performs printing on the fed sheet, and a basket unit receives the printed sheet printed on by the printing unit, and a second mode in which a first driving unit drives a first spool to feed the out the sheet from a roll to the printing unit via a first guide, the printing unit performs printing on the fed sheet, and the second driving unit drives the second spool to wind up the printed sheet printed by the printing unit as a roll.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a setting portion on which a roll sheet wound in a shape of a roll is set;
a pressing member configured to be movable between a first position for pressing an outer surface of the roll sheet set on the setting portion and a second position apart from the roll sheet set on the setting portion;
a printing unit configured to print on the roll sheet; and
a control unit configured to move the pressing member to the first position in a first case where the roll sheet set on the setting portion is supplied to the printing unit, and to move the pressing member to the second position in a second case where a roll sheet having a first surface printed by the printing unit is wound on the setting portion.

2. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the setting portion comprises a holder configured to hold the roll sheet and a driver configured to rotate the holder.

3. The printing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the driver rotates the holder in a first direction in the first case, and rotates the holder in a second direction in the second case.

4. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the pressing member moves according to an outer diameter of the roll so as to press the outer surface of the roll sheet in the first case.

5. The printing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the pressing member contacts the outer surface of the roll sheet from below and moves upwardly according to the outer diameter of the roll in the first case.

6. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising
a guide member configured to guide the roll sheet supplied from the setting portion to the printing unit in the first case.

7. The printing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the guide member moves in association with the movement of the pressing member.

8. The printing apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising an upper member positioned above the guide member, the upper member moving according to an outer diameter of the roll so as to form a supply path between the upper member and the guide member through which the roll sheet is supplied to the printing unit in the first case.

9. A printing apparatus comprising:
a first setting portion on which a roll sheet wound in a shape of a roll can be set;
a second setting portion on which a roll sheet wound in a shape of a roll can be set;
a pressing member configured to be movable between a first position for pressing an outer surface of the roll sheet set on the second setting portion and a second position apart from the roll sheet set on the second setting portion;
a printing unit configured to print on the roll sheet supplied from the first setting portion or the second setting portion; and
a control unit configured to move the pressing member to the first position in a first case where the roll sheet set on the second setting portion is supplied to the printing unit, and to move the pressing member to the second position in a second case where the roll sheet supplied from the first setting portion and printed by the printing unit is wound on the second setting portion.

10. The printing apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the second setting portion comprises a holder configured to hold the roll sheet and a driver configured to rotate the holder.

11. The printing apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the driver rotates the holder in a first direction in the first case, and rotates the holder in a second direction in the second case.

12. The printing apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the pressing member moves according to an outer diameter of the roll so as to press the outer surface of the roll sheet set on the second setting portion in the first case.

13. The printing apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the pressing member contacts the outer surface of the roll sheet set on the second setting portion from below and moves upwardly according to the outer diameter of the roll in the first case.

14. The printing apparatus according to claim 9 , further comprising a guide member configured to guide the roll sheet supplied from the second setting portion to the printing unit in the first case.

15. The printing apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the guide member moves in association with the movement of the pressing member.

16. The printing apparatus according to claim 14 , further comprising an upper member positioned above the guide member, the upper member moving according to an outer diameter of the roll so as to form a supply path between the upper member and the guide member through which the roll sheet set on the second setting portion is supplied to the printing unit in the first case.

17. The printing apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the printing unit is disposed above the first setting position and the second setting position is below the first setting position.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Kobayashi Ryo
• Yamaguchi Toshiaki
• Sumioka Masaki
• Wada Itaru
• Suzuki Yoshiaki

Classifications

• B65H2404/434

  Driven rider roll arrangement · CPC title

• B65H2801/36

  Plotting · CPC title

• B65H2515/31

  Tensile forces · CPC title

• B41J15/04 Primary

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

• B65H16/103

  in which power is applied to web-roll spindle · CPC title