Transport apparatus, recording apparatus, and transport method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10640311-B2
Application number	US-201815922486-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 15, 2018
Priority date	Mar 29, 2017
Publication date	May 5, 2020
Grant date	May 5, 2020

Abstract

A transport apparatus includes a feed unit as an example of a supply unit which supplies a medium in a transport direction, and a transport unit which transports the medium supplied from the feed unit. The transport unit includes a transport roller (a driving roller) which sends the medium, and a driven roller which nips the medium between the transport roller and the driven roller. The driven roller is movable in the transport direction relative to the transport roller.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A transport apparatus, comprising:
a supply portion that supplies a medium in a transport direction; and
a transport unit that transports the medium supplied from the supply portion,
wherein the transport unit includes a transport roller that sends the medium, and a driven roller that nips the medium between the transport roller and the driven roller, and the driven roller is movable in the transport direction relative to the transport roller,
wherein the transport unit is configured to:
forward-transport the medium downstream in the transport direction in a state in which an axial center of the driven roller in the transport direction is located downstream of an axial center of the transport roller in the transport direction; and
reverse-transport the medium upstream in the transport direction in the state in which an amount of misalignment of the axial center of the driven roller and an axial center of the transport roller in the transport direction is made smaller than the amount of misalignment in the forward transporting.

2. The transport apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the driven roller is provided to be movable in the transport direction, and the transport apparatus further comprises an urging member that urges the driven roller toward the transport direction.

3. The transport apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, when the transport roller sends the medium downstream in the transport direction, an axial center of the driven roller is located downstream of an axial center of the transport roller in the transport direction.

4. The transport apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein an amount of misalignment in the transport direction of an axial center of the driven roller and an axial center of the transport roller when the transport roller sends the medium upstream in the transport direction is smaller than the amount of misalignment when the transport roller sends the medium downstream in the transport direction.

5. A recording apparatus that records on a medium, comprising:
a transport apparatus according to claim 1 ; and
a recording unit that records on the medium supplied by the transport apparatus.

6. A recording apparatus that records on a medium, comprising:
a transport apparatus according to claim 2 ; and
a recording unit that records on the medium supplied by the transport apparatus.

7. A recording apparatus that records on a medium, comprising:
a transport apparatus according to claim 3 ; and
a recording unit that records on the medium supplied by the transport apparatus.

8. A recording apparatus that records on a medium, comprising:
a transport apparatus according to claim 4 ; and
a recording unit that records on the medium supplied by the transport apparatus.

9. A transport method in a transport apparatus provided with a transport unit that includes a supply unit that supplies a medium in a transport direction, a transport roller that sends the medium supplied from the supply unit, and a driven roller that nips the medium between the transport roller and the driven roller, the method comprising:
forward-transporting the medium downstream in the transport direction in a state in which an axial center of the driven roller in the transport direction is located downstream of an axial center of the transport roller in the transport direction; and
reverse-transporting the medium upstream in the transport direction in the state in which an amount of misalignment of the axial center of the driven roller and an axial center of the transport roller in the transport direction is made smaller than the amount of misalignment in the forward transporting,
wherein the forward-transporting and the reverse-transporting are repeated a plurality of times.

10. The transport method according to claim 9 , wherein at least one of a tension to be applied to the medium and a speed at which the medium is to be transported is made larger in the reverse-transporting than in the forward-transporting.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Kinoshita Masaaki

Classifications

• B65H2404/1522

  moving linearly in feeding direction · CPC title

• B65H2404/144

  with relative movement of the rollers to / from each other · CPC title

• B65H2402/46

  Table apparatus · CPC title

• B65H2405/332

  Superposed compartments · CPC title

• B65H23/038

  by rollers · CPC title