Transport device and recording device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11414285-B2
Application number	US-202016795214-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 19, 2020
Priority date	Feb 21, 2019
Publication date	Aug 16, 2022
Grant date	Aug 16, 2022

Abstract

A transport device unwinds a medium from a roll body to which a shaft member is mounted and transports the medium. The transport device includes an accommodation portion configured to accommodate the roll body, a main body portion to which the accommodation portion is mounted, and a roller pair configured to nip the medium. The accommodation portion and the main body portion are relatively movable. The main body portion includes a rack configured to engage with a gear of the shaft member. The rack is engaged with the gear when the accommodation portion moves relative to the main body portion to be pulled out of the main body portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A transport device configured to transport a medium by unwinding the medium from a roll body to which a shaft member is mounted, the transport device comprising:
an accommodation portion configured to accommodate the roll body;
a main body portion to which the accommodation portion is mounted; and
a roller pair configured to nip the medium, wherein
the accommodation portion and the main body portion are relatively movable,
the main body portion includes a rack configured to engage with a gear of the shaft member;
the rack is engaged with the gear when the accommodation portion moves relative to the main body portion to be pulled out of the main body portion,
the main body portion includes a first support portion configured to support the shaft member,
the accommodation portion includes a second support portion configured to support the shaft member,
the first support portion supports the shaft member in a state in which the accommodation portion is mounted to the main body portion, and
the second support portion supports the shaft member in a state in which the accommodation portion is pulled out of the main body portion and supports the shaft member at a position lower than a position at which the first support portion supports the shaft member.

2. The transport device according to claim 1 , wherein the main body portion includes an inclined surface configured to guide the shaft member to move between a position supported by the first support portion and a position supported by the second support portion.

3. The transport device according to claim 1 , comprising a guide rail configured to couple the accommodation portion and the main body portion, and guide the accommodation portion and the main body portion to move relatively.

4. A recording device comprising:
the transport device according to claim 1 ; and
a recording unit configured to perform recording onto the medium.

5. The transport device according to claim 2 , wherein the inclined surfaces are surfaces that are inclined downward from the position at which the first support portion supports the shaft member to the position at which the second support portion supports the shaft member.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Takahashi Haruna
• Takeuchi Atsuhiko
• Nakano Yosuke
• Ito Shun
• Yato Keiichi

Classifications

• B65H16/02 Primary

  Supporting web roll · CPC title

• B65H2801/12

  Single-function printing machines, typically table-top machines · CPC title

• B65H2403/942

  Bidirectional powered handling device · CPC title

• B41J15/046 Primary

  for the guidance of continuous copy material, e.g. for preventing skewed conveyance of the continuous copy material · CPC title

• B65H16/103

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