Medium supply device and recording device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11712911-B2
Application number	US-202217651188-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 15, 2022
Priority date	Feb 18, 2021
Publication date	Aug 1, 2023
Grant date	Aug 1, 2023

Abstract

In a medium supply device, a receiving portion includes a support portion configured to rotatably support a spindle, and a drive gear meshing with a driven gear provided at the spindle to rotate the spindle, and a displacement member includes a pivoting shaft configured to pivot between an advanced position where the spindle is covered and a retracted position where the spindle is exposed, an abutting portion abutting the spindle when the spindle is installed at the receiving portion, the abutting portion being configured to cause the displacement member to pivot to the advanced position, an opposing portion abutting, at the advanced position, an outer peripheral surface of the spindle installed at the receiving portion, a cover portion configured to cover the driven gear, and a grounding member contacting the spindle, thereby coupling to a ground potential.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A medium supply device comprising:
a receiving portion configured to receive an electrically conductive spindle including a shaft portion extending through a roll body on which a medium is wound, the spindle being configured to hold the roll body; and
a displacement member disposed at the receiving portion and configured to be displaced to an advanced position at which the spindle is covered and a retracted position at which the spindle is exposed, wherein
the receiving portion includes
a support portion abutting an outer peripheral surface of the shaft portion of the spindle and configured to rotatably support the spindle and
a drive gear meshing with a driven gear provided at an end of the shaft portion of the spindle to rotate the spindle, and
the displacement member includes:
a pivoting shaft configured to pivot between the advanced position and the retracted position;
an abutting portion abutting the outer peripheral surface of the shaft portion of the spindle when the spindle is installed at the receiving portion, the abutting portion being configured to cause the displacement member to pivot from the retracted position to the advanced position around the pivoting shaft;
an opposing portion abutting, at the advanced position, the outer peripheral surface of the shaft portion of the spindle installed at the receiving portion;
a cover portion configured to, at the advanced position, cover the driven gear; and
a grounding member contacting, at the advanced position, the spindle, thereby coupling the spindle to a ground potential.

2. The medium supply device according to claim 1 , wherein
the receiving portion includes a detecting unit configured to detect the presence or absence of the spindle,
the displacement member includes a detected portion formed with a step portion, and
the detecting unit is configured to, when the displacement member is displaced between the advanced position and the retracted position, detect the presence or absence of the spindle based on a positional relationship between the detecting unit and the step portion of the detected portion.

3. The medium supply device according to claim 1 , wherein
at the advanced position, the opposing portion abuts an outer peripheral surface of the shaft portion of the spindle at a position above the support portion and higher than a central position of an axis of the spindle.

4. The medium supply device according to claim 1 , wherein
the cover portion includes a curved portion curving along an outer periphery of the driven gear of the spindle.

5. The medium supply device according to claim 1 , wherein
an axial direction of the spindle and an axial direction of the pivoting shaft of the displacement member are the same.

6. The medium supply device according to claim 1 , wherein
at the advanced position, the grounding member is configured to elastically contact an outer peripheral surface of the shaft portion of the spindle.

7. The medium supply device according to claim 1 , wherein
at least a portion of the grounding member is provided at the abutting portion.

8. The medium supply device according to claim 1 , wherein
the grounding member is coupled to the pivoting shaft and configured to pivot with the displacement member.

9. The medium supply device according to claim 1 , comprising an imparting member configured to impart, to the displacement member, a force toward the retracted position.

10. The medium supply device according to claim 1 , wherein
the support portion includes two rollers.

11. A recording device comprising:
a receiving portion configured to receive an electrically conductive spindle including a shaft portion extending through a roll body on which a medium is wound, the spindle being configured to hold the roll body;
a displacement member disposed at the receiving portion and configured to be displaced to an advanced position at which the spindle is covered and a retracted position at which the spindle is exposed; and
a recording unit configured to perform recording on the medium, wherein
the receiving portion includes
a support portion abutting an outer peripheral surface of the shaft portion of the spindle and configured to rotatably support the spindle, and
a drive gear meshing with a driven gear provided at an end of the shaft portion of the spindle to rotate the spindle, and
the displacement member includes:
a pivoting shaft configured to pivot between the advanced position and the retracted position;
an abutting portion abutting the outer peripheral surface of the shaft portion of the spindle when the spindle is installed at the receiving portion, the abutting portion being configured to cause the displacement member to pivot from the retracted position to the advanced position around the pivoting shaft;
an opposing portion abutting, at the advanced position, the outer peripheral surface of the shaft portion of the spindle installed at the receiving portion;
a cover portion configured to, at the advanced position, cover the driven gear; and
a grounding member contacting, at the advanced position, the spindle, thereby coupling the spindle to a ground potential.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Yato Keiichi
• Nozawa Akimasa
• Murata Mitsuru
• Nakano Yosuke

Classifications

• B41J15/02 Primary

  Web rolls or spindles; Attaching webs to cores or spindles · CPC title

• B41J11/42

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

• B65H2301/41366

  arrangements for mounting and supporting and -preferably- driving the (un)winding shaft · CPC title

• B65H2801/36

  Plotting · CPC title

• B65H2301/41342

  shaft transversing the roll · CPC title