Recording apparatus and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2026008284-A1
Application number	US-202519258178-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 2, 2025
Priority date	Jul 5, 2024
Publication date	Jan 8, 2026
Grant date	—

Abstract

A recording apparatus includes: a holder that is attached to a winding core of a roll around which a sheet is wound; a locking mechanism that switches between a locked state in which the holder is fixed to the winding core and an unlocked state in which the holder is not fixed to the winding core; a support unit for rotatably supporting the holder; a conveyance unit for conveying the sheet pulled out from the roll; a detection unit for detecting an amount related to a tension applied to the sheet; a control unit for performing drive control of rotation of the holder and driving of the conveyance unit so as to apply a prescribed tension to the sheet pulled out from the roll supported by the support unit; and a notification unit for making a notification based on a detected value of the detection unit during the drive control.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A recording apparatus that records an image on a sheet, the recording apparatus comprising:
a holder that is attached to a winding core of a roll around which the sheet is wound; a locking mechanism that switches between a locked state in which the holder is fixed to the winding core and an unlocked state in which the holder is not fixed to the winding core; a support unit for rotatably supporting the holder; a conveyance unit for conveying the sheet pulled out from the roll supported by the support unit; a detection unit for detecting an amount related to a tension applied to the sheet; a control unit for performing drive control of rotation of the holder and driving of the conveyance unit so as to apply a prescribed tension to the sheet pulled out from the roll supported by the support unit; and a notification unit for making a notification based on a detected value of the detection unit during the drive control.

2 . The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the notification unit determines a state of the holder based on the detected value and makes a notification according to a result of the determination.

3 . The recording apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
in a case where a threshold of the detected value for determining that the roll is idling is a first threshold, and a threshold of the detected value for determining that the prescribed tension is applied to the sheet is a second threshold, the notification unit determines that the holder is in the unlocked state in a case where the detected value after a first period has elapsed from a state where the detected value has exceeded the first threshold is larger than the first threshold and smaller than the second threshold.

4 . The recording apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
the notification unit determines that the holder is in the locked state in a case where the detected value is equal to or larger than the second threshold.

5 . The recording apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
the notification unit determines that a roll end state which is a state in which the sheet is not wound around the roll has occurred in a case where a rotation amount of the holder or a conveyance amount by the conveyance unit has reached a third threshold in a state in which the detected value is equal to or smaller than the first threshold after the first period has elapsed from a state where the detected value has exceeded the first threshold.

6 . The recording apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
the notification unit determines that a roll end state which is a state in which the sheet is not wound around the roll has occurred in a case where a rotation amount of the holder or a conveyance amount by the conveyance unit has reached a third threshold in a state in which the detected value is equal to or smaller than the first threshold.

7 . The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising
a driving unit for rotationally driving the holder, wherein the detection unit detects a torque output from the driving unit as the amount related to the tension.

8 . The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising
a driving unit for rotationally driving the holder, wherein the detection unit detects, as the amount related to the tension, a rotation speed of the holder in a case where the driving unit is driven with a constant torque.

9 . The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the conveyance unit includes a conveyance roller pair that nips the sheet.

10 . The recording apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein
the control unit performs the drive control in a state in which the sheet pulled out from the roll supported by the support unit is nipped by the conveyance roller pair.

11 . The recording apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein
in the drive control, the conveyance roller pair is stopped and the holder is rotated in a direction in which the sheet is wound around the roll in a state in which the sheet is nipped by the conveyance roller pair.

12 . The recording apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein
in the drive control, the conveyance roller pair is rotated in a direction in which the sheet is pulled out from the roll, and the holder is stopped in a state in which the sheet is nipped by the conveyance roller pair.

13 . The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
in a case where it is determined that the holder is in the unlocked state, the notification unit notifies that the holder is in the unlocked state and then makes a notification of prompting a user to operate the locking mechanism to bring the holder into the locked state.

14 . The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising
a display unit, wherein the notification unit make a notification by performing predetermined display on the display unit.

15 . The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the holder includes: a core portion that is insertable into the winding core; a contact portion that is made of an elastic body, is provided in the core portion, is movable to a pressing position where the contact portion comes into contact with an inner peripheral surface of the winding core and presses the inner peripheral surface radially outward, and a non-pressing position on a radially inner side of the pressing position; a shaft portion that is rotatably supported by the support unit; and a gear to which a driving force of driving unit for rotationally driving the holder is transmitted, the locking mechanism includes a cam member that moves the contact portion between the pressing position and the non-pressing position, in a case where the contact portion is moved to the pressing position by the cam member, the contact portion is pressed against the inner peripheral surface of the winding core to bring the holder into the locked state, and in a case where the contact portion is moved to the non-pressing position by the cam member, the holder is brought into the unlocked state in which the contact portion is not pressed against the inner peripheral surface of the winding core.

16 . A control method of a recording apparatus,
the recording apparatus comprising: a holder that is attached to a winding core of a roll around which the sheet is wound; a locking mechanism that switches between a locked state in which the holder is fixed to the winding core and an unlocked state in which the holder is not fixed to the winding core; a support unit for rotatably supporting the holder; a conveyance unit for conveying the sheet pulled out from the roll supported by the support unit; and a detection unit for detecting an amount related to a tension applied to the sheet, wherein the control method comprising: a step of performing drive control of rotation of the holder and driving of the conveyance unit so as to apply a prescribed tension to the sheet pulled out from the roll supported by the support unit; a detection step of detecting, by the detection unit, an amount related to the tension applied to the sheet during the drive control; and a notification step of making a notification based on a detected value in the detection step.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Watanabe Hikaru

Classifications

• B41J15/02

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

• B41J15/048 Primary

  Conveyor belts or like feeding devices (B41J11/007 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B41J11/0095

  Detecting means for copy material, e.g. for detecting or sensing presence of copy material or its leading or trailing end · CPC title

• B41J15/16 Primary

  Means for tensioning or winding the web · CPC title