Recording device, take-up device, and method for taking up recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9359162-B2
Application number	US-201314140100-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 24, 2013
Priority date	Dec 25, 2012
Publication date	Jun 7, 2016
Grant date	Jun 7, 2016

Abstract

A conveyance mechanism by which a recording medium can be conveyed intermittently; a recording mechanism for recording by reciprocatingly scanning a recording head in a direction that intersects with a direction of conveyance of the recording medium by the conveyance mechanism; a turret to which a plurality of take-up spindles for taking up the recording medium are provided; rotational mechanisms of the take-up spindles; a rotational mechanism of the turret; and a control unit for controlling the rotational mechanisms of the take-up spindles and the rotational mechanism of the turret so as to cause the take-up spindles and/or the turret to be rotated intermittently so as to correspond to the intermittent conveyance by the conveyance mechanism.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A recording device, comprising:
a conveyance mechanism configured to convey a recording medium intermittently;
a recording mechanism configured to record by reciprocatingly scanning a recording head in a first direction that intersects with a direction of conveyance of the recording medium by the conveyance mechanism;
a turret including a plurality of take-up spindles configured to take up the recording medium, the turret being arranged in a second direction relative to the recording mechanism, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction;
rotational mechanisms of the take-up spindles;
a rotational mechanism of the turret; and
a control unit configured to control the rotational mechanisms of the take-up spindles and the rotational mechanism of the turret so as to cause at least one of the take-up spindles and the turret to be rotated intermittently so as to correspond to the intermittent conveyance by the conveyance mechanism,
while one of the take-up spindles is taking up the recording medium at a taking-up position and before the rotational mechanism of the turret rotates the one of the take-up spindles from the taking-up position such that the one of the take-up spindles moves away from the recording mechanism, an axis of the one of the take-up spindles being positioned closer to the recording mechanism in the second direction than a take-up point of the one of the take-up spindles at which the one of the take-up spindles is taking up the recording medium.

2. The recording device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein
the conveyance mechanism includes a glue belt on which the recording medium is placed and a movement mechanism of the glue belt, and
the control unit controls the movement mechanism so as to cause the glue belt to be moved intermittently so as to correspond to the reciprocating scanning of the recording head.

3. The recording device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein
the control unit controls the rotational mechanisms of the take-up spindles so as to discontinue the rotation of the take-up spindles when the turret is being intermittently rotated.

4. The recording device as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising
a tension adjustment mechanism configured to a tension of the recording medium applied to the conveyance mechanism from the take-up spindles when the recording medium is being taken up by the take-up spindles.

5. The recording device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein
the take-up position of the recording medium in a take-up spindle that is being used when the recording medium is being taken up by the take-up spindles is further on the upstream side in the direction of conveyance than that of the other take-up spindle(s).

6. The recording device as set forth in claim 5 , further comprising
a cutting section configured to cut the recording medium and provided to a cutting position at which the recording medium is cut in a state where, when the take-up spindle that is being used to take up the recording medium is being replaced with another take-up spindle, the other take-up spindle is at the take-up position.

7. The recording device as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising
a set section configured to feed out the recording medium by rotation of a rotating shaft, and a rotational mechanism of the rotating shaft of the set section, wherein
the control unit is configured to the rotational mechanism of the rotating shaft of the set section so as to cause the rotating shaft of the set section to rotate intermittently so as to correspond to the reciprocating scanning of the recording head.

8. The recording device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein
the recording head is a multi-head on which a plurality of head units are arranged side by side along the direction of conveyance.

9. A take-up device taking up a recording medium used in a recording device provided with a conveyance mechanism configured to convey the recording medium intermittently in a conveyance direction and a recording mechanism configured to record by reciprocatingly scanning a recording head in a first direction that intersects with the conveyance direction, the take-up device comprising:
a turret including a plurality of take-up spindles configured to take up the recording medium, the turret being arranged in a second direction relative to the recording mechanism, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction;
rotational mechanisms of the take-up spindles; and
a rotational mechanism of the turret,
at least one of the take-up spindles and the turret being caused to rotate intermittently so as to correspond to the intermittent conveyance by the conveyance mechanism,
while one of the take-up spindles is taking up the recording medium at a taking-up position and before the rotational mechanism of the turret rotates the one of the take-up spindles from the taking-up position such that the one of the take-up spindles moves away from the recording mechanism, an axis of the one of the take-up spindles being positioned closer to the recording mechanism in the second direction than a take-up point of the one of the take-up spindles at which the one of the take-up spindles is taking up the recording medium.

10. The take-up device as set forth in claim 9 , further comprising
a cutting section configured to cut the recording medium; and
a drive section of the cutting section.

11. A method for taking up a recording medium, the method being carried out using a recording device provided with a conveyance mechanism for conveying a recording medium, a recording mechanism for recording by reciprocatingly scanning a recording head in a first direction that intersects with a direction of conveyance of the recording medium by the conveyance mechanism, a turret including a plurality of take-up spindles configured to take up the recording medium, rotational mechanisms of the take-up spindles, and a rotational mechanism of the turret, the method comprising:
controlling the conveyance mechanism so as to intermittently convey the recording medium, and further controlling the rotational mechanism of the take-up spindles and the rotational mechanism of the turret so as to cause at least one of the take-up spindles and the turret to rotate intermittently, so as to correspond to the reciprocating scanning of the recording head,
the turret being arranged in a second direction relative to the recording mechanism, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction,
while controlling one of the take-up spindles to take up the recording medium at a taking-up position and before controlling the rotational mechanism of the turret to rotate the one of the take-up spindles from the taking-up position such that the one of the take-up spindles moves away from the recording mechanism, an axis of one of the take-up spindles that is taking up the recording medium being positioned closer to the recording mechanism in the second direction than a take-up point of the one of the take-up spindles at which the one of the take-up spindles is taking up the recording medium.

12. The recording device as set forth in claim 2 , wherein
the glue belt is coated with an adhesive such that the recording medium is detachably adhered to the adhesive.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Kanada Hidemasa
• Mitsuhashi Masato
• Higuchi Koji
• Hirai Toshimitsu
• Isobe Mitsuhiro

Classifications

• B65H2801/36

  Plotting · CPC title

• B65H2220/03

  indicating an entity which is measured, estimated, evaluated, calculated or determined but which does not constitute an entity which is adjusted or changed by the control process per se · CPC title

• B65H2408/23152

  with two arms · CPC title

• B41J15/165

  for tensioning continuous copy material by use of redirecting rollers or redirecting nonrevolving guides · CPC title

• B65H19/2215 Primary

  Turret-type with two roll supports · CPC title