Printing apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9487025-B2
Application number	US-201514871340-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2015
Priority date	Sep 30, 2014
Publication date	Nov 8, 2016
Grant date	Nov 8, 2016

Abstract

A printing apparatus includes: a transport unit that transports a medium in a transport direction; a medium support that supports the medium; a medium pressing unit that has a first regulation section that regulates bending of an end portion of the medium from the medium support in a width direction intersecting with the transport direction and a second regulation section that regulates moving of the end portion of the medium to an outer side in the width direction; and a printing unit that performs printing on the medium supported on the medium support.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a transport unit that transports a medium in a transport direction;
a medium support that supports the medium;
a plate shaped medium pressing unit that has a first regulation section that regulates bending of an end portion of the medium from the medium support in a width direction intersecting with the transport direction and a second regulation section that regulates a movement of the end portion of the medium to an outer side in the width direction; and
a printing unit that performs printing on the medium supported on the medium support.

2. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second regulation section is provided on the upstream side from the first regulation section in the transport direction.

3. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second regulation section has at least a part which overlaps with the first regulation section in the width direction.

4. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first regulation section has an inclined portion which is inclined to have a gap that is gradually wider from the medium support toward the upstream side in the transport direction, and
wherein the second regulation section and the inclined portion are connected at a point that is on the downstream side in the transport direction from an end of the second regulation section that is the most upstream portion in the transport direction of the medium pressing unit.

5. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first regulation section and the second regulation section in the medium pressing unit are formed through integral molding.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Kitagishi Mikio

Classifications

• B41J11/0005 Primary

  Curl smoothing, i.e. smoothing down corrugated printing material, e.g. by pressing means acting on wrinkled printing material · CPC title

• B41J13/26 Primary

  Registering devices · CPC title

• B41J11/0045

  Guides for printing material (curl smoothing B41J11/0005; platens B41J11/02, B41J11/06; guiding webs B41J15/046) · CPC title

• B41J2/01

  Ink jet · CPC title