Transportation apparatus and printing apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorShun Ito
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Abstract
A transportation apparatus transports a medium by using a transportation roller that includes plural rollers arranged in a rotation axis direction and a coupling portion for coupling an end portion of one of, among the plural rollers, two arranged adjacent to each other in the rotation axis direction to an end portion of the other. The coupling portion includes: a first bearing that supports the end portion of the first roller rotatably; a second bearing that supports the end portion of the second roller rotatably; a fixing member to which the first bearing and the second bearing are fixed; and a joint portion provided between the first bearing and the second bearing in the rotation axis direction for connecting the end portion of the first roller to the end portion of the second roller.
Claims8
A transportation apparatus, comprising:
- a transportation roller used for transporting a medium and includes plural rollers arranged in a rotation axis direction and a coupling portion for coupling an end portion of one of, among the plural rollers, two arranged adjacent to each other in the rotation axis direction to an end portion of the other, the adjacent two being defined as a first roller and a second roller, the coupling portion including,
- a first bearing that supports the end portion of the first roller rotatably;
- a second bearing that supports the end portion of the second roller rotatably;
- a fixing member to which the first bearing and the second bearing are fixed;
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- a joint portion provided between the first bearing and the second bearing in the rotation axis direction for connecting the end portion of the first roller to the end portion of the second roller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.