Medium supply device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorSeijun Horie
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Abstract
Provided is a medium supply device including a spindle that supports a medium having a roll shape, a supplying portion that supplies the medium supported by the spindle toward outside, a plurality of support rollers that support the medium in positions between the spindle and the supplying portion, a moving roller that, in a contact position between the support rollers, is capable of coming into contact with a bridging medium extending across the support rollers in a state where a load is applied to the bridging medium and that is capable of moving from the contact position to a non-contact position of non-contact with the bridging medium, and a moving mechanism configured to move the moving roller from the contact position to the non-contact position.
Claims6
A medium supply device comprising:
- a spindle configured to support a medium having a roll shape;
- a supplying portion configured to supply the medium supported by the spindle toward outside;
- a plurality of support rollers configured to support the medium in positions between the spindle and the supplying portion;
- a moving roller that, in a contact position between the plurality of support rollers, is capable of coming into contact with a bridging medium, which is the medium extending across the plurality of support rollers, in a state where a load is applied to the bridging medium, the moving roller being capable of moving from the contact position to a non-contact position of non-contact with the bridging medium;
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- a moving mechanism configured to move the moving roller from the contact position to the non-contact position,
- wherein at least one of the plurality of support rollers is a transport roller configured to apply to the medium a transport force for transporting the medium, and
- wherein the moving mechanism includes a rack portion connected to the moving roller, and a pinion portion provided with a handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.