Transport device, printing apparatus, and method for adjusting feeding unit
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsManabu Suzuki, Tsutomu Sasaki
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Abstract
Provided is a transport device including a feeding unit on which a roll-type medium is set and which feeds the medium by rotating the medium, and an endless transport belt that transports the medium in a transport direction by supporting the medium fed out from the feeding unit and rotating. When seen from a support direction in which the transport belt supports the medium, the feeding unit is configured to change the posture thereof so as to incline a rotating shaft of the medium with respect to a width direction that is a direction intersecting the transport direction.
Claims8
A transport device comprising:
- a feeding unit on which a roll-type medium is set, and that is configured to feed the medium by rotating the set medium;
- an endless transport belt configured to feed the medium in a transport direction by supporting the medium fed out from the feeding unit and rotating;
- a main body configured to hold the transport belt;
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- a coupling portion configured to couple the feeding unit and the main body, wherein
- the feeding unit is configured to change a posture thereof to incline a rotating shaft of the medium with respect to a width direction, that is a direction intersecting the transport direction, when viewed from a support direction in which the transport belt supports the medium,
- the feeding unit is configured to rotate around a rotational fulcrum to incline the rotating shaft with respect to the width direction when viewed from the support direction, and
- the feeding unit is configured to rotate with respect to the main body, with the coupling portion serving as the rotational fulcrum.
A method for adjusting a feeding unit in a transport device including the feeding unit on which a roll-type medium is set, and that is configured to feed the medium by rotating the set medium, an endless transport belt configured to feed the medium in a transport direction by supporting the medium fed out from the feeding unit and rotating, a main body configured to hold the transport belt, and a coupling portion configured to couple the feeding unit and the main body, the method for adjusting the feeding unit comprising:
- adjusting a difference between a feed distance of the medium from an end portion on a first side in a width direction of the feeding unit to the transport belt, and a feed distance of the medium from an end portion on a second side in the width direction of the feeding unit to the transport belt, by changing a posture of the feeding unit to incline a rotating shaft of the medium with respect to the width direction, that is a direction intersecting the transport direction, when viewed from a support direction in which the transport belt supports the medium, wherein
- the feeding unit is configured to rotate around a rotational fulcrum to incline the rotating shaft with respect to the width direction when viewed from the support direction, and
- the feeding unit is configured to rotate with respect to the main body, with the coupling portion serving as the rotational fulcrum.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.