Cutter device and printing apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorHiroaki Sakajo
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Abstract
A cutter device including a transport unit for transporting a medium, a round blade configured to move, while rotating, in a width direction intersecting a transport direction in which the medium is transported, a fixed blade provided along the width direction, and a controller configured to control driving of the transport unit and a movement in the width direction of the round blade, in which the controller is configured, when the medium is cut by causing the round blade to move to a first direction of the width direction, to cause the round blade to move to a second direction being a direction opposite to the first direction while causing the round blade to rotate without causing the medium to move in the transport direction.
Claims8
A cutter device comprising:
- a transport unit for transporting a medium;
- a round blade configured to move, while rotating, in a width direction intersecting a transport direction in which the medium is transported;
- a fixed blade provided along the width direction;
- and
- a controller configured to control driving of the transport unit and a movement in the width direction of the round blade, wherein
- the controller is configured to cause the round blade to cut the medium by moving the round blade in a first direction of the width direction and subsequently, while causing the round blade to rotate, moving the round blade in a second direction of the width direction that is opposite of the first direction, wherein the medium to does not move in the transport direction before the round blade moves in the second direction, and
- wherein when moving in the second direction, the round blade is configured while rotating to rub against a face of the medium where the medium was previously cut while the round blade moved in the first direction, the rubbing causing the medium to be lifted up such that an entirety of the round blade rubs against the face of the medium.
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a transport unit for transporting a medium;
- a printing unit configured to perform printing on the medium;
- a round blade configured to move, while rotating, in a width direction intersecting a transport direction in which the medium is transported;
- a fixed blade provided along the width direction;
- and
- a controller configured to control driving of the transport unit and the printing unit, and a movement in the width direction of the round blade, wherein
- the controller is configured to cause the round blade to cut the medium by moving the round blade in a first direction of the width direction and subsequently, while causing the round blade to rotate, moving the round blade in a second direction of the width direction that is opposite of the first direction, wherein the medium does not move in the transport direction before the round blade moves in the second direction, and
- wherein when moving in the second direction, the round blade is configured while rotating to rub against a face of the medium where the medium was previously cut while the round blade moved in the first direction, the rubbing causing the medium to be lifted up such that an entirety of the round blade rubs against the face of the medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.