Printer and cutting device with actuated pinch rollers
AssigneeRoland Dg Corporation
InventorRyosuke Nonaka
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Abstract
A printer includes a driving roller to move a medium supported on a support table in a predetermined transportation direction, and pinch roller assemblies each including a pinch roller, a support to support the pinch roller to allow the pinch roller to contact, or to be spaced from, the driving roller, and an actuator provided upstream in the transportation direction with respect to the pinch roller. The actuator includes a contact portion contactable with the support, and an operation portion to press the contact portion to the support to move the pinch roller in a direction away from the driving roller.
Claims14
A printer, comprising:
- a support table to support a medium;
- a driving roller provided on the support table to move the medium supported on the support table in a predetermined transportation direction;
- a plurality of pinch roller assemblies facing the driving roller;
- a print head provided downstream in the transportation direction with respect to the driving roller and the plurality of pinch roller assemblies and facing the support table;
- and
- a rear panel provided upstream in the transportation direction with respect to the plurality of pinch roller assemblies and including a surface exposed upstream in the transportation direction;
- wherein
- the plurality of pinch roller assemblies each include:
- a pinch roller facing the driving roller;
- a support to support the pinch roller to allow the pinch roller to contact, or to be spaced from, the driving roller;
- and
- an actuator including a contact portion contactable with the support, and an operation portion that is operated by a user to press the contact portion to the support to move the pinch roller in a direction away from the driving roller;
- the actuator is provided upstream in the transportation direction with respect to the pinch roller;
- and
- the operation portion is provided on the surface exposed upstream in the transportation direction of the rear panel.
A cutting device, comprising:
- a support table to support a medium;
- a driving roller provided on the support table to move the medium supported on the support table in a predetermined transportation direction;
- a plurality of pinch roller assemblies facing the driving roller;
- a cutting head provided downstream in the transportation direction with respect to the driving roller and the plurality of pinch roller assemblies and facing the support table;
- and
- a rear panel provided upstream in the transportation direction with respect to the plurality of pinch roller assemblies and including a surface exposed upstream in the transportation direction;
- wherein
- the plurality of pinch roller assemblies each include:
- a pinch roller facing the driving roller;
- a support to support the pinch roller to allow the pinch roller to contact, or to be spaced from, the driving roller;
- and
- an actuator including a contact portion contactable with the support, and an operation portion that is operated by a user to press the contact portion to the support to move the pinch roller in a direction away from the driving roller;
- the actuator is provided upstream in the transportation direction with respect to the pinch roller;
- and
- the operation portion is provided on the surface exposed upstream in the transportation direction of the rear panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.