Feeding device, printing apparatus and method of controlling feeding device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsAhmad Adam Zari Ardi Ramadhan, Indo Permana Putra
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Abstract
A feeding device includes a housing, a sheet feeder tray that mounts a sheet, a feeding unit which transports the sheet from the sheet feeder tray, and is detachable from a rotating shaft, and a control unit that controls rotation of the feeding unit. The feeding unit is provided in such a way as to be turnable to a feeding position to transport the sheet mounted on the sheet feeder tray and to a replacement position to enable detachment from the rotating shaft. When replacing the feeding unit, the control unit switches the position of the feeding unit to the replacement position.
Claims19
A feeding device comprising:
- a device body;
- a mounting unit that mounts a medium;
- a feeding unit that transports the medium from the mounting unit, the feeding unit being configured to be detached from a rotating shaft and including
- a feed roller portion that comes into contact with the medium and transports the medium, and
- an engaged portion to be engaged with an engaging portion provided to the rotating shaft that rotates the feed roller portion;
- and
- a control unit that controls rotation of the feeding unit, wherein
- the feeding unit is configured to be turned to a feeding position to transport the medium mounted on the mounting unit and to a replacement position to enable detachment from the rotating shaft,
- the control unit switches a position of the feeding unit to the replacement position when replacing the feeding unit, and
- the feeding unit is configured to be turned to the feeding position and to the replacement position around the rotating shaft.
A method of controlling a feeding device provided with a mounting unit that mounts a medium, a feeding unit that transports the medium from the mounting unit, the feeding unit being configured to be detached from a rotating shaft and including a feed roller portion that comes into contact with the medium and transports the medium, an engaged portion to be engaged with an engaging portion provided to the rotating shaft that rotates the feed roller portion, a motor that rotates the rotating shaft, the method comprising:
- switching a position of the feeding unit from a feeding position to transport the medium mounted on the mounting unit to a replacement position to enable detachment from the rotating shaft when replacing the feeding unit by driving the motor.
A feeding device comprising:
- a device body;
- a mounting unit that mounts a medium;
- a feeding unit that transports the medium from the mounting unit, the feeding unit being configured to be detached from a rotating shaft and including
- a feed roller portion that comes into contact with the medium and transports the medium, and
- an engaged portion to be engaged with an engaging portion provided to the rotating shaft that rotates the feed roller portion;
- a control unit that controls rotation of the feeding unit;
- and
- an instruction acceptance unit that accepts an instruction from a user, wherein
- the feeding unit is configured to be turned to a feeding position to transport the medium mounted on the mounting unit and to a replacement position to enable detachment from the rotating shaft,
- the control unit switches a position of the feeding unit to the replacement position when replacing the feeding unit
- the control unit switches the position of the feeding unit to the replacement position after accepting an instruction to replace the feeding unit from the instruction acceptance unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.