Rotation unit, post-processing device, and conveying force applying member
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorHiroshi Shiobara
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Abstract
A holding unit of a rotation unit includes a shaft hole through which a rotation shaft passes, and is fixed in a state of being attached to the rotation shaft by sliding in an axis direction of the rotation shaft. A conveying force applying unit includes a base portion provided with a fitting hole that fits an outer circumference of the holding unit and an opening portion in communication with the fitting hole, and a contact part provided to the base portion. The base portion is configured to deform, and the conveying force applying unit is configured to be attached to and detached from the holding unit via the opening portion in a direction crossing the axis direction of the rotation shaft.
Claims15
A rotation unit configured to rotate to apply conveying force to a medium, the rotation unit comprising:
- a conveying force applying unit including at least one contact part that is arranged in a rotation direction and comes into contact with the medium, and configured to apply the conveying force to the medium using the contact part;
- a rotation shaft to which the conveying force applying unit is attached;
- a holding unit provided between the rotation shaft and the conveying force applying unit, and configured to hold the conveying force applying unit;
- and
- a fixing unit configured to fix the conveying force applying unit to the rotation shaft, wherein
- the holding unit includes a shaft hole through which the rotation shaft passes, and is fixed in a state of being attached to the rotation shaft by sliding in an axis direction of the rotation shaft,
- the conveying force applying unit includes:
- a base portion provided with a fitting hole that fits an outer circumference of the holding unit and an opening portion in communication with the fitting hole;
- and
- the contact part that is provided on and protrudes from the base portion,
- the base portion is configured to deform, and
- the conveying force applying unit is configured to be attached to and detached from the holding unit via the opening portion in a direction crossing the axis direction of the rotation shaft.
A conveying force applying member in a rotation unit including
- the conveying force applying member configured to apply conveying force to a medium,
- a rotation shaft to which the conveying force applying member is attached,
- a holding unit provided between the rotation shaft and the conveying force applying member, configured to hold the conveying force applying member, including a shaft hole through which the rotation shaft passes, and is fixed in a state of being attached to the rotation shaft by sliding in an axis direction of the rotation shaft, and
- a fixing unit configured to fix the conveying force applying member to the rotation shaft, the conveying force applying member comprising:
- a base portion provided with a fitting hole that fits an outer circumference of the holding unit and an opening portion in communication with the fitting hole;
- and
- a contact part that is provided on and protrudes from the base portion, and configured to come into contact with the medium to apply the conveying force to the medium, wherein
- the base portion is configured to deform, and
- the conveying force applying member is configured to be attached to and detached from the holding unit via the opening portion in a direction crossing the axis direction of the rotation shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.