Liquid Ejecting Apparatus and Tension Applying Method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsEiji Kumai, Takashi Akahane
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Abstract
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an ejecting unit that is capable of ejecting a liquid; and a tension adjusting unit that is rotatable about a rotational shaft and that is capable of applying a tension to a medium by coming into contact with the medium onto which the liquid is ejected. The tension adjusting unit is capable of applying the tension to the medium at a balancing position at which the tension adjusting unit is balanced by a weight of the tension adjusting unit.
Claims7
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:
- an ejecting unit that is capable of ejecting a liquid;
- and
- a tension adjusting unit that is rotatable about a rotational shaft and that is capable of applying a tension to a medium by coming into contact with the medium onto which the liquid is ejected,
- wherein the tension adjusting unit is capable of applying the tension to the medium at a balancing position at which the tension adjusting unit is balanced by a weight of the tension adjusting unit.
A tension applying method for applying a tension to a medium onto which a liquid is ejected by a liquid ejecting apparatus including a tension adjusting unit, the tension adjusting unit being rotatable about a rotational shaft and being capable of applying the tension to the medium by coming into contact with the medium, the tension applying method comprising:
- applying the tension to the medium by the tension adjusting unit when the tension adjusting unit is disposed at a balancing position at which the tension adjusting unit is balanced by a weight of the tension adjusting unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.