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US 2021/0197598 A1Published application
Recording device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsYuichi WASHIO, Yuya YUMOTO
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Abstract
A recording device includes a recording unit capable of performing recording on a medium, a holding unit capable of holding a roll body around which the medium is wound, a transporting unit that transports the medium unwound from the roll body, a tension roller that, between the holding unit and the recording unit, comes into contact with a back surface of the medium and applies tension to the medium, and a blowing unit that blows air onto a front surface of the medium. The blowing unit blows the air towards the tension roller.
Claims11
A recording device comprising:
- a recording unit configured to perform recording on a medium;
- a holding unit configured to hold a roll body around which the medium is wound;
- a transport unit configured to transport the medium unwound from the roll body;
- a tension bar configured to come into contact with a back surface of the medium and apply tension to the medium, between the holding portion and the recording unit;
- and
- a blowing unit configured to blow a gas onto a front surface of the medium, wherein the blowing unit blows the gas toward the tension bar.
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A recording device comprising:
- a recording unit configured to perform recording on a medium;
- a holding unit configured to hold a roll body around which the medium is wound;
- a transport unit configured to transport the medium unwound from the roll body;
- and
- a blowing unit configured to blow a gas onto a front surface of the medium, wherein the transport unit includes
- a moving support unit including a support surface supporting a back surface of the medium unwound from the roll body, the moving support unit being configured to move while transporting the medium, and
- a contact force imparting unit configured to impart an contact force causing the medium to be in contact with the support surface of the moving support unit, and
- the blowing unit blows the gas toward the support surface of the moving support unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.