Recording apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsTatsuya ITO, Haruki MIYASAKA
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Abstract
A printer includes a feeding roller, a cleaning member, a holder, a main stacker, and a motor unit. The cleaning member cleans the feeding roller. The holder supports the feeding roller and is provided so as to be movable between a cleaning position and a retreat position. The main stacker moves the holder from the retreat position to the cleaning position. The motor unit is provided so as to be able to perform switching between driving of the feeding roller and driving of the main stacker. The motor unit rotates the feeding roller when the holder is positioned at the cleaning position.
Claims17
A recording apparatus comprising:
- a medium contact section that is rotatably provided and comes into contact with a medium;
- a cleaning section that cleans the medium contact section;
- a support section that supports one of the medium contact section and the cleaning section;
- a movement section that moves the support section between a cleaning position at which the cleaning section cleans the medium contact section and a retreat position at which the cleaning section and the medium contact section are separated from each other;
- and
- a driving section that is configured to perform switching between driving of the medium contact section and driving of the movement section,
- wherein the driving section rotates the medium contact section when the support section is positioned at the cleaning position.
A recording apparatus comprising:
- a recording section that performs recording on a medium and moves in a medium width direction;
- a medium contact section that is rotatably provided and comes into contact with the medium;
- a cleaning section that cleans the medium contact section;
- a support section that supports the cleaning section and is configured to switch between a cleaning position at which the cleaning section cleans the medium contact section, and a retreat position at which the cleaning section and the medium contact section are separated from each other;
- a first mechanism section that moves the support section to the cleaning position;
- a second mechanism section that rotates the medium contact section;
- and
- a driving section that generates a driving force of the medium contact section and the cleaning section, and includes a transfer portion that transfers the driving force to one of the first mechanism section and the second mechanism section, the driving section configured to switch whether the transfer portion transfers the driving force to the first mechanism or to the second mechanism by bringing the transfer portion and the recording section into contact with each other,
- wherein the driving section rotates the medium contact section when the support section is positioned at the cleaning position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.