Recording device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorSatoshi FUJIOKA
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Abstract
A printer includes a recording head, a belt, a scale unit, a reading head, a gripping unit. The belt includes a first surface configured to support a medium and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The gripping unit includes a first abutting portion that comes into contact with the first surface, and a second abutting portion that comes into contact with the second surface. The gripping unit can be changed between a gripping state of moving along with the glue belt while gripping the glue belt, and a release state of being separated from the glue belt. When the gripping unit is in the release state, the second abutting portion is separated from the second surface in conjunction with the first abutting portion being separated from the first surface.
Claims9
A recording device comprising:
- a recording unit configured to perform recording on a medium;
- a transporting belt including a first surface and a second surface and configured to transport the medium in a transport direction, the first surface being configured to support the medium, the second surface being opposite to the first surface in a thickness direction;
- a scale unit including a scale and provided in the transport direction;
- a reading unit configured to read the scale;
- a gripping portion configured to move integrally with the scale unit or the reading unit, and to change between a gripping state of moving along with the transporting belt while gripping the transporting belt in the thickness direction, and a release state of being separated from the transporting belt;
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- a return unit configured to move the gripping portion in the release state in a reverse direction to the transport direction, wherein
- the gripping portion includes a first abutting portion configured to come into contact with the first surface in the gripping state, and a second abutting portion configured to come into contact with the second surface in the gripping state and
- when the gripping portion is in the release state, the second abutting portion is separated from the second surface in conjunction with the first abutting portion being separated from the first surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.