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US 8,997,127 B2Granted
Medium transporting unit and medium processing apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorRyo Honma
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Abstract
A holding mechanism is operable to hold a top medium from a plurality of plate-shaped media accommodated in a stacker in a stacked manner. A transport arm supports the holding mechanism. When the lift mechanism lifts down the transport arm, one of a first elastic pressing force and a second elastic pressing force greater than the first elastic pressing force is selectively applied from the holding mechanism to an upper surface of the top medium.
Claims4
A medium transporting unit for transporting a top medium from a stacker in a stacked manner, the medium transporting unit comprising:
- a holding mechanism operable to hold the top medium;
- a transport arm provided with the holding mechanism;
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- a lift mechanism operable to lift up and down the transport arm,
- wherein the holding mechanism is configured to apply a first pressing force to an upper surface of the top medium after the holding mechanism comes in contact with the upper surface of the top medium until the holding mechanism is lifted down by a predetermined distance, and to apply a second pressing force greater than the first pressing force to the upper surface of the top medium when the holding mechanism is lifted down than the predetermined distance.
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