Tractor unit, conveyance device, and printer
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorTakeshi Tokuda
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Abstract
A tractor unit has first and second tractors with tractor pins that engage sprocket holes on opposites sides of continuous paper. A tractor support shaft supports the tractors movably in the device width direction. A frame supports the tractor support shaft movably in the device width direction. A clamping mechanism is provided for fixing the second tractor on the tractor support shaft. The first tractor 31 is disposed at a reference position in the device width direction. A biasing member biases the tractor support shaft in a second direction when the tractor support shaft moves in a first direction opposite to the second direction.
Claims5
A tractor unit, comprising:
- a first tractor having first tractor pins configured to be engaged in first sprocket holes formed in continuous paper to be conveyed in a conveyance direction along a first side of the continuous paper;
- a second tractor having second tractor pins configured to be engaged in second sprocket holes formed in the continuous paper along a second side of the continuous paper, the second side opposite the first side across a paper width of the continuous paper;
- a support shaft that extends in a transverse direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction of the continuous paper, and supports the first tractor and second tractor movably in the transverse direction;
- a frame that supports the support shaft movably in the transverse direction;
- a biasing member configured to bias the support shaft in the transverse direction;
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- a clamping member configured to fix the second tractor on the support shaft;
- the first tractor being disposed at a predetermined reference position in the transverse direction, and
- in response to a movement of the support shaft in a first direction oriented from the second tractor toward the first tractor, the biasing member configured to bias the support shaft in a second direction opposite the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.