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US 9,487,030 B2Granted
Medium holding member and recording apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsTeruhiko Wakabayashi, Atsushi Majima, Eiji Kumai, Osamu Hara
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Abstract
A medium holding member that is attached to a medium supporting portion includes a fitting portion that is fit into the medium supporting portion and that is located at each of at least one portion in an upstream side edge portion of the medium holding member in a medium transportation direction.
Claims14
A medium holding member configured to interface with a medium supporting portion, the medium holding member comprising:
- a fitting portion that is configured to slidably engage the medium supporting portion and that is located, with reference to a medium transport direction, at an upstream side edge portion of the medium holding member, and the fitting portion further configured to releasably engage a first groove portion defined by the medium supporting portion, and the first groove portion inclining, relative to the medium transport direction, from an upstream side to a downstream side.
A recording apparatus comprising:
- a transportation portion that transports a medium in a transportation direction;
- a recording portion that performs recording onto the medium;
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- a medium supporting portion that supports the medium,
- wherein the medium supporting portion includes a groove portion configured to slidably receive a fitting portion of a medium holding member that holds the medium, and the groove portion inclining, relative to the transportation direction, from an upstream side to a downstream side.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.