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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
May. 18, 2017
Applicant:
Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd., Nagano, JP;
Inventors:
Kohei Nakamura, Nagano, JP;
Kazutaka Tamaki, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD., Nagano, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 15/16 (2006.01); B65H 23/188 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 15/16 (2013.01); B65H 23/188 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pinion gear is coaxially attached to vicinity of an end of an inner bar. The pinion gear is engaged with a rack gear and rotates in response to upward and downward movements of the tension bar. When the pinion rotates, the inner bar correspondingly rotates. The inner bar and an outer bar, which is a tension applying bar, are connected to each other so as to freely rotate. When the pinion rotates, the inner bar correspondingly rotates, while the outer bar remains unrotated.