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Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 27, 2017
Applicant:

Riso Kagaku Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Kazuyuki Aoki, Ibaraki, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 15/00 (2006.01); B41J 13/00 (2006.01); B65H 23/18 (2006.01); B41J 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 13/0009 (2013.01); B41J 15/16 (2013.01); B65H 23/1806 (2013.01);
Abstract

A conveyance apparatus includes a conveyance roller, a conveyance motor, a back tension roller, a conveyance speed detector, a brake, and a controller. The controller is configured to: based on a conveyance speed of a web detected by the conveyance speed detector, control a value of a drive control parameter of the conveyance motor such that the conveyance speed of the web is equal to a target speed; and, based on an output torque of the conveyance motor corresponding to the value of the drive control parameter, adjust a braking force of the brake applied to the back tension roller which applies a tension to the web such that the tension of the web is equal to a target tension.


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