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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2017
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Toshio Nakata, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 15/16 (2006.01); B65H 18/26 (2006.01); B65H 75/28 (2006.01); B41J 13/22 (2006.01); B65H 19/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 15/165 (2013.01); B65H 18/26 (2013.01); B65H 75/285 (2013.01); B41J 13/223 (2013.01); B65H 19/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A winding apparatus that can restrain a medium from being wound unevenly when a long medium is wound around a winding roller and a printing apparatus that includes the winding apparatus are provided. A winding apparatus includes a winding section that has a winding roller rotatably supported therein and winds a long medium around the winding roller. The winding section also has a pressing portion that presses the medium toward the winding roller.