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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2018
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Masaaki Kinoshita, Shiojiri, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B65H 5/26 (2006.01); B65H 5/36 (2006.01); B65H 7/06 (2006.01); B65H 9/00 (2006.01); B65H 23/038 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); B65H 3/06 (2006.01); B41J 19/18 (2006.01); B65H 7/02 (2006.01); B41J 11/42 (2006.01); B65H 9/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/06 (2013.01); B41J 11/42 (2013.01); B41J 19/18 (2013.01); B65H 3/0661 (2013.01); B65H 5/26 (2013.01); B65H 5/36 (2013.01); B65H 7/02 (2013.01); B65H 9/006 (2013.01); B65H 9/008 (2013.01); B65H 9/14 (2013.01); B65H 23/038 (2013.01); B65H 2402/31 (2013.01); B65H 2402/32 (2013.01); B65H 2402/46 (2013.01); B65H 2403/942 (2013.01); B65H 2404/144 (2013.01); B65H 2404/1522 (2013.01); B65H 2405/332 (2013.01);
Abstract
A transport apparatus includes a feed unit as an example of a supply unit which supplies a medium in a transport direction, and a transport unit which transports the medium supplied from the feed unit. The transport unit includes a transport roller (a driving roller) which sends the medium, and a driven roller which nips the medium between the transport roller and the driven roller. The driven roller is movable in the transport direction relative to the transport roller.