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Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 29, 2019
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Seijun Horie, Matsumoto, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 15/04 (2006.01); B65H 19/12 (2006.01); B65H 16/02 (2006.01); B65H 23/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 15/04 (2013.01); B65H 16/02 (2013.01); B65H 19/126 (2013.01); B65H 23/048 (2013.01); B65H 2301/52202 (2013.01); B65H 2403/41 (2013.01); B65H 2404/143 (2013.01); B65H 2408/212 (2013.01); B65H 2801/15 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a medium supply device including a spindle that supports a medium having a roll shape, a supplying portion that supplies the medium supported by the spindle toward outside, a plurality of support rollers that support the medium in positions between the spindle and the supplying portion, a moving roller that, in a contact position between the support rollers, is capable of coming into contact with a bridging medium extending across the support rollers in a state where a load is applied to the bridging medium and that is capable of moving from the contact position to a non-contact position of non-contact with the bridging medium, and a moving mechanism configured to move the moving roller from the contact position to the non-contact position.


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