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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2019
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Seijun Horie, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
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.