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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 26, 2019
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Daisuke Fujiwara, Matsumoto, JP;

Takashi Akahane, Miyada-mura, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 15/16 (2006.01); B65H 23/188 (2006.01); B65H 23/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 15/16 (2013.01); B41J 15/165 (2013.01); B65H 23/16 (2013.01); B65H 23/1888 (2013.01);
Abstract

A transport device includes a transport roller configured to transport a roll paper, a winding unit configured to wind the roll paper transported, a tension applying unit configured to apply tension to the medium between the transport roller and the winding unit, and a control unit configured to control the tension applying unit. The control unit is configured to control the tension applying unit to maintain a state where the tension is released, at least during an acceleration period of rotation of the transport roller within a period in which the transport roller applies a transporting force to the roll paper.


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