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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2021
Applicant:
Roland Dg Corporation, Hamamatsu, JP;
Inventor:
Ryosuke Nonaka, Hamamatsu, JP;
Assignee:
ROLAND DG CORPORATION, Shizuoka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 13/02 (2006.01); B41J 13/048 (2006.01); B41J 13/03 (2006.01); B41J 11/70 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 13/025 (2013.01); B41J 11/0045 (2013.01); B41J 11/70 (2013.01); B41J 11/703 (2013.01); B41J 11/706 (2013.01); B41J 13/03 (2013.01); B41J 13/048 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printer includes a driving roller to move a medium supported on a support table in a predetermined transportation direction, and pinch roller assemblies each including a pinch roller, a support to support the pinch roller to allow the pinch roller to contact, or to be spaced from, the driving roller, and an actuator provided upstream in the transportation direction with respect to the pinch roller. The actuator includes a contact portion contactable with the support, and an operation portion to press the contact portion to the support to move the pinch roller in a direction away from the driving roller.