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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2009
Masaki Kobayashi, Suwa, JP;
Kiyoto Komuro, Okaya, JP;
Masaki Kobayashi, Suwa, JP;
Kiyoto Komuro, Okaya, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A transport device for transporting a roll-shaped recording medium includes: a pair of roll retainers that are attached to both sides of a roll portion of the roll-shaped recording medium; a pair of spindles that are engaged with the roll retainers to support the roll portion; a transport roller that transports the roll-shaped recording medium drawn out from the roll portion while pinching the roll-shaped recording medium; and a positioning mechanism that rotates the roll portion supported by the spindles in a direction in which tension is applied to the drawn roll-shaped recording medium to move the roll portion to one side in a longitudinal direction such that a reference edge of the roll-shaped recording medium comes into contact with a reference position, thereby positioning the reference edge of the roll-shaped recording medium.