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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2011
Ippei Tanaka, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yuichi Sugiyama, Hamamatsu, JP;
Ippei Tanaka, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yuichi Sugiyama, Hamamatsu, JP;
Roland DG Corporation, Hamamatsu-Shi, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is related to a pinch roller lifting mechanism. The pinch roller lifting mechanism includes drive rollers for holding and transferring a medium, the drive rollers arranged adjacent to each other along a first axis, pinch rollers for holding the medium with the drive rollers, a plate-like member extending along the first axis, wherein the plate-like member includes an opening, a support member having a first end section on which the pinch rollers are provided, a cam slidably provided on the plate-like member, the cam comprising a guide section that abuts against a second end section of the support member and engages the opening of the plate-like member, a pulley operationally connected to a drive motor for pulling the plate-like member in a first direction, and a spring that biases the plate-like member in a direction opposite to the first direction.