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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2009
Applicant:
Naoki Matsuya, Chiba, JP;
Inventor:
Naoki Matsuya, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko I Infotech Inc., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 (2006.01); B65H 3/52 (2006.01); B65H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A medium holding apparatus holds a medium to be transferred in a printer. A pair of holding members are mounted to undergo movement and are configured to continuously hold respective end sections of the medium in a width direction of the medium during transfer of the medium in the printer. A support structure supports the pair of holding members so that the pair of holding members are permitted to advance and retract in the width direction of the medium in accordance with positions of the end sections of the medium in the width direction.