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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2012
Applicants:
Hiroyoshi Okada, Nagano-ken, JP;
Hiroyuki Kato, Nagano-ken, JP;
Norio Horaguchi, Nagano-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 15/00 (2006.01); B65H 23/06 (2006.01); B65H 23/182 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 23/06 (2013.01); B65H 2403/725 (2013.01); B65H 2513/21 (2013.01); B65H 2513/22 (2013.01); B65H 23/182 (2013.01);
Abstract
A conveyance device including a drive roller that feeds a sheet medium from a media roll having the sheet medium wound in a roll that can rotate on a center axis of the roll, a drive roller that supplies the sheet medium from the media roll, a roll rotating unit that rotates the media roll and rewinds the supplied sheet medium, and first and second brake devices that apply a load to rotation of the media roll and are disposed to the roll rotating unit, wherein the first brake device is controlled to apply the load when not energized.