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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2013
Applicant:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventor:
Masayuki Okumura, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 9/16 (2006.01); B65H 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/062 (2013.01);
Abstract
A transport apparatus includes: a guide surface which extends in a transport direction for transporting a medium and which is configured to guide the medium to be transported; a first roller which is a driving roller for transporting the medium; a second roller which is a driven roller arranged to face the first roller; and a roller support member which rotatably supports the second roller and which is configured to be pivotable about a support shaft perpendicular to an axis of a rotational shaft of the second roller between a first position and a second position.