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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kenichi Nakajima, Shimosuwa-machi, JP;
Akihiro Shintani, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 15/04 (2006.01); B41J 11/04 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 15/04 (2013.01); B41J 3/4075 (2013.01); B41J 15/042 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tape feeding apparatus has a feeding roller that feeds a tape and a roller accommodation section that has a cylindrical accommodation section inner surface along with a roller outer circumferential surface of the feeding roller, accommodates the feeding roller having a gap with the roller outer circumferential surface, and has a roller opening aperture through which the accommodated feeding roller faces the tape. The feeding roller is rotatably supported at one end section side in a cantilever state and is opened at the other section side.