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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2013
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Masao Mimoto, Nagoya, JP;
Iwane Sano, Obu, JP;
Yasuhiro Ota, Yatomi, JP;
Keisuke Wakakusa, Nagoya, JP;
Jie Xiu, Nagoya, JP;
Noriyuki Kawamata, Nagoya, JP;
Shingo Ito, Kasugai, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A transport apparatus includes a transport roller having a first supported portion and a second supported portion at positions separated in a first direction, and configured to abut against a sheet, rotate in a second direction about a rotation axis extending in the first direction, and transport the sheet; a first support member configured to rotatably support the transport roller, the first support member having a first receiving portion which is in the form of a circular arc and configured to abut against a portion in a circumferential direction of an outer periphery of the first supported portion; and a second support member configured to rotatably support the transport roller, the second support member having a second receiving portion which is in the form of a circular arc and configured to abut against a portion in a circumferential direction of an outer periphery of the second supported portion.