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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yuichi Segawa, Shiojiri, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/053 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/0025 (2013.01); B41J 13/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
A recording apparatus includes: a first roller; a plurality of second rollers which are displaceably provided between a position that is contacted with the first roller and a position that is left apart from the first roller, and are disposed along an axial direction of rotation of the first roller; and a unit that switches roller position, which causes the second rollers located outside a region of a medium among the plurality of second rollers to leave apart from the first roller depending on a size of a medium that is transported.