TRANSPORTING APPARATUS AND RECORDING APPARATUS

• US 20140132689A1
• Filed: 11/11/2013
• Published: 05/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: ISHIKAWA, Akira, MIYAZAKI, Kenichi
• Granted Patent: US 9,308,748 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 347/104
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 11/0005 Curl smoothing, i.e. smoothing down corrugated printing material, e.g. by pressing means acting on wrinkled printing material
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 15/046 for the guidance of continuous copy material, e.g. for preventing skewed conveyance of the continuous copy material
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 23/04 longitudinally
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2404/5214 extending in parallel to transport direction
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2515/70 Electrical or magnetic properties, e.g. electric power or current
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2515/84 Quality; Condition, e.g. degree of wear
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2801/36 Plotting

Abstract

A transporting apparatus includes a pair of transport rollers that transport a medium along a transport path that extends in a transport direction, a medium supporting section that supports the medium at a portion downstream of the pair of transport rollers in the transport direction, a supporting projection that supports the medium at a portion downstream of the medium supporting section in the transport direction, the medium being supported at an upstream portion in the transport direction by the medium supporting section, and a guide portion that is arranged at a position downstream of the medium supporting section in the transport direction and upstream of the supporting projection in the transport direction, the guide portion forming a concavity in the transport path with respect to the medium supporting section and the supporting projection.

Claims

1. A transporting apparatus, comprising:

a transporting unit that transports a medium along a transport path that extends in a transport direction;

a medium supporting section that supports the medium at a portion downstream of the transporting unit in the transport direction;

a supporting projection that supports the medium, which is supported by the medium supporting section at an upstream portion in the transport direction, at a portion downstream of the medium supporting section in the transport direction; and

a guide portion that is arranged at a position downstream of the medium supporting section in the transport direction and upstream of the supporting projection in the transport direction, the guide portion forming a concavity in the transport path with respect to the medium supporting section and the supporting projection.

2. The transporting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the guide portion includes a concavity that extends in a width direction that intersects the transport direction.

3. The transporting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the guide portion is formed by two or more guiding surfaces consecutively aligned in the transport direction.

4. The transporting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the supporting projection is arranged below the medium supporting section.

5. The transporting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a recording unit that performs recording on the medium is arranged between the transporting unit and the guide portion in the transport direction.

6. The transporting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

an end portion of the medium supporting section downstream in the transport direction and the supporting projection are arranged along an imaginary curve that has a center of curvature below the medium supporting section, and

the guide portion is arranged on the center of curvature side of the imaginary curve.

7. The transporting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a winding unit that is arranged below the supporting projection and that winds the medium supported by the medium supporting section and the supporting projection.

8. A recording apparatus, comprising:

the transporting apparatus according to claim 1; and

a recording unit that performs recording on the medium that is transported by the transporting apparatus.

9. A recording apparatus, comprising:

the transporting apparatus according to claim 2; and

a recording unit that performs recording on the medium that is transported by the transporting apparatus.

10. A recording apparatus, comprising:

the transporting apparatus according to claim 3; and

a recording unit that performs recording on the medium that is transported by the transporting apparatus.

11. A recording apparatus, comprising:

the transporting apparatus according to claim 4; and

a recording unit that performs recording on the medium that is transported by the transporting apparatus.

12. A recording apparatus, comprising:

the transporting apparatus according to claim 5; and

a recording unit that performs recording on the medium that is transported by the transporting apparatus.

13. A recording apparatus, comprising:

the transporting apparatus according to claim 6; and

a recording unit that performs recording on the medium that is transported by the transporting apparatus.

14. A recording apparatus, comprising:

the transporting apparatus according to claim 7; and

a recording unit that performs recording on the medium that is transported by the transporting apparatus.