Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
400634000 | Including friction-feed means (e.g., band) | 7 |
20080226377 | PRINTER - A printer includes first transporting belts disposed in parallel at predetermined intervals in the direction intersecting the direction of transportation of print media. The first transporting belts transport a print medium while adsorbing the print medium. Second transporting belts disposed in parallel at predetermined intervals in the direction intersecting the direction of transportation of print media further transport the print media. The second transporting belts are separated from the first transporting belts at the downstream part of the first transporting belts in the direction of transportation of print media. A print head prints on the print medium. The position of separation at which the print medium is separated from the first transporting belts is different in the direction of transportation of print media between one of the first transporting belts and another one of the first transporting belts. | 09-18-2008 |
20100272493 | IDLER ROLLER ASSEMBLY FOR PRINTING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an idler roller assembly for a printing apparatus. The idler rolling assembly includes a shaft, at least one idler rolling element connected to the shaft, the at least one idler rolling element having an inner surface and an outer surface and being connected to the shaft at a substantially center portion of the idler rolling element, the at least one idler rolling element being cylindrically shaped and having an axis substantially parallel to an axis of the shaft, and at least one radial control movement element connected to the shaft, the at least one radial control movement element having a radius selected to leave a predetermined gap between an outer edge of the at least one radial control movement element and the inner surface of the idler rolling element. | 10-28-2010 |
400635000 | By endless-feed band | 1 |
20140079461 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit and a conveyance unit. The image forming unit forms an image on a print medium. The conveyance unit has a belt member to convey the print medium in a state in which an end of the print medium in a width direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the print medium is placed outside an end of the belt member in the width direction. | 03-20-2014 |
400636000 | By roller couple (e.g., rotatable pinch rollers, etc.) | 4 |
20080240834 | MEDIUM TRANSPORT APPARATUS, PRINTER, PLOTTER AND COMBINATION OF PRINTER AND PLOTTER - A medium transport apparatus includes a feeding roller configured to rotate around a rotational axis. A guide rail extends along the rotational axis. A slider is supported by the guide rail and movable along the rotational axis. A rotatable pinch roller is configured to clamp medium between the feeding roller and the pinch roller to move the medium. A lever is connected to the pinch roller and movable to change a clamping state with respect to the medium between the feeding roller and the pinch roller. An arm is connected to the slider and configured to take an engaging position where the arm moves the lever to change the clamping state when the slider moves along the rotational axis and a standby position where the arm is not engaged with the lever when the slider moves along the rotational axis. | 10-02-2008 |
20090092434 | PRINT MEDIA MOVING APPARATUS - A print media moving apparatus is disposed in a printer for controlling movement of a print media. The print media moving apparatus includes a motor, a first media moving module, a second media moving module, a controlling module, a first power transmission module and a second power transmission module. The first and second media moving module are both coupled to the motor. The controlling module is coupled to the first and second media moving modules, and is for turning on the first media moving module when the printer operates under a first mode, and turning on the second media moving module when the printer operates under a second mode. The first and second power transmission modules are respectively coupled between the motor and the first and second media moving modules, and are respectively for delivering power from the motor to the first and second media moving modules. | 04-09-2009 |
20100209170 | CYLINDRICAL SHAFT, TRANSPORT ROLLER, TRANSPORT UNIT AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A cylindrical shaft which is formed in a cylindrical shape by pressing process in a state in which a pair of ends are opposite to each other is disclosed. A joint is formed between the pair of ends, and includes a plurality of intersection portions extending in a direction intersecting with an axial direction of the cylindrical shaft, a first straight portion connecting the ends of one side each of the pair of adjacent intersection portions, and a second straight portion connecting the ends of the other sides of the pair of adjacent intersection portions and being shorter than the first straight portion. A distance between the pair of ends at the first straight portion is shorter than a distance between the pair of ends at the second straight portion. | 08-19-2010 |
400639000 | Including upper feed-roller(s) (e.g, pressure roller, etc.) | 1 |
20110280646 | PINCH ROLLER ASSEMBLY FOR PRINTER - A pinch roller assembly for a printer having a media width printhead is provided having an elongate support plate securely mounted to a housing of the printer so as to extend along the media width, two elongate pinch housings movably supported on either side the support plate so as to extend along the media width, and a series of pinch rollers rotatably held within each pinch housing so as to extend along the media width. The pinch housings have alignment pins for engagement with the housing of the printer through movement of the pinch housings relative to the support plate. The engagement aligns the series of pinch rollers with a respective driven roller rotatably mounted to the housing to provide pinched contact for media being transported through the printer. | 11-17-2011 |