公开(公告)号：US20220080753A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-17

申请号：US17447475

申请日：2021-09-13

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Keisuke KITAHARA

IPC: B41J11/42

Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit, a support unit, a roller pair downstream of the recording unit and configured to transport the medium, a plurality of regulating members disposed between the recording unit and the roller pair and configured to touch the medium from above, and an inversion path configured to invert front-to-back the medium on which recording was performed and to merge upstream of the recording unit, where a nip point of the roller pair is positioned higher than the support face, a bottom end of each regulating member is disposed at a position for pushing the medium down lower than the nip point of the roller pair and of the plurality of regulating members, the regulating members disposed at both end portion sides in the width direction apply less load on the medium than the regulating member disposed toward a center in the width direction.

公开(公告)号：US20240051311A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-15

申请号：US18366487

申请日：2023-08-07

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Koki FUKASAWA ,  Keisuke KITAHARA

IPC: B41J11/04

CPC classification number: B41J11/04

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes an insertion port that is provided in a transport path of a medium and through which the medium is to be inserted; a roller pair configured to nip and transport the medium inserted through the insertion port, in the transport path, the roller pair comprises rollers facing each other; a printing unit configured to perform printing on the medium transported in the transport path by the roller pair; and a lever configured to switch a position of at least one roller of the roller pair between a nipping position where the roller pair is configured to nip the medium and a separation position where the roller pair does not nip the medium. A first lever as the lever is arranged within a range in which the medium transported by the roller pair is present, in a width direction intersecting with a transport direction of the medium.