Medium transport device and medium processing apparatus including the same

    公开(公告)号:US12116234B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-15

    申请号:US17901607

    申请日:2022-09-01

    IPC分类号: B65H5/06 B65H7/02 B65H9/16

    摘要: A medium transport device includes: a first transport unit on a front side and a first transport unit on a rear side that are respectively disposed in a front part and a rear part of a region having a length in a transport direction of a medium having a transportable minimum size and that transport the medium while nipping the medium; a second transport unit that is disposed between the first transport units and that transports the medium while nipping the medium and pulling the nipped medium outward in a width direction intersecting the transport direction; and a controller that performs control so that the medium transport device transports the medium while nipping the medium by using only the second transport unit when the medium is a thin medium having a thickness less than or equal to a predetermined thickness and so that the medium transport device transports the medium while nipping the medium by using the first transport units and the second transport unit when the medium is a medium other than the thin medium.

    Media Processing Device Configured to Reduce Media Waste

    公开(公告)号:US20240253922A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-01

    申请号:US18104637

    申请日:2023-02-01

    IPC分类号: B65H7/02

    摘要: Disclosed is a media processing device, including a printing assembly located downstream of a media supply. The media supply includes media elements. The media processing device further includes a memory configured to store media profiles and an edge detection sensor configured to detect edges of the media elements. The edge detection sensor is located proximate to an upstream end of the printing assembly. The media processing device further includes a control circuit configured to receive a media profile, determine calibration data based on the media profile, feed a first media element through the printing assembly, determine a media element length based on the media profile, retract the first media element back through the printing assembly based on the media element length, and print on the first media element by way of the printing assembly.

    Conveyer and image recording apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11932509B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-19

    申请号:US17533602

    申请日:2021-11-23

    IPC分类号: B65H5/06 B65H5/36 B65H7/02

    CPC分类号: B65H5/06 B65H5/36 B65H7/02

    摘要: A conveyer includes: a supporting member which supports a roll body having a sheet wound therearound; a conveyance roller which conveys the sheet; a guide member; an urging member which urges the guide member; a sensor; and a controller. The controller is configured: to determine a target position of the guide member and a permissible position in accordance with the target position; to control a rotation amount of the supporting member and/or a rotation amount of the conveyance roller; to determine whether or not a position of the guide member exceeds the permissible position; and to perform a notification of a conveying error of the sheet.

    Sensor for feeding of media sheets

    公开(公告)号:US11807491B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-07

    申请号:US17461431

    申请日:2021-08-30

    IPC分类号: B65H7/20 B65H7/02

    摘要: According to examples, an apparatus may include a media feed mechanism, printing components, an output tray, a sensor, a processor, and a memory on which is stored machine-readable instructions. The instructions may cause the processor to receive a signal from the sensor corresponding to a detection by the sensor of a movement that triggers output of the signal from the sensor. The instructions may also, based on receipt of the signal, cause the media feed mechanism to feed a sheet of media out of the apparatus into the output tray.