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Printing apparatus

US10703117B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 27, 2018
Grant dateJul 7, 2020
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Expiry dateFeb 27, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2553/414
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A roll sheet with a continuous sheet wound in a roll form is rotated in a forward direction to supply the sheet to a printing unit. A sensor whose output is changed in accordance with a distance between the sensor and the sheet is used. A rotation direction of the roll sheet is switched from an opposite direction to the forward direction on the basis of the output of the sensor during rotation of the roll sheet in the opposite direction.

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