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Recording device

US12240226B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 14, 2022
Grant dateMar 4, 2025
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Expiry dateMay 19, 2043

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2801/06
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A printer includes a curved path through which a medium is transported toward a line head, a transport roller pair provided in the curved path, pinching the medium by a driving roller and a driven roller at a pinching position, and transporting the medium, a gate portion having a contact surface configured to switch between a contact position located upstream of the pinching position in a transport direction in the curved path and a retreat position at which the contact surface does not contact with the medium, and a guide portion guiding a tip of the transported medium to the contact surface located at the contact position.

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