Discharge device of medium and liquid emitting apparatus having the discharge device
US6896363B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 7, 2003 |
| Grant date | May 24, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 21, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J13/106
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A discharge device for discharging a medium, includes: a discharge-driving roller, provided in a downstream of a liquid emitting head for emitting liquid onto the medium, for being driven to rotate; a discharge-driven roller, biased by a biasing mechanism toward the discharge-driving roller, for being brought into contact with the discharge-driving roller to be rotated by the discharge-driving roller; a discharge frame, to which the discharge-driven roller is attached, having a posture changeable between a contact posture that brings the discharge-driven roller into contact with the discharge-driving roller and a release posture that moves the discharge-driven roller away from the discharge-driving roller; and an engagement portion, provided on the discharge frame, for engaging with an outside region of the medium inserted between the discharge-driving roller and the discharge-driven roller toward an upstream against a force applied by the biasing mechanism, the outside region being a region other than a liquid-emitted region of the medium onto which the liquid is to be emitted, wherein the medium is discharged by rotation of the discharge-driving roller, and the outside region of …
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