Image-recording device
US7984958B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 29, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jul 26, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 27, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J23/025
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In an image-recording device, a feeding roller feeds recording media one at a time from a media-accommodating unit along a conveying path. A pair of registration rollers is disposed on the conveying path and conveys the recording medium fed by the feeding roller to an image-recording region. The registration rollers include a drive roller. A carriage reciprocates in the image-recoding region in a direction intersecting a conveying direction in which the recording medium is conveyed. A recording head is mounted on the carriage. A drive transmission switching unit is disposed outside the image-recording region on one end with respect to the reciprocating direction of the carriage and switches a combination of rotating and halted states of the drive roller in the registration rollers and the feeding roller between a continuous feeding mode and an intermittent feeding mode. A controlling unit activates the drive transmission switching unit by moving the carriage to selectively switch between the continuous feeding mode and the intermittent feeding mode.
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