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Title:
DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONVEYING ROLLED PAPER, AND IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2012086916
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To reduce the thickness of a unit as a whole.

This device for conveying rolled paper includes: a first roller and a second roller arranged along a conveyance direction; a base member for supporting the first roller and the second roller rotatably around the respective center shafts thereof; a rotary shaft for rotatably supporting the base member along the normal direction of a virtual plane including the respective center shafts of the first roller and the second roller; a cam follower arranged on the base member and projecting in the normal direction; an eccentric cam rotating around a center shaft along the normal direction for rotating the base member around a rotary shaft by engaging with the cam follower; a worm wheel rotating coaxially by being integrated with the eccentric cam; a worm meshing with the worm wheel and extending along an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the normal direction; and a motor including a drive shaft along the orthogonal direction for driving the eccentric cam by transmitting drive force to the worm wheel by rotating the worm with the rotation of the drive shaft.


Inventors:
SANTO HIROYUKI
Application Number:
JP2010232968A
Publication Date:
May 10, 2012
Filing Date:
October 15, 2010
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
SEIKO EPSON CORP
International Classes:
B65H23/038
Domestic Patent References:
JP2005503974A2005-02-10
JPH1186401A1999-03-30
JPH11322147A1999-11-24
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Isshiki International Patent Service Corporation