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Title:
PRINT MEDIA TRANSPORT APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2017036150
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a print media transport apparatus such as belt-type conveyors or pallets on an endless track, the apparatus being used to convey media on which text or an image may be printed, such print media transport apparatus being used to convey media from a media storage area to a position in which the media can be printed and then to convey the media to a collection area.SOLUTION: A print media transport apparatus 100 includes a plurality of pallets 102 having a self-propulsion mechanism and supporting print media. The pallets circulate on an endless track 104 including a printing zone 106, a descending zone 108 and an ascending zone 110. A controller 112 controls the self-propulsion mechanisms of the pallets such that a pallet on the descending zone is at least partially supported by another pallet which is ahead on the track, and a pallet on the ascending zone is at least partially driven by a pallet which follows on the track.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Inventors:
ALEX VEIS
YUVAL DIM
Application Number:
JP2016149642A
Publication Date:
February 16, 2017
Filing Date:
July 29, 2016
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
HEWLETT-PACKARD IND PRINTING LTD
International Classes:
B65H5/04; B41J2/01
Domestic Patent References:
JP2010201817A2010-09-16
JP2010201817A2010-09-16
JP2009242057A2009-10-22
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shoichi Okuyama
Arihara Koichi
Matsushima Tetsuo
Hidefumi Kawamura
Ayako Nakamura
Satoshi Morimoto
Yu Tanaka
Tokumoto Koichi
Akiko Mizushima