US 11,724,504 B2
Transportation apparatus and printing apparatus
Akinobu Nakahata, Shiojiri (JP); Soichiro Kii, Shiojiri (JP); Atsushi Mukaida, Shiojiri (JP); and Yosaku Tamura, Azumino (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/645,126.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-214095 (JP), filed on Dec. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0194084 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 13/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 2/185 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/16505 (2013.01) [B41J 2/185 (2013.01); B41J 29/38 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
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1. A transportation apparatus comprising:
an apparatus body having a transportation path including a downward path along which a medium is transported downward in an apparatus height direction and an upward path along which the medium is transported upward in the apparatus height direction, the downward path and the upward path have portions located at the same level in the apparatus height direction;
a cover disposed on the apparatus body and configured to cover and uncover the transportation path;
a first path formation portion disposed in the apparatus body and configured to be moved to a first position and to a second position, the first path formation portion defining a portion of the downward path when positioned at the first position and being away from the downward path when positioned at the second position;
a second path formation portion disposed on the cover, the second path formation portion defining the upward path and defining the downward path with the first path formation portion during a closed state in which the cover covers the transportation path; and
a movement portion configured to move the first path formation portion to the first position or the second position in response to opening or closing of the cover, wherein
at least a portion of the first path formation portion is positioned in a movement area of the second path formation portion during the closed state, and
the movement portion moves the first path formation portion to the second position when the cover is opened and moves the first path formation portion to the first position when the cover is closed.