US 11,873,129 B2
Printing apparatus
Toru Takami, Shiojiri (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/379,114.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-124506 (JP), filed on Jul. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0024627 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. B32B 41/00 (2006.01); B65C 9/18 (2006.01); B41J 15/16 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B65C 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65C 9/183 (2013.01) [B41J 3/4075 (2013.01); B41J 15/165 (2013.01); B65C 2009/009 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a printing part configured to perform printing on a recording medium in which a label is attached to a backing sheet;
transport rollers configured to sandwich and transport the recording medium;
a peeling member configured to bend the recording medium to peel off the label from the backing sheet; and
a tensioner configured to apply a tension to the recording medium in a direction opposite to a transport direction of the recording medium by the transport rollers, wherein
the transport rollers are positioned downstream of the peeling member in the transport direction, and the tensioner is positioned upstream of the peeling member,
wherein the tensioner includes a support portion configured to support the recording medium, and a pressing portion which is contactable to and separable from the support portion, the support portion and the pressing portion being non-rotatable; and
the tensioner sandwiches the recording medium between the support portion and the pressing portion.