US 12,064,955 B2
Medium supporting mechanism and printing apparatus
Yohei Shibata, Shiojiri (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/058,396.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-191793 (JP), filed on Nov. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0166534 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 11/02 (2006.01); B41J 11/057 (2006.01); B41J 11/06 (2006.01); B41J 15/04 (2006.01); B41J 2/01 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 11/0045 (2013.01) [B41J 11/005 (2013.01); B41J 11/02 (2013.01); B41J 11/057 (2013.01); B41J 11/06 (2013.01); B41J 15/04 (2013.01); B41J 2/01 (2013.01); B41J 11/0055 (2013.01); B41J 15/046 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medium supporting mechanism comprising:
a medium supporting unit; and
a medium holding unit, wherein
the medium supporting unit includes
a support face supporting a medium,
a guide rail being provided, at the support face, to extend along a width direction intersecting a transport direction in which the medium is transported, and
an engaged portion being positioned upstream of the guide rail in the transport direction and intersecting the support face,
the medium holding unit includes
a holding portion covering an edge of the medium in the width direction,
an abutting portion movable between an abutting position and a separation position, the abutting position being a position at which the abutting portion presses and abuts against the abutting surface being an inner wall of the guide rail, the separation position being a position at which the abutting portion is separated away from the abutting surface,
a switching portion configured to switch a position of the abutting portion from one of the abutting position and the separation position to the other one thereof, and
an engaging portion configured to engage with the engaged portion, and
the medium holding unit includes a pressing portion downstream of the abutting portion in the transport direction, the pressing portion being configured to press the support face to move a position of the holding portion in a direction away from the support face.