US 12,448,244 B2
Transport device and recording device
Junya Shibuya, Shiojiri (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/305,517.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-071213 (JP), filed on Apr. 23, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0339711 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. B65H 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 9/004 (2013.01) [B65H 9/006 (2013.01); B65H 2301/331 (2013.01); B65H 2404/6111 (2013.01); B65H 2513/10 (2013.01); B65H 2513/20 (2013.01); B65H 2601/521 (2013.01); B65H 2801/06 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transport device for transporting a medium, the transport device comprising:
a skew correction unit configured to correct skew of the medium by colliding with the medium transported;
a first roller pair configured to transport the medium to the skew correction unit; and
a buffer unit provided with a contact portion configured to come into contact with the medium between the first roller pair and the skew correction unit in a transport direction of the medium, wherein
the buffer unit is configured such that a second transport velocity is lower than a first transport velocity, the first transport velocity being a transport velocity of the medium upstream of the buffer unit in the transport direction, the second transport velocity being a transport velocity of the medium when the medium collides with the skew correction unit after coming into contact with the contact portion and
the buffer unit is configured such that the contact portion does not collide with the medium strongly enough to correct the skew of the medium.