Device for feeding recording medium in the recording direction

Details Device for feeding recording medium in the recording direction Device for feeding recording medium in the recording direction

1991-08-22

1992-12-08

Eickholt, Eugene H.

Printing

Processes

With heating or cooling

400120, 400636, 101288, 156387, 156277, B41L 3514

Patent

active

051688140

ABSTRACT:
A feeding device for feeding a recording medium having a predetermined printing area on one of its opposite ssurfaces. The printing area extends in a printing direction. The feeding device includes a pair of feed rollers which holds the medium therebetween in rolling contact with the opposite surfaces of the medium. At least one of the pair of feed rollers is driven so as to rotate about an axis perpendicular to the printing direction, to feed the medium in the printing direction. One of the feed rollers which contacts the above-indicated one surface of the medium has an outer circumferential surface which includes a small-diameter portion whose diameter is smaller than that of the other portions. The small-diameter portion is aligned with the printing area in a direction of width of the medium perpendicular to the printing direction, so that the small-diameter portion is prevented from contacting the printed image. The feed rollers may be replaced by a platen roller of a printer. The platen roller is rotated about an axis perpendicular to the printing direction, and cooperates with a print head of the printer to hold and feed the recording medium such that the platen roller and the print head contact the opposite surfaces of the medium. This arrangement also protects the printed image from an adverse influence by a feeding action of the feeding device.

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