Transporting apparatus and recording apparatus

Abstract

The invention provides a transporting apparatus and a recording apparatus that can suppress generation of static electricity while an appropriate tension is applied to the medium that is being transported. The transporting apparatus (27) includes a pair of transport rollers (29) that transport a medium along a transport path that extends in a transport direction (F), a medium supporting section (38) that supports the medium (S) at a portion downstream of the pair of transport rollers (29) in the transport direction (F), a supporting projection (40) that supports the medium (S) at a portion downstream of the medium supporting section in the transport direction, the medium being supported at an upstream portion in the transport direction by the medium supporting section (38), and a guide portion (39) that is arranged at a position downstream of the medium supporting section in the transport direction and upstream of the supporting projection in the transport direction, the guide portion forming a concavity in the transport path with respect to the medium supporting section (38) and the supporting projection (40).

Description

technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a conveying device for conveying a medium and a recording device provided with such a conveying device. Background technique [0002] As an example of a recording device, there is an inkjet printer that performs printing by ejecting ink onto a medium such as roll paper. Among such printers, there is a printer in which a device for applying tension to the paper is arranged on the conveyance path from the recording section where printing is performed to winding the printed paper (roll paper). And the supporting member of the supporting surface for bending, and the heater for heating and drying the printing surface of the paper. Furthermore, the support member transmits the heat of the heater to the paper, and also contributes to stretching the wrinkles of the wound paper (for example, Patent Document 1). [0003] However, it is not limited to the case of heating with a heater or the case of winding, and it is preferable...

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Problems solved by technology

However, when a curved support surface is used to guide paper, sometimes the paper is charged with static electricity due to sliding contact with the support surface, and is stuck to the support surface, causing the conveyance to stagnate.

Also, when the paper that has been stuck in conveyance is continued to be conveyed, the paper will be bent and lifted from the supporting surface, thereby possibly causing damage to the printing surface due to the paper coming into contact with components arranged along the conveying path, etc.

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