IP Library Granted Patent US 12,271,139
Granted Patent B2
US 12,271,139 · App. 17/650,085 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Transport apparatus

Inventor: Satoshi Omoto (Nagano, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
G03G15/607B65H7/02B65H7/20B65H2511/11B65H2513/512G03G2215/00599G03G2215/00734
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Patent No.
US 12,271,139
App. No.
17/650,085
Granted
Apr 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A transport apparatus includes: a transport mechanism that transports a medium manually inserted; and a control unit that changes, depending on a type of the medium, a start timing of transporting the medium.

Claims (46)

1. A transport apparatus comprising:

a transport mechanism that transports a medium manually inserted to feed the medium in a transport direction, and that includes feed rollers rotating to transport the medium;

a medium setting detection sensor that is arranged upstream relative to the feed rollers in the transport direction and spaced apart from the feed rollers in the transport direction, and that detects the medium; and

a control unit that

changes a wait time depending on a type of the medium, the wait time being a time from when the medium setting detection sensor detects the medium and to when the feed rollers start transporting the medium,

waits for a changed wait time that has been changed, after the medium is manually inserted, and

starts transporting of the medium after waiting for the changed wait time after changing the wait time,

the control unit changing the wait time by setting the wait time for the medium for which an error during transport has occurred consecutively twice or more in a predetermined time to a longer time than the wait time for the medium for which an error during transport has not occurred consecutively twice or more in the predetermined time.

2. The transport apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the control unit changes the wait time further by setting the wait time for the medium that has a size which is larger than a predetermined size to a longer time than the wait time for the medium that has a size which is not larger than the predetermined size.

3. The transport apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the control unit changes the wait time further by setting the wait time for the medium that has a thickness which is thinner than a predetermined thickness to a longer time than the wait time for the medium that has a thickness which is not thinner than the predetermined thickness.

4. The transport apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising

a sensor in a set position for the medium, wherein

the control unit determines, based on output of the sensor, the type of the medium.

5. The transport apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the transport mechanism includes

a feed detection sensor that detects the medium transported by the feed rollers and outputs to the control unit a signal indicating that the medium is detected, and

the control unit changes, depending on the type of the medium, a maximum value of a transport time for rotating the feed rollers to transport the medium,

after starting the transporting of the medium by the feed rollers, the control unit stops rotation of the feed rollers when the control unit does not acquire the signal from the feed detection sensor before the maximum value of the transport time elapses.

6. A method for producing a print product using a transport apparatus including

a transport mechanism that transports a medium manually inserted to feed the medium in a transport direction, and that includes feed rollers rotating to transport the medium,

a medium setting detection sensor that is arranged upstream relative to the feed rollers in the transport direction and spaced apart from the feed rollers in the transport direction, and that detects the medium, and

a control unit that

changes a wait time depending on a type of the medium, the wait time being a time from when the medium setting detection sensor detects the medium and to when the feed rollers start transporting the medium,

waits for a changed wait time that has been changed, after the medium is manually inserted, and

starts transporting of the medium after waiting for the changed wait time after changing the wait time,

the method comprising:

acquiring the type of the medium;

changing the wait time depending on the type of the medium, by setting the wait time for the medium for which an error during transport has occurred consecutively twice or more in a predetermined time to a longer time than the wait time for the medium for which an error during transport has not occurred consecutively twice or more in the predetermined time;

waiting for the changed wait time after the medium is manually inserted;

starting the transporting of the medium after waiting for the changed wait time after changing the wait time; and

performing printing on the medium being transported to produce a print product.

7. A method for producing scan data using a transport apparatus including

a transport mechanism that transports a medium manually inserted to feed the medium in a transport direction, and that includes feed rollers rotating to transport the medium,

a medium setting detection sensor that is arranged upstream relative to the feed rollers in the transport direction and spaced apart from the feed rollers in the transport direction, and that detects the medium, and

a control unit that

changes a wait time depending on a type of the medium, the wait time being a time from when the medium setting detection sensor detects the medium and to when the feed rollers start transporting the medium,

waits for a changed wait time that has been changed, after the medium is manually inserted, and

starts transporting of the medium after waiting for the changed wait time after changing the wait time,

the method comprising:

acquiring the type of the medium;

changing the wait time depending on the type of the medium, by setting the wait time for the medium for which an error during transport has occurred consecutively twice or more in a predetermined time to a longer time than the wait time for the medium for which an error during transport has not occurred consecutively twice or more in the predetermined time;

waiting for the changed wait time after the medium is manually inserted;

starting the transporting the medium after waiting for the changed wait time after changing the wait time; and

scanning the medium being transported to produce scan data.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2022
From: OMOTO, SATOSHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058902/0223 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-018029 · Feb 8, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220253012A1 · Aug 11, 2022
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