Patent ID: 11964842
Assignee: SILHOUETTE JAPAN CORPORATION
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A pinch roller mechanism of a plotter,
comprising:
a rail supported by a frame of the plotter and extending in a first direction crossing a conveyance direction of a medium while being apart from a medium driving roller configured to convey the medium;
a slider supported by the rail to be movable along the rail;
a roller bracket supported by the slider to be movable forward and backward with respect to the medium driving roller;
a spring provided between the slider and the roller bracket and configured to bias the roller bracket toward the medium driving roller; and
a pinch roller rotatably supported by the roller bracket while setting an axial direction in the first direction;

wherein:
the roller bracket includes a slide plate standing toward the slider,
the slider includes a guide groove into which the slide plate is inserted;
the slide plate includes a first slide plate and a second slide plate, which are provided at both ends of the roller bracket, and
the guide groove includes a first guide groove and a second guide groove, which are formed at both ends of the slider.