Patent ID: 11897275
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A printing apparatus, comprising:
a carriage configured to support a liquid discharging head for discharging liquid onto a medium being transported, and to be caused to perform scanning along a width direction intersecting with a transport direction of the medium;
a maintenance device configured to be used for maintenance of the liquid discharging head;
a supporting member having a first guide rail extending along the width direction, and a support face configured to support the medium; and
an edge holder having a first engaging portion engaged with the first guide rail, and a plate member covering a first end portion of the medium on a first direction side in the width direction, an area of the scanning of the liquid discharging head overlapping the edge holder in the transport direction, wherein
the first guide rail is provided across an entirety of the supporting member in the width direction,
when the first engaging portion engages the first guide rail and a position of the edge holder is adjusted such that the plate member covers the first end portion of the medium, the edge holder is biased to the first guide rail with a predetermined force and the edge holder is enabled to slide along the first guide rail if horizontal force which is larger than the predetermined force is applied to the edge holder,
when the medium becomes jammed in a condition that the edge holder is biased to the first guide rail with the predetermined force, a jam portion of the medium is raised and stuck in the width direction between the carriage and the edge holder such that the carriage forces the jam portion into the edge holder in the width direction, a magnitude of force that the carriage presses the edge holder via the medium is magnitude large enough to slide the edge holder against the predetermined force, the edge holder Aides along the first guide rail in the width direction toward a retraction region, and
when the edge holder is fully sled to the retraction region, the first engaging portion disengages the first guide rail and the edge holder falls in a gap between the supporting member and the maintenance device formed in the retraction region.