Patent ID: 9573784
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: B41J,B65H

Claim:
1. An apparatus for moving a continuous web of print media comprising: a web guide having an arcuate surface including a first section, a second section, and a third section, the second section being located between the first section and the third section, the arcuate surface including a peak located in the second section; a roller having an axis of rotation and a diameter, the roller including a first section, a second section, and a third section, the second section being located between the first section and the third section as viewed along the axis of rotation, the roller including a profile as viewed along the axis of rotation in which the diameter of the roller in the first section and the diameter of the roller in the third section are each greater than the diameter of the roller in the second section, the web guide being positioned along a media travel path immediately upstream relative to the roller, the first section, the second section, and the third section of the web guide corresponding to the first section, the second section, and the third section of the roller such that the contour of the arcuate surface causes the print media, after leaving the web guide, to contact the first section and the third section of the roller prior to contacting the second section of the roller; wherein the web guide is a convex roller; and the convex roller includes a wrap angle, wherein the wrap angle is less than or equal to 20°.