Patent ID: 9120332
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
1. A target transporting device comprising: a transporting unit that applies a transport force to a target toward a downstream side from an upstream side while pinching the target; a tension applying unit that applies a tension force to the target being pinched by the transporting unit toward the upstream side in a transport direction of the target; and a transport amount detecting unit that is disposed at a location upstream of the transporting unit on a transport path of the target so as to detect a transport amount of the target to which the tension force is being applied by the tension applying unit, wherein the transport amount detecting unit does not contact the target, wherein the tension applying unit supports the target while causing a portion of the target on the upstream side of the tension applying unit to hang down by gravity wherein a surface of the tension applying unit that supports the target is formed in a carved shape curving along the transport direction of the target.