Patent ID: 8708589
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A transport device comprising: a cutting section which cuts a medium that is transported along a transport direction; a discharge section which discharges a downstream portion cut from the medium by the cutting section downstream in the transport direction; and a transport control section which controls the cutting section and the discharge section, wherein the discharge section includes a first roller which is disposed at the bottom surface of the medium, a second roller which is disposed at the top surface of the medium, a driving source which generates a driving force for relatively moving the respective rollers in a direction so as to make the respective rollers approach each other and a direction of making the respective rollers separate from each other, and a motor for discharge which generates a driving force for rotating the respective rollers that are in the approached state, and wherein the transport control section: controls, at the time of after the cutting of the medium by the cutting section has started, the driving source such that the respective rollers are moved from the separated state to approach each other after the start of movement of a blade section, such that the downstream portion which is cut from the medium remains pinched by the respective rollers at the point of time of the completion of cutting, and controls the motor for discharge such that the downstream portion is discharged downstream in the transport direction by rotation of the respective rollers which pinch the downstream portion, after the completion of cutting.