Patent ID: 7762550
Filing Date: 2010-07-27
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printing medium transferring apparatus comprising: a first guide member; a second guide member which faces to said first guide member, for guiding a surface of a printing medium; a conveying roller which contacts a surface of a printing medium guided by said second guide member, for conveying a printing medium; a pinch roller which is pressed to said conveying roller; detection means disposed in a printing medium transferring space formed between said first guide member and said second guide member, for detecting a presence of the printing medium; eject roller for conveying the printing medium conveyed by said conveying roller; a driven roller which is pressed to said eject roller; a holding member for holding said driven roller; and a driving source for moving said pinch roller between one position where said pinch roller is pressed to be in contact with said conveying roller and the other position where said pinch roller is separated from said conveying roller, wherein said second guide member is moved, by the power of said driving source, between one position where said second guide member is close to said first guide member and the other position where said second guide member is far from said first guide member, wherein said detection means is moved, by the power of said driving source, between one position where said detection means is within the printing medium transferring space and an other position where said detection means is separated from the printing medium transferring space, and wherein said driven roller is moved, by the power of said driving source, between one position where said driven roller is pressed to be in contact with said eject roller and the other position where the driven roller is separated from said eject roller.