Patent ID: 8606167

Claim:
A medium clamping device comprising: a device main unit that includes: a first circularly moving body that has a circumferential surface moving circularly; a second circularly moving body that has a circumferential surface moving circularly, wherein a recording medium passes between the circumferential surface of the first circularly moving body and the circumferential surface of the second circularly moving body; and a load applying section that applies a load to at least one of the first circularly moving body and the second circularly moving body, so as to sandwich the recording medium by the load with the first circularly moving body and the second circularly moving body; and a support section that supports the device main unit that is secured to a fixed body and that includes: a fixed section that is secured to the fixed body; a buffer member that is attached to the fixed section and alleviates the transmission of the shock; and a rail member that is attached to the buffer member, wherein the device main unit is movable on the rail member, and the buffer member has a buffer material made of urethane resin, and a pair of fixing plates which are respectively adhered to a bottom and a top of the buffer material, and the fixing plate adhered to the top of the buffer material being screwed on the rail member.