Conveying device and recording apparatus

Abstract

A conveying device includes a conveying portion that conveys a sheet drawn out of a rolled sheet held by a holding portion; a winding portion that winds the sheet on a downstream side of the conveying portion; and a cutting portion that cuts the sheet between the conveying portion and the winding portion, wherein the conveying device includes a contact portion that contacts the sheet between the cutting portion and the winding portion, and the contact portion and the cutting portion are configured to be capable of integrally moving to a first position approaching the rolled sheet held by the holding portion and a second position away from the rolled sheet.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A conveying device comprising:
 a holding portion configured to hold a rolled sheet;   a conveying portion configured to convey a sheet drawn out of the rolled sheet held by the holding portion;   a winding portion configured to wind the sheet on a downstream side of the conveying portion in a conveying path for the sheet; and   a cutting portion configured to cut the sheet between the conveying portion and the winding portion in the conveying path, wherein   the conveying device includes a contact portion that contacts the sheet between the cutting portion and the winding portion in the conveying path, and   the contact portion and the cutting portion are configured integrally to be capable of moving to a first position approaching the rolled sheet held by the holding portion and a second position away from the rolled sheet held by the holding portion.   
     
     
         2 . The conveying device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the conveying device includes a guide portion that guides the sheet between the cutting portion and the conveying portion in the conveying path, and   the guide portion moves integrally with the contact portion and the cutting portion.   
     
     
         3 . The conveying device according to  claim 2 , wherein
 the sheet includes a first part extending in a first direction from the cutting portion to the contact portion and a second part extending in a second direction from the contact portion to the winding portion, and   the contact portion has a surface formed of a protruding curved surface, which guides a part located between the first part and the second part in the sheet.   
     
     
         4 . The conveying device according to  claim 3 , wherein
 the contact portion includes a roller that rotates about a rotational axis parallel to a width direction of the sheet, and   the protruding curved surface includes an outer peripheral surface of the roller.   
     
     
         5 . The conveying device according to  claim 3 , wherein
 the winding portion has a winding shaft that rotates about a rotational axis parallel to a width direction of the sheet and is configured to wind the sheet by winding the sheet onto an outer periphery of the winding shaft, and   the winding shaft is positioned on an opposite side to a side, where the guide portion faces the sheet, of the guide portion, in a case of a view from the width direction.   
     
     
         6 . The conveying device according to  claim 5 , wherein
 the guide portion has a conveying surface that extends along the conveying path,   the conveying surface is a surface that has an upstream end positioned higher than a downstream end in the conveying path and that extends in a downwardly inclined direction relative to a horizontal direction, and   the winding shaft is arranged at a position closer to the upstream end than the downstream end of the conveying surface in the horizontal direction in a case of view from the width direction of the sheet.   
     
     
         7 . The conveying device according to  claim 5 , wherein
 the winding shaft is positioned lower than the contact portion.   
     
     
         8 . The conveying device according to  claim 5 , wherein
 the winding shaft is arranged relative to the contact portion such that a change in an orientation of the second direction resulting from an increase in a winding amount of the sheet wound by the winding shaft is a change to approach the first direction, in a case of view from the width direction.   
     
     
         9 . The conveying device according to  claim 2 , wherein
 the guide portion has a conveying surface that extends along the conveying path,   a depressed portion depressed from the conveying surface in a height direction perpendicular to the conveying surface is formed between the cutting portion and the contact portion in the conveying path, and   the depressed portion has an inclined surface provided on a downstream side of the conveying path, the inclined surface being inclined to gradually increase in height from a bottom surface of the depressed portion to the conveying surface in the height direction from an upstream to a downstream of the conveying path.   
     
     
         10 . The conveying device according to  claim 9 , wherein
 the inclined surface is a surface that guides a leading edge of the sheet after passing through the cutting portion to a guiding surface for the sheet in the contact portion.   
     
     
         11 . The conveying device according to  claim 9 , wherein
 the inclined surface is formed as a part of a guiding surface for the sheet in the contact portion.   
     
     
         12 . The conveying device according to  claim 9 , further comprising:
 a guiding member including the inclined surface, wherein   the guiding member has a notched portion formed at a downstream end of the inclined surface in the conveying path.   
     
     
         13 . The conveying device according to  claim 12 , wherein
 the notched portion is a depressed portion configured such that a part of the downstream end is positioned lower than the conveying surface in the height direction.   
     
     
         14 . The conveying device according to  claim 12 , wherein
 the contact portion includes:
 a roller that rotates about a rotational axis parallel to a width direction of the sheet, and 
 a support portion that rotatably supports the roller, 
   the roller is configured to be attachable and detachable to/from the support portion,   the guiding member is arranged to cover a part of an outer peripheral surface of the roller, and   the notched portion is a part that partially expands a range where the outer peripheral surface of the roller is exposed.   
     
     
         15 . The conveying device according to  claim 14 , wherein
 a length of the notched portion in the width direction is shorter than a length of the roller in the width direction.   
     
     
         16 . The conveying device according to  claim 12 , wherein
 the contact portion includes a plurality of contact members arranged side by side in a width direction of the sheet,   the plurality of contact members include:
 a first contact member fixed to the guide portion, and 
 a second contact member attachable and detachable to/from the guide portion, and 
   the notched portion is provided at a position corresponding to the second contact member in the width direction.   
     
     
         17 . The conveying device according to  claim 16 , wherein
 the second contact member is a roller that rotates about a rotational axis parallel to the width direction.   
     
     
         18 . The conveying device according to  claim 16 , wherein
 the cutting portion includes:
 a rail that extends in the width direction of the sheet intersecting a conveying direction of the sheet; 
 a carriage that is configured to be capable of moving in the width direction on the rail; and 
 a cutter unit that is attached to be attachable and detachable to/from the carriage, wherein 
   a length of the second contact member in the width direction and a length of the notched portion in the width direction are longer than a length of the cutter unit in the width direction.   
     
     
         19 . The conveying device according to  claim 16 , wherein
 the second contact member has a grip-shaped portion that is used as a grip in a case where a user moves the guide portion between the first position and the second position.   
     
     
         20 . The conveying device according to  claim 2 , further comprising:
 a fixing portion configured to perform fixing processing on the sheet passing through the conveying path, wherein   the fixing portion is configured to be capable of moving to a third position where the sheet is heated and a fourth position outside movable regions of the guide portion and the cutting portion.   
     
     
         21 . The conveying device according to  claim 20 , wherein
 the fixing portion includes a heater that heats the sheet passing through the conveying path as the fixing processing.   
     
     
         22 . A recording apparatus comprising:
 the conveying device according to  claim 2 ; and   a recording portion configured to perform recording on the sheet between the holding portion and the guide portion in the conveying path.