A transfer apparatus picks up and transfers plurality of parts, placed on one same plane as a result of a sheet being cut in a cutting step, to a next step. The transfer apparatus includes a plurality of pickup arms each including an extendable arm portion and an adsorption hand adsorbing each of the plurality of parts at a tip of the arm portion. The plurality of pickup arms are movable between the cutting step and the next step. The transfer apparatus further includes controller driving and controlling the plurality of pickup arms. The controller causes relative positions, as seen in a plan view, of the adsorption hands to be changed based on graphics data used in the cutting step, and causes each of the plurality of parts to be adsorbed and picked up by at least one of the adsorption hands.

A platen includes a support section configured to support a printing area of a medium; a base section fixed to the support section; a moving section configured to move relative to the base section; and a guide section configured to guide the movement of the moving section, wherein the guide section is incorporated so as to not protrude from the outer shape of the base section and the moving section.

A platen includes a support section configured to support a printing area of a medium; a base section fixed to the support section; a moving section configured to move relative to the base section; and a guide section configured to guide the movement of the moving section, wherein the guide section is incorporated so as to not protrude from the outer shape of the base section and the moving section.

A printing device includes: a print head; a platen roller positioned to face the print head; a motor configured to generate a driving force to rotate the platen roller; a cassette receiving portion; and a power transmission portion configured to transmit the driving force of the motor to the platen roller. A cassette incorporating a printing tape to be printed by the print head is detachably attachable to the cassette receiving portion in a first direction. The power transmission portion includes a plurality of gears including a first gear movable from a first position to a second position downstream of the first position in the first direction. The power transmission portion is configured to switch a ratio of a rotation number of the platen roller to a rotation number of the motor depending on whether the first gear is at the first position or at the second position to transmit the driving force to the platen roller.

A printing device includes: a print head; a platen roller positioned to face the print head; a motor configured to generate a driving force to rotate the platen roller; a cassette receiving portion; and a power transmission portion configured to transmit the driving force of the motor to the platen roller. A cassette incorporating a printing tape to be printed by the print head is detachably attachable to the cassette receiving portion in a first direction. The power transmission portion includes a plurality of gears including a first gear movable from a first position to a second position downstream of the first position in the first direction. The power transmission portion is configured to switch a ratio of a rotation number of the platen roller to a rotation number of the motor depending on whether the first gear is at the first position or at the second position to transmit the driving force to the platen roller.

A driving device includes a motor, a drive gear, a swing gear, a first gear member, a second gear member, a frame, and a bracket. The swing gear can swing between a first position engaging with the first gear member and a second position engaging with the second gear member. The bracket has a slide hole including a pair of contact parts having an arc shape, and an arc hole part for connecting the pair of contact parts with a first sliding surface farther from the drive gear and a second sliding surface nearer to the drive gear. The first sliding surface has a shape retracting to the opposite side to the rotation shaft from tangential lines of the rotation shaft contacting with the contact parts, which are parallel to pressure angle directions between the drive gear and the swing gear, or a shape coinciding with the tangential lines.

A driving device includes a motor, a drive gear, a swing gear, a first gear member, a second gear member, a frame, and a bracket. The swing gear can swing between a first position engaging with the first gear member and a second position engaging with the second gear member. The bracket has a slide hole including a pair of contact parts having an arc shape, and an arc hole part for connecting the pair of contact parts with a first sliding surface farther from the drive gear and a second sliding surface nearer to the drive gear. The first sliding surface has a shape retracting to the opposite side to the rotation shaft from tangential lines of the rotation shaft contacting with the contact parts, which are parallel to pressure angle directions between the drive gear and the swing gear, or a shape coinciding with the tangential lines.

An ink distribution assembly for distributing different inks from respective ink sources to a plurality of print chips which together define an inkjet printhead. The assembly includes: a longitudinal distribution molding having an ink duct for each of the different inks extending longitudinally therealong; an ink inlet port corresponding to each ink duct, each ink inlet port being in fluid communication with a respective ink source for delivering ink from each ink source to a respective one of the ink ducts; and a laminated ink distribution stack in fluid communication with the distribution molding for distributing ink from the ducts to the print chips.

A printer includes two supporters disposed at a storage section, an adjuster movably supporting at least a specific supporter of the two supporters, a protrusion protruding upward from a second section, the second section being an upper portion of the specific supporter, a locking section locking a first section in a position to which the first section is moved via the adjuster, the first section being a lower portion of the specific supporter, and an engagement section having elastically-deformable engagement pieces arranged at intervals in a particular direction intersecting a vertical direction, the protrusion being configured to, when the cover is closed, engage with at least a specific engagement piece from beneath, the specific engagement piece being maintained elastically deformed upward.

The invention relates to an apparatus for printing textile surfaces, comprising a first printing device (10) which is movable in a longitudinal direction along a longitudinal axis of the apparatus, wherein the printing device has a print head (51, 52) by means of which at least one textile can be printed with at least one printing ink, at least two pallets (21, 24) for receiving and holding the textile to be printed, a first set-up station (20) which is arranged on a first long side for feeding the textile and attaching the textile to the pallet (21, 24), at least one second set-up station (30) which is arranged on a second long side opposite the first long side, a first moving device (23) by which the at least one of the pallets is movable on a first track (41) transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis between a first lateral set-up position (20) on the first set-up station and a first printing position on the printing device, and at least one second moving device (26) by which at least one more of the pallets is movable on an at least second track (43) transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis between at least one second lateral set-up position (32) on the at least second set-up station (30) and at least one second printing position.