Recording apparatus having a cover

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10005301-B2
Application number	US-201615175671-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 7, 2016
Priority date	Jul 24, 2015
Publication date	Jun 26, 2018
Grant date	Jun 26, 2018

Abstract

A recording apparatus includes a panel that supports an outer periphery of a display which displays various information; and a cover which is made of a resin material and is detachably mounted on the panel so as to cover the display in a state being mounted on the panel, wherein the cover includes a thin-wall portion and an inclined portion which serve as an outer area disposed along the outer periphery and a thick-wall portion which serves as an inner area disposed inside the outer area with the thickness of the outer area being smaller than the thickness of the inner area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A recording apparatus comprising:
an apparatus main body which includes a recording unit that performs recording on a recording medium and a panel that supports a display which displays various information; and
a cover made of a resin material, wherein
the cover includes a covering section that covers the display and an abutment section formed on an outer periphery of the covering section so as to abut an outer peripheral surface of the panel of the apparatus main body, the abutment section protrudes in a thickness direction of the covering section, a flat area is formed in an extending direction of the abutment section, and a surface of the apparatus main body which abuts the flat area is a curved surface,
the covering section is made up of a first area formed along at least a part of the abutment section and inside of the outer periphery of the cover and a second area disposed inside the first area and away from the abutment section, and
the first area has a thickness smaller than a thickness of the second area and an area towards the outer periphery of the second area, and different from the first area, has a thickness greater than the first area.

2. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the abutment section includes a first side made up of a pair of sides and a second side which extends in a direction intersecting with an extending direction of the first side and is made up of a pair of sides having a length larger than a length of the first side,
the first area of the covering section is made up of a first side area which is disposed along the first side and a second side area which is disposed along the second side, and
a width of the second side area in a direction intersecting with an extending direction of the second side has a portion larger than a width of the first side area in a direction intersecting with an extending direction of the first side.

3. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first area is connected to the second area and includes an inclined portion having an inclined surface that is inclined such that a thickness of the inclined portion continuously decreases toward the first area.

4. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the abutment section protrudes in a thickness direction of the covering section.

5. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
a thick-wall portion that forms a hand held section is formed on the outer periphery of the covering section,
a thin-wall portion that is connected to the thick-wall portion and extends along the thick-wall portion is formed on the covering section, and
the thin-wall portion has a thickness smaller than a thickness of the covering section.

6. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the cover includes protruding walls that are formed on the end of the cover and engaging sections that are formed on the inner side of the protruding walls and are detachably mounted on the panel and,
the engaging sections engage with an engaged section on the front side of the panel and a engaged section on the back side of the panel in the state that the cover is mounted on the panel to cover the display.

7. A recording apparatus comprising:
an apparatus main body which includes a recording unit that performs recording on a recording medium and a panel that supports a display which displays various information; and
a cover made of a resin material, wherein
the cover includes:
a covering section that covers the display;
an abutment section formed on an outer periphery of the covering section so as to abut an outer peripheral surface of the panel of the apparatus main body; and
protruding walls that are formed on the end of the cover and engaging sections that are formed on the inner side of the protruding walls and are detachably mounted on the panel, the engaging sections engage with an engaged section on a front side of the panel and a engaged section on the back side of the panel in the state that the cover is mounted on the panel to cover the display,
wherein, the covering section is made up of a first area formed along at least a part of the abutment section and inside of the outer periphery of the cover and a second area disposed inside the first area and away from the abutment section, and
the first area has a thickness smaller than a thickness of the second area and an area towards the outer periphery of the second area, and different from the first area, has a thickness greater than the first area.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Yamamoto Tsutomu
• Nagaoka Kazuya
• Horiuchi Shoichi
• Kojima Takuya

Classifications

• H04N1/00551

  Top covers or the like · CPC title

• B41J29/13

  Cases or covers · CPC title

• B41J29/12

  Guards, shields or dust excluders · CPC title

• H04N1/00559

  Mounting or support of components or elements (H04N1/00538 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B41J29/02 Primary

  Framework · CPC title