Printing apparatus, sheet housing apparatus, and printer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10754286-B2
Application number	US-201815970190-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 3, 2018
Priority date	May 12, 2017
Publication date	Aug 25, 2020
Grant date	Aug 25, 2020

Abstract

A sheet housing apparatus including a housing unit, which houses a sheet to be discharged from a discharging opening of a printer, and a pair of housing-side feet disposed on both sides, in a width direction, of the sheet housing apparatus. The sheet housing apparatus can be combined with the printer. The printer includes a pair of body-side feet disposed on both sides, in the width direction, of the printer. In a state in which the sheet housing apparatus is combined with the printer, the body-side feet and the housing-side feet are arranged not to overlap with each other in the width direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a printer including:
(i) a printing unit configured to perform printing on a sheet and discharge a printed sheet from a discharging opening; and
(ii) a pair of body-side feet to support the printing unit, the body-side feet disposed on both sides, in a width direction of a sheet to be discharged from the discharging opening, of the printer; and

a sheet housing apparatus configured to be combined with the printer, the sheet housing apparatus including:
(i) a housing unit configured to house the sheet to be discharged from the discharging opening;
(ii) a pair of housing-side feet to support the housing unit, the pair of housing-side feet disposed on both sides, in the width direction, of the sheet housing apparatus; and
(iii) a pair of housing-side legs connecting the housing unit and the pair of housing-side feet,

wherein, in a state in which the sheet housing apparatus is combined with the printer, the body-side feet and the housing-side feet are arranged so as not to overlap with each other in the width direction and the housing-side legs are arranged so as to overlap with the body-side feet in the width direction.

2. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the housing-side feet of the sheet housing apparatus are arranged, in the state in which the sheet housing apparatus is combined with the printer, at a position inside the body-side feet in the width direction.

3. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the housing-side feet of the sheet housing apparatus includes a positioning unit that engages, in the state in which the sheet housing apparatus is combined with the printer, with the body-side feet so as to position the sheet housing apparatus with respect to the printer.

4. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the sheet housing apparatus further includes a movable guide which guides a sheet to be discharged from the discharging opening of the printer to the housing unit, the movable guide contacting the printer in the state in which the sheet housing apparatus is combined with the printer.

5. A sheet housing apparatus capable of being combined with a printer, the printer including (i) a printing unit configured to perform printing on a sheet and discharge a printed sheet from a discharging opening of the printer and (ii) a pair of body-side feet to support the printing unit, the pair of body-side feet being disposed on both sides, in a width direction of a sheet to be discharged from the discharging opening, of the printer, the sheet housing apparatus comprising:
a housing unit for housing the sheet to be discharged from the discharging opening of the printer;
a pair of housing-side feet to support the housing unit, the pair of housing-side feet being disposed on both sides, in the width direction, of the sheet housing apparatus; and
a pair of housing-side legs connecting the housing unit and the pair of housing-side feet,
wherein, in a state in which the sheet housing apparatus is combined with the printer, the housing-side feet are arranged so as not to overlap with the body-side feet in the width direction and the housing-side legs are arranged so as to overlap with the body-side feet in the width direction.

6. The sheet housing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the housing-side feet are arranged, in the state in which the sheet housing apparatus is combined with the printer, at a position inside the body-side feet in the width direction.

7. The sheet housing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein centers of the housing-side legs in the width direction and centers of the housing-side feet in the width direction are deviated from each other in the width direction.

8. The sheet housing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein an interval between the pair of housing-side legs is larger than an interval between the pair of housing-side feet, and
wherein the housing unit includes a housing space, formed between the pair of housing-side legs, for housing a sheet to be discharged from the discharging opening.

9. The sheet housing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the housing-side feet includes a positioning unit that engages with the body-side feet so as to position the sheet housing apparatus with respect to the printer in the state in which the sheet housing apparatus is combined with the printer.

10. The sheet housing apparatus according to claim 5 , further comprising a movable guide which guides a sheet to be discharged from the discharging opening of the printer to the housing unit, wherein the movable guide contacts the printer in the state in which the sheet housing apparatus is combined with the printer.

11. The sheet housing apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein a plurality of the movable guides are arranged in the width direction.

12. The sheet housing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the housing unit includes a first rod that is supported by the housing-side legs, a second rod that is supported by the housing-side feet, and a sheet-shaped receptor that is held between the first rod and the second rod, forming a housing space for housing a sheet to be discharged from the discharging opening.

13. A printing apparatus comprising:
a printer including:
(i) a printing unit configured to perform printing on a sheet and discharge a printed sheet from a discharging opening; and
(ii) a pair of body-side feet to support the printing unit, the pair of body-side feet disposed on both sides, in a width direction of a sheet to be discharged from the discharging opening, of the printer;

a sheet housing apparatus configured to be combined with the printer, the sheet housing apparatus including:
(i) a housing unit configured to house the sheet to be discharged from the discharging opening;
(ii) a pair of housing-side feet to support the housing unit, the pair of housing-side feet being disposed on both sides, in the width direction, of the sheet housing apparatus; and
(iii) a pair of housing-side legs connecting the housing unit and the pair of housing-side feet,

wherein, in a state in which the sheet housing apparatus is combined with the printer, an inner side face of at least one housing-side leg is disposed outside an inner side face of a corresponding one of the pair of body-side feet in the width direction.

14. The printing apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein a distance between the housing-side legs is larger than a width of the sheet in the width direction.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Sugiyama Toshiro
• Asai Yasuyuki
• Yoneyama Hiromasa
• Kikuchi Tetsuo
• Wada Itaru
• Anayama Daiki

Classifications

• G03G21/1609

  for space saving, e.g. structural arrangements · CPC title

• B65H2402/42

  Mobile apparatus, i.e. mounted on mobile carrier such as tractor or truck · CPC title

• B41J11/001

  Handling wide copy materials · CPC title

• B65H2405/1116

  with means for changing geometry · CPC title

• B41J13/106

  for the sheet output section · CPC title