Recording apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10787330-B2
Application number	US-201916287469-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 27, 2019
Priority date	Feb 28, 2018
Publication date	Sep 29, 2020
Grant date	Sep 29, 2020

Abstract

A recording apparatus includes a placement unit on which sheets of paper are placed, a feeder that feeds a sheet, thrust mechanisms that push up the placement unit toward the feeder, and an edge guide. Each of the thrust mechanisms includes a coil spring that imparts an urging force to the placement unit, one case that is mounted on the placement unit and receives the coil spring from one end thereof and accommodates the coil spring, and another case that is disposed so as to partially overlap the one case and receives the coil spring from the other end thereof and accommodates the coil spring. The one case and the other case are configured to be movable relative to each other in the urging direction of the coil spring and to be rotatable together in the circumferential direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A recording apparatus comprising:
a placement unit on which a recording medium is placed;
a feeder that feeds the recording medium from the placement unit toward a recording section;
a thrust mechanism that pushes up the placement unit toward the feeder; and
an edge guide that is disposed in the placement unit and defines a position of a side of the recording medium in a direction intersecting a transport direction of the recording medium, wherein
the thrust mechanism includes
an urging member that imparts an urging force to the placement unit,
a first accommodation body that is mounted on the placement unit and receives the urging member from an end thereof and accommodates the urging member, and
a second accommodation body that is disposed so as to partially overlap the first accommodation body and receives the urging member from another end thereof and accommodates the urging member, and
the first accommodation body and the second accommodation body are movable relative to each other in an urging direction of the urging member and are rotatable together in a circumferential direction of the first accommodation body and the second accommodation body,
a protrusion that is disposed in the first accommodation body and that rotates the first accommodation body in conjunction with movement of the edge guide;
a restraining portion that is disposed in the placement unit; and
a restrained portion that is disposed in the second accommodation body, that rotates together with the second accommodation body in conjunction with rotation of the first accommodation body, and that is displaced between a first position at which the restraining portion restrains the restrained portion and a second position at which the restraining portion does not restrain the restrained portion,
wherein in a case in which the restrained portion is at the first position, the second accommodation body is restrained from moving relative to the first accommodation body, and the urging member is thereby restrained from imparting the urging force to the placement unit.

2. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a second urging member that urges the placement unit and the recording medium placed on the placement unit toward the feeder.

3. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
two thrust mechanisms; and
a slide member that moves in conjunction with movement of the edge guide and is able to come into contact with the respective protrusions of the two thrust mechanisms, wherein
the slide member selectively restrains the respective urging members of the two thrust mechanisms from imparting the urging forces to the placement unit in accordance with a position to which the slide member has been moved.

4. The recording apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
the placement unit is configured to be rotatable around a pivot shaft,
the two thrust mechanisms are arranged adjacent to each other in a direction orthogonally intersecting an axial direction of the pivot shaft, and
in a case in which a pair of the edge guides are moved from positions that are away from each other to positions that are closer to each other, the urging member of one of the two thrust mechanisms that is located further away from the pivot shaft in the direction orthogonally intersecting the axial direction of the pivot shaft is restrained from imparting the urging force to the placement unit before the urging member of another one of the two thrust mechanisms that is located closer to the pivot shaft in the direction orthogonally intersecting the axial direction of the pivot shaft is restrained from imparting the urging force to the placement unit.

5. The recording apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
the placement unit is configured to be rotatable around the pivot shaft,
the two thrust mechanisms are arranged adjacent to each other in the direction orthogonally intersecting an axial direction of a pivot shaft, and
the urging member of one of the two thrust mechanisms that is located further away from the pivot shaft in the direction orthogonally intersecting the axial direction of the pivot shaft provides a larger urging force than the urging member of another one of the two thrust mechanisms that is located closer to the pivot shaft in the direction orthogonally intersecting the axial direction of the pivot shaft.

6. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an abutment portion with which the second accommodation body comes into contact in a case in which the urging member imparts the urging force to the placement unit, wherein
the second accommodation body has a contact portion that is shaped like a hemisphere and comes into contact with the abutment portion.

7. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
in a state in which the placement unit and the recording medium placed thereon are pushed up toward the feeder by the thrust mechanism, a pair of edge guides are permitted to move in a direction away from each other.

8. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
in a state in which the placement unit and the recording medium placed thereon are pushed up toward the feeder by the thrust mechanism, the restraining portion restrains the restrained portion from rotating, and a pair of the edge guides are thereby restrained from moving in a direction closer to each other.

9. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the first accommodation body has a first engagement portion that extends in an urging direction of the urging member, and
the second accommodation body has a second engagement portion that extends in the urging direction of the urging member and that engages the first engagement portion.

10. A recording apparatus comprising:
a placement unit on which a recording medium is placed;
a feeder that feeds the recording medium from the placement unit toward a recording section;
a thrust mechanism that pushes up the placement unit toward the feeder; and
an edge guide that is disposed in the placement unit and defines a position of a side of the recording medium in a direction intersecting a transport direction of the recording medium,
wherein the thrust mechanism includes:
an urging member that imparts an urging force to the placement unit,
a first accommodation body that is mounted on the placement unit and receives the urging member from an end thereof and accommodates the urging member, and
a second accommodation body that is disposed so as to partially overlap the first accommodation body and receives the urging member from another end thereof and accommodates the urging member, and
the first accommodation body and the second accommodation body are movable relative to each other in an urging direction of the urging member and are rotatable together in a circumferential direction of the first accommodation body and the second accommodation body,
an abutment portion with which the second accommodation body comes into contact in a case in which the urging member imparts the urging force to the placement unit,
wherein the second accommodation body has a contact portion that is shaped like a hemisphere and comes into contact with the abutment portion.

11. A recording apparatus comprising:
a placement unit on which a recording medium is placed;
a feeder that feeds the recording medium from the placement unit toward a recording section;
a thrust mechanism that pushes up the placement unit toward the feeder; and
an edge guide that is disposed in the placement unit and defines a position of a side of the recording medium in a direction intersecting a transport direction of th

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Aoki Takeshi

Classifications

• B65H2405/1117

  pivotable, e.g. around an axis perpendicular to transport direction, e.g. arranged at rear side of sheet support · CPC title

• B65H2407/21

  Manual feeding · CPC title

• B65H1/04

  adapted to support articles substantially horizontally, e.g. for separation from top of pile · CPC title

• B65H2511/12

  Width · CPC title

• B65H1/266

  Support fully or partially removable from the handling machine, e.g. cassette, drawer (B65H1/027 takes precedence) · CPC title