Medium conveyance device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10913629-B2
Application number	US-201916444873-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 18, 2019
Priority date	Jan 11, 2017
Publication date	Feb 9, 2021
Grant date	Feb 9, 2021

Abstract

A medium conveyance device includes a first loading base that has a first loading surface formed thereon and is movably supported on a main body, a second loading base that has a second loading surface formed thereon and is movably supported on the first loading base so that the second loading surface is positioned next to with the first loading surface and so that the second loading surface overlaps with the first loading surface, a mechanism that converts motion of the first loading base into motion of the second loading base so that the second loading base is arranged in a position corresponding to a position in which the first loading base is arranged, and an elastic member that is elastically deformed when the second loading base is not arranged in a position corresponding to a position in which the first loading base is arranged.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A medium conveyance device comprising:
a main body;
a first loading base that has a first loading surface formed thereon and is movably supported on the main body so as to be arranged into one selected from between a first position that arranges the first loading surface to face upward and a second position that arranges the first loading surface to face the main body;
a second loading base that has a second loading surface formed thereon and is movably supported on the first loading base so as to be arranged into one selected from between a third position that arranges the second loading surface to be positioned next to the first loading surface and a fourth position that arranges the second loading surface to overlap with the first loading surface;
a mechanism that converts motion of the first loading base moving from the second position to the first position into motion of the second loading base moving from the fourth position to the third position and converts motion of the first loading base moving from the first position to the second position into motion of the second loading base moving from the third position to the fourth position; and
an elastic member that is elastically deformed when the second loading base is not arranged in a position corresponding to a position in which the first loading base is arranged by the mechanism.

2. The medium conveyance device according to claim 1 , wherein
the mechanism includes:
a first member that is arranged into a fifth position relative to the first loading base when the first loading base is arranged into the first position and that is arranged into a sixth position relative to the first loading base when the first loading base is arranged into the second position;
a second member that is movably supported on the first member so as to be arranged into one selected from between a seventh position relative to the first member and an eighth position relative to the first member; and
another mechanism that converts motion of the first member moving relative to the first loading base into motion of the second loading base moving relative to the first loading base and that converts motion of the second loading base moving relative to the first loading base into motion of the second member moving relative to the first member, in such a manner that the second loading base is arranged into the third position when the first member is arranged into the fifth position while the second member is arranged in the seventh position and that the second loading base is arranged into the fourth position when the first member is arranged into the sixth position while the second member is arranged in the seventh position, and

the elastic member applies an elastic force to the second member so that the second member is arranged into the seventh position while the second member is arranged in the eighth position.

3. The medium conveyance device according to claim 2 , wherein
the mechanism further includes:
a gear that has formed thereon a plurality of teeth engaging with a plurality of teeth formed on the first member and that is rotatably supported on the first loading base; and
yet another mechanism that turns the gear in such a manner that the first member is arranged into the fifth position as a result of the first loading base moving to the first position.

4. The medium conveyance device according to claim 3 , wherein said yet another mechanism further turns the gear in such a manner that the first member is arranged into the sixth position as a result of the first loading base moving to the second position.

5. The medium conveyance device according to claim 2 , wherein
the mechanism includes:
a gear that has formed thereon a plurality of teeth engaging with a plurality of teeth formed on the second member and that is rotatably supported on the first loading base; and
yet another mechanism that converts turning motion of the gear into motion of the second loading base moving relative to the first loading base.

6. The medium conveyance device according to claim 2 , wherein
the first member is supported on the first loading base so as to be rotatable on a rotation axis,
the second member is supported on the first loading base so as to be rotatable on the rotation axis, and
the elastic member is structured by using a torsion coil spring of which one end is fixed to the first member and of which other end is fixed to the second member.

7. The medium conveyance device according to claim 2 , wherein
the mechanism further includes:
a third member that arranges the first member into the fifth position when the first loading base is arranged into the first position; and
another elastic member that applies an elastic force to the third member so as to arrange the first member into the sixth position when the first loading base is arranged into the second position.

8. The medium conveyance device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a third loading base that has formed a third loading surface thereon and is supported on the second loading base so as to be arranged into one selected from between a ninth position that arranges the third loading surface to be positioned next to the second loading surface and a tenth position that arranges the third loading surface to overlap with the second loading surface; and
a interlocking mechanism that moves the third loading base relative to the second loading base in such a manner that the third loading base is arranged into the ninth position when the second loading base is arranged into the third position and that the third loading base is arranged into the tenth position when the second loading base is arranged into the fourth position.

Assignees

• Pfu Ltd

Inventors

• Yoshita Shogo

Classifications

• B65H2402/54

  Springs, e.g. helical or leaf springs · CPC title

• H04N1/00519 Primary

  Constructional details not otherwise provided for, e.g. housings, covers · CPC title

• B65H31/02

  with stationary end support against which pile accumulates · CPC title

• B65H2405/324

  between operative position and non operative position · CPC title

• B65H31/00

  Pile receivers (carriers used for associating, collating or gathering articles B65H39/00) · CPC title