Medium discharging apparatus, medium processing apparatus, and recording system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11597622-B2
Application number	US-202217662763-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 23, 2022
Priority date	Sep 28, 2018
Publication date	Mar 7, 2023
Grant date	Mar 7, 2023

Abstract

A medium discharging apparatus includes a first tray in which a medium is received and placed, a second tray in which the medium discharged from the first tray is received, a discharging mechanism, a curl suppressing member, a link mechanism, a movement mechanism and a cam mechanism. The discharging mechanism discharges the medium from the first tray toward the second tray. The curl suppressing member suppresses curling of the medium discharged from the first tray to the second tray by the discharging mechanism. The curl suppressing member is provided in the link mechanism. The movement mechanism is configured to move the link mechanism and the curl suppressing member in both the discharge direction and a return direction opposite to the discharge direction. The cam mechanism guides movement of the link mechanism.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A medium discharging apparatus comprising:
a first tray in which a medium is received and placed;
a second tray in which the medium discharged from the first tray is received;
a discharging mechanism that discharges the medium from the first tray toward the second tray;
a curl suppressing member that suppresses curling of the medium discharged from the first tray to the second tray by the discharging mechanism;
a link mechanism in which the curl suppressing member is provided;
a movement mechanism configured to move the link mechanism and the curl suppressing member in both the discharge direction and a return direction opposite to the discharge direction; and
a cam mechanism that guides movement of the link mechanism.

2. The medium discharging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the cam mechanism includes
a guide groove that guides the movement of the link mechanism, and
a guide pin guided along the guide groove.

3. The medium discharging apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the guide groove includes
a first groove portion through which the guide pin passes when the link mechanism moves in the discharge direction, and
a second groove portion continuously provided below the first groove portion and through which the guide pin passes when the link mechanism moves in the return direction.

4. The medium discharging apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
the first groove portion is deeper than the second groove portion to define a step at a connecting portion between the first groove portion and the second groove portion on a return direction side.

5. The medium discharging apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the guide pin is pressed in a depth direction of the step by a first pressing member.

6. The medium discharging apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the movement mechanism includes an endless belt, and
the link mechanism moves in the discharge direction when the endless belt rotates in a first direction, and the link mechanism moves in the return direction when the endless belt rotates in a second direction.

7. The medium discharging apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein:
the link mechanism includes
a first arm portion provided along the discharge direction,
a second arm portion and a third arm portion that are configured to pivot with respect to the first arm portion while maintaining parallel to each other, and
a fourth arm portion disposed parallel to the first arm portion and configured to pivot with respect to the second arm portion and the third arm portion,

the movement mechanism is configured to move the first arm portion in both the discharge direction and the return direction, and
the curl suppressing member is provided on the fourth arm portion.

8. The medium discharging apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein
the cam mechanism rotates the second arm portion in accordance with the movement of the first arm portion in the discharge direction or the return direction.

9. The medium discharging apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein
when the guide pin moves from the first groove portion to the second groove portion, the cam mechanism and the second arm portion rotate by a pressing force of a second pressing member.

10. The medium discharging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the curl suppressing member is located above a rear end region of the medium in the discharge direction and that moves so as to follow movement of the rear end region.

11. A medium processing apparatus comprising:
the medium discharging apparatus according to claim 1 ;

and
a processing portion that performs predetermined processing on the medium placed on the first tray.

12. A recording system comprising:
a recording unit including a recorder that performs recording on the medium; and
a processing unit that includes the medium discharging apparatus according to claim 1 , the medium discharging apparatus being configured to discharge the medium after the recording in the recording unit, and that includes a processing portion that performs predetermined processing on the medium placed on the first tray.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Nakazawa Atsushi

Classifications

• B65H2405/3311

  for storing articles horizontally or slightly inclined · CPC title

• B65H2404/693

  Retractable guiding means, i.e. between guiding and non guiding position · CPC title

• B65H2301/51256

  Removing waviness or curl, smoothing · CPC title

• B65H2403/513

  involving elongated cam, i.e. parallel to linear transport path · CPC title

• B65H31/3027

  by the nip between moving belts or rollers (pile being formed between belts or rollers B65H29/145) · CPC title