Printing device with lighted icon indicators provided in an opening/closing cover

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11794501-B2
Application number	US-202217648185-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 18, 2022
Priority date	Jan 19, 2021
Publication date	Oct 24, 2023
Grant date	Oct 24, 2023

Abstract

A printing device according to the present disclosure includes: a device body; an opening/closing cover pivotably provided on the device body; a plurality of light sources provided on the device body; a plurality of icon indicators provided in the opening/closing cover at positions corresponding to the plurality of light sources when the opening/closing cover is closed; first light-shielding portions provided on the opening/closing cover at positions between the plurality of icon indicators; and second light-shielding portions provided on the device body at positions between the plurality of light sources.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A printing device comprising:
a device body;
an opening/closing cover pivotably provided on the device body;
a plurality of light sources provided on the device body;
a plurality of icon indicators provided in the opening/closing cover at positions corresponding to the plurality of light sources when the opening/closing cover is closed;
a first light-shielding portion provided on the opening/closing cover at a position between at least one adjoining pair of the plurality of icon indicators; and
a substrate on which the plurality of light sources are provided, wherein
the opening/closing cover has an operation button, and
the substrate has a switch member that is switched between ON and OFF by the operation button when the opening/closing cover is closed.

2. The printing device according to claim 1 , further comprising a second light-shielding portion provided on the device body at position between at least one adjoining pair of the plurality of light sources, wherein
the first light-shielding portion is provided at position corresponding to the second light-shielding portion when the opening/closing cover is closed.

3. The printing device according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of cover portions that cover the plurality of light sources and through which exit light emitted from the light sources passes.

4. The printing device according to claim 3 , wherein
the cover portions have first walls provided between the light sources and the icon indicators and second walls provided around the light sources, and
the icon indicators are provided in areas reached by the exit light passing through the first walls without passing through the second walls.

5. The printing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the opening/closing cover has a non-transmissive portion formed of a non-transmissive material, and a transmissive portion formed of a transmissive material,
the non-transmissive portion and the transmissive portion are formed as a single component, and
the icon indicators are formed of the transmissive portion.

6. A printing device comprising:
a device body;
an opening/closing cover pivotably provided on the device body;
a plurality of light sources provided on the device body;
a plurality of icon indicators provided in the opening/closing cover at positions corresponding to the plurality of light sources when the opening/closing cover is closed;
a light-shielding portion provided on the device body at position between at least one adjoining pair of the plurality of light sources; and
a substrate on which the plurality of light sources are provided, wherein
the opening/closing cover has an operation button, and
the substrate has a switch member that is switched between ON and OFF by the operation button when the opening/closing cover is closed.

7. The printing device according to claim 6 , further comprising a plurality of cover portions that cover the plurality of light sources, and through which exit light emitted from the light sources passes.

8. The printing device according to claim 7 , wherein
the cover portions have first walls provided between the light sources and the icon indicators and second walls provided around the light sources, and
the icon indicators are provided in areas reached by the exit light passing through the first walls without passing through the second walls.

9. The printing device according to claim 6 , wherein
the opening/closing cover has a non-transmissive portion formed of a non-transmissive material, and a transmissive portion formed of a transmissive material,
the non-transmissive portion and the transmissive portion are formed as a single component, and
the icon indicators are formed of the transmissive portion.

10. A printing device comprising:
a device body;
an opening/closing cover pivotably provided on the device body;
a plurality of light sources provided on the device body;
a plurality of icon indicators provided in the opening/closing cover at positions corresponding to the plurality of light sources when the opening/closing cover is closed;
a first light-shielding portion provided on the opening/closing cover around at least one part of at least one of the plurality of icon indicators; and
a substrate on which the plurality of light sources are provided, wherein
the opening/closing cover has an operation button, and
the substrate has a switch member that is switched between ON and OFF by the operation button when the opening/closing cover is closed.

11. The printing device according to claim 10 , further comprising a plurality of cover portions that cover the plurality of light sources, and through which exit light emitted from the light sources passes.

12. The printing device according to claim 11 , wherein
the cover portions have first walls provided between the light sources and the icon indicators and second walls provided around the light sources, and
the icon indicators are provided in areas reached by the exit light passing through the first walls without passing through the second walls.

13. The printing device according to claim 10 , wherein
the opening/closing cover has a non-transmissive portion formed of a non-transmissive material, and a transmissive portion formed of a transmissive material,
the non-transmissive portion and the transmissive portion are formed as a single component, and
the icon indicators are formed of the transmissive portion.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Nishijima Hideaki

Classifications

• B41J29/393 Primary

  Devices for controlling or analysing the entire machine {; Controlling or analysing mechanical parameters involving printing of test patterns} · CPC title

• B41J29/13 Primary

  Cases or covers · CPC title

• B41J29/42

  Scales and indicators, e.g. for determining side margins · CPC title

• B41J2/32 Primary

  using thermal heads · CPC title

• B41J15/042 Primary

  for loading rolled-up continuous copy material into printers, e.g. for replacing a used-up paper roll; Point-of-sale printers with openable casings allowing access to the rolled-up continuous copy material · CPC title