Sheet accommodating device and recording apparatus with storable sheet receiving member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12103302-B2
Application number	US-202117489271-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2021
Priority date	Sep 30, 2020
Publication date	Oct 1, 2024
Grant date	Oct 1, 2024

Abstract

A recording apparatus includes a recording portion configured to record an image on a recording medium; a discharge port configured to discharge the recording medium, on which the image is recorded, in a discharge direction; and a receiving member located below the discharge port in a direction of gravity and configured to receive the recording medium discharged from the discharge port. The recording apparatus further includes a housing portion configured to be movable between a receiving position which is on a side spaced apart from the discharge port in the discharge direction and in which the housing portion holds one end of the receiving member to receive the recording medium, and a housing position which is on a side further toward the discharge port than the receiving position. The housing portion is configured to house at least a part of the receiving member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A recording apparatus comprising:
a set portion configured to allow a roll-shaped recording medium to be set;
a recording portion configured to record an image on a recording medium fed from the roll-shaped recording medium;
a discharge port configured to discharge, in a discharge direction, the recording medium, on which the image is recorded, the set portion being provided below the discharge port, and
a receiving member configured to receive the recording medium discharged from the discharge port, the receiving member being a flexible sheet-shaped member,
wherein the receiving member is capable of being in a first state in which the receiving member receives the recording medium and a second state in which the receiving member does not receive the recording medium, the receiving member including a lower portion, defined with respect to the direction of gravity, when in the first state, and
at least a part of the lower portion of the receiving member is housed in the recording apparatus in a case that the receiving member is changed from the first state to the second state.

2. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a housing portion in which the receiving member is housed.

3. The recording apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the housing portion protrudes in the discharge direction from an apparatus main body of the recording apparatus in a case where the receiving member is in the first state.

4. The recording apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the housing portion has an exterior surface forming a part of an exterior portion of the recording apparatus in a case where the receiving member is in the second state.

5. The recording apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein a predetermined space is provided between a lowermost portion of the housing portion and a floor in a case where the receiving member is in the first state.

6. The recording apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising a housing portion,
wherein the receiving member has a length that is greater than a sum of a distance, on an exterior portion of the recording apparatus, between the discharge port and an upper end of the exterior portion of the housing portion and a distance between the upper end of the exterior portion and the housing portion.

7. The recording apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the housing portion is configured to house at least a part of the receiving member in a case where the receiving member is in the second state.

8. The recording apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein in a case where the receiving member is in the second state, an entirety of the receiving member is housed in the housing portion.

9. The recording apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein in a case where the receiving member is in the second state, a part of the receiving member is housed in the housing portion while a part of the receiving member is exposed through the recording apparatus.

10. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in a case where the receiving member is in the second state, a part of the receiving member is located along an apparatus main body of the recording apparatus.

11. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an abutting portion located below the discharge port in the direction of gravity, the abutting portion being configured such that a leading edge of the discharged recording medium abuts against the abutting portion with the receiving member.

12. The recording apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the abutting portion has a recessed shape of a section of an exterior portion of the recording apparatus, located below the discharge port in the direction of gravity.

13. The recording apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the set portion includes:
an upper-layer supply portion that is located below the discharge port in the direction of gravity and configured to supply the recording medium to the recording portion;
a lower-layer supply portion that is located below the upper-layer supply portion in the direction of gravity and configured to supply the recording medium to the recording portion;
an upper-layer cover member that is a part of the exterior portion and covers the upper-layer supply portion; and
a lower-layer cover member that is a part of the exterior portion and covers the lower-layer supply portion,
wherein the recessed shape is formed by a gap between the upper-layer cover member and the lower-layer cover member.

14. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in a case where the receiving member is in the first state, a part of the receiving member is disposed below the set portion.

15. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in a case where the receiving member is in the first state, the receiving member has a configuration which is deformed.

16. The recording apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the discharge port is configured to discharge the recording medium in a discharge direction, and
wherein the configuration is in a U-shape when viewed in a direction orthogonal to the discharge direction.

17. The recording apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein a lowest point of the receiving member having the configuration is below the set portion.

18. The recording apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein the set portion includes a first set portion that allows a first roll-shaped recording medium to be set, and a second set portion that allows a second roll-shaped recording medium to be set,
wherein the second set portion is provided below the first set portion in the direction of gravity, and
wherein in a case where the receiving member is in the first state, a lowest point of the receiving member is below the second set portion.

19. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a holding member configured to hold the receiving member, the holding member being movable between a receiving position at which the holding member holds the receiving member such that the receiving member is in the first state and a housing position at which the holding member holds the receiving member such that the receiving member is in the second state, wherein
the discharge port is configured to discharge the recording medium in a discharge direction, and
wherein the receiving member includes a first portion on a downstream side with respect to the discharge direction and which is held by the holding member, and includes a second portion on an upstream side with respect to the discharge direction and which is disposed near the discharge port.

20. The recording apparatus according to claim 19 , further comprising a second holding member configured to hold the second portion of the receiving member and that attachably and detachably fixes the second portion of the receiving member near the discharge port.

21. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the recording portion includes a serial scan type print head that ejects ink to the recording medium, the recording portion recording the image on the recording medium while moving the print head.

22. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the recording portion includes a full-line type print head that ejects ink to the recording medium.

23. A recording apparatus comprising:
a first set portion that allows a first roll-shaped recording medium to be set;
a second set portion that allows a second roll-shaped recording med

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Yoneyama Hiromasa
• Asai Yasuyuki
• Nozawa Hideyuki
• Uchida Kota

Classifications

• B65H2801/36

  Plotting · CPC title

• B65H31/02

  with stationary end support against which pile accumulates · CPC title

• B41J13/106 Primary

  for the sheet output section · CPC title

• B41J13/103 Primary

  for the sheet feeding section · CPC title