Processing device and recording device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12497261-B2
Application number	US-202318515744-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 21, 2023
Priority date	Nov 21, 2022
Publication date	Dec 16, 2025
Grant date	Dec 16, 2025

Abstract

A processing device includes a processing section and a medium receiving section, wherein the medium receiving section has a sheet-like receiving member having flexibility, a pivot shaft coupled to one end of the receiving member, an operation section coupled to the other end of the receiving member and provided separable from the pivot shaft, and a pair of support sections that support both ends of the operation section, and the receiving member is wound around the pivot shaft and housed inside of the housing when the operation section approaches the pivot shaft, and is unwound from the pivot shaft and hangs down receivable the medium when the operation section is separated from the pivot shaft, and is wound around the pivot shaft such that contacting side with the medium is an inner side when the receiving member is wound around the pivot shaft.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A processing device comprising:
a medium processor that is housed in a housing and that processes a medium; and a medium receiving section that receives the medium discharged from the housing, wherein the medium receiving section includes
a sheet-like receiving member having flexibility,
a pivot shaft provided inside the housing and coupled to one end of the receiving member,
an operation section coupled to the other end of the receiving member and provided separable from the pivot shaft, and
a pair of supports that protrude from the housing advanceably and retractably in an advancing and retracting direction along a direction in which the operation section is separated from the pivot shaft, and that support both ends of the operation section, and wherein
the receiving member is wound around the pivot shaft and housed inside of the housing when the operation section approaches the pivot shaft, and is unwound from the pivot shaft and hangs down receivable the medium when the operation section is separated from the pivot shaft, and is wound around the pivot shaft such that contacting side with the medium is an inner side when the receiving member is wound around the pivot shaft the pivot shaft is configured to be further rotatable by a half-rotation or more from a position at which a feeding amount of the receiving member is maximum.

2 . The processing device, according to claim 1 , wherein
when the operation section is separated from the pivot shaft, the receiving member is fed from the lower side of the pivot shaft.

3 . The processing device, according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a rack provided to at least one of the pair of supports and a pivot shaft gear provided on the pivot shaft and configured to rotate in conjunction with the movement of the rack.

4 . The processing device, according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a speed enhancer provided between the rack and the pivot shaft gear, and increasing the speed of rotation of the pivot shaft gear to make the amount of delivery of the receiving member larger than the amount of movement of the pair of supports.

5 . A recording device comprising:
a medium recorder that is housed in the housing and performs recording on a medium; and a medium receiving section that receives the medium discharged from the housing, wherein
the medium receiving section includes
a sheet-like receiving member having flexibility,
a pivot shaft provided inside the housing and coupled to one end of the receiving member,
an operation section coupled to the other end of the receiving member and provided separable from the pivot shaft, and
a pair of supports that protrude from the housing advanceably and retractably in an advancing and retracting direction along a direction in which the operation section is separated from the pivot shaft, and that support both ends of the operation section, and wherein
the receiving member is wound around the pivot shaft and housed inside of the housing when the operation section approaches the pivot shaft, and is unwound from the pivot shaft and hangs down receivable the medium when the operation section is separated from the pivot shaft, and is wound around the pivot shaft such that contacting side with the medium is an inner side when the receiving member is wound around the pivot shaft, and the pivot shaft is configured to be further rotatable by a half-rotation or more from a position at which a feeding amount of the receiving member is maximum.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Bosoku Makoto
• Ito Shun
• Takeuchi Atsuhiko
• Nakano Yosuke
• Murata Mitsuru

Classifications

• B65H2801/36

  Plotting · CPC title

• B65H2701/11312

  large formats, i.e. above A3 · CPC title

• B65H2405/324

  between operative position and non operative position · CPC title

• B65H2403/41

  Rack-and-pinion, cogwheel in cog railway · CPC title

• B65H2402/33

  cantilever support means · CPC title