Recording apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021300711-A1
Application number	US-202117209683-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 23, 2021
Priority date	Mar 26, 2020
Publication date	Sep 30, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

A medium receiving tray has a first tray and a second tray. A movable support having a second support surface for supporting media is disposed in the second tray. When the medium receiving tray is in a first state, the movable support is positioned above a first support surface of the first tray. When the medium receiving tray is switched from the first state to a second state, a free end is detached from the downstream end of the first support surface and displaced downward, and the second support surface is thereby inclined upward toward the downstream in a medium discharging direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A recording apparatus, comprising:
an apparatus body including a recording device to perform recording onto a medium; and a medium receiving tray configured to be switched between a first state in which the medium receiving tray is stored in the apparatus body and a second state in which the medium receiving tray is protruded furthest from the apparatus body and also configured to receive the medium discharged from the apparatus body in the second state or in a state in which the medium receiving tray is protruded from the first state to the second state, wherein the medium receiving tray includes a first tray and a second tray, the first tray being displaceable relative to the apparatus body, the second tray being displaceable relative to the first tray, the second tray being protruded further than the first tray from the apparatus body when the medium receiving tray is in the second state, the first tray has a first support surface that supports the medium when the medium receiving tray is in the second state, the second tray has a movable support that is rotatable with an upstream end thereof serving as a free end and that has a second support surface for supporting the medium, and the movable support being positioned above the first support surface when the medium receiving tray is in the first state, and when the medium receiving tray is switched from the first state to the second state, a free end is detached from a downstream end of the first support surface and displaced downward, and the second support surface is thereby inclined upward toward a downstream in a medium discharging direction.

2 . The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
a guide surface is formed at the downstream end of the first support surface in the medium discharging direction so as to guide the free end of the movable support onto the first support surface when the medium receiving tray returns from second state to the first state.

3 . The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the movable support has a guide rib formed at the free end so as to protrude upstream in the medium discharging direction, and the guide rib has an inclined surface that is inclined upward toward the downstream in the medium discharging direction, a groove is formed in the first tray so as to extend in the medium discharging direction and so as to engage the guide rib, and when the medium receiving tray is in a transition state between the first state and the second state, the inclined surface of the guide rib is positioned so as to extend from a position below the first support surface to a position above the first support surface.

4 . The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a motor that provides power for switching the state of the medium receiving tray; a pinion gear that engages a first rack that is formed in the first tray so as to extend in a displacement direction of the second tray and also engages a second rack that is formed in the second tray so as to extend in the displacement direction; and a displacing unit that rotatably supports the pinion gear and is displaced in the displacement direction by the power of the motor.

5 . The recording apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a third rack that is formed in the displacing unit so as to extend in the displacement direction of the first tray and the second tray; a second pinion gear that engages the third rack; and a clutch that is disposed in a power transmission path from the motor to the second pinion gear and that transmits the power of the motor using friction, wherein both of the first tray and the second tray are displaced by rotation of the second pinion gear.

6 . The recording apparatus according to claim 5 , further comprising:
a frame that displaceably supports the first tray, wherein when the state of the medium receiving tray is switched, friction generated between the displacing unit and the first tray is greater than friction generated between the first tray and the frame.

7 . The recording apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising:
a friction member that generates friction between the displacing unit and the first tray; and a pressing member that presses the friction member against the first tray.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Iwata Morio
• Yoshino Satoshi

Classifications

• B65H31/02

  with stationary end support against which pile accumulates · CPC title

• B65H2801/06

  Office-type machines, e.g. photocopiers · CPC title

• B65H31/24 Primary

  multiple or compartmented, e.d. for alternate, programmed, or selective filling · CPC title

• B65H2801/39

  Scanning · CPC title

• B65H2405/324

  between operative position and non operative position · CPC title