Sheet accommodating device and recording apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022097425-A1
Application number	US-202117489271-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 29, 2021
Priority date	Sep 30, 2020
Publication date	Mar 31, 2022
Grant date	—

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 including 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 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; 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; and 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 at 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 being configured to house at least a part of the receiving member.

2 . The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first holding member configured to hold one of end portions of the receiving member; a second holding member configured to hold the other of the end portions of the receiving member; and a support mechanism configured to displace at least one of the first holding member and the second holding member such that a relative arrangement of the first holding member and the second holding member is switchable between a receiving arrangement in which a receiving surface of the receiving member that is configured to receive the recording medium faces upward below the discharge port in the direction of gravity, and a housed arrangement in which the receiving surface does not receive the recording medium.

3 . The recording apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein the second holding member is configured to hold the end portion of the receiving member on an upstream side in the discharge direction of the recording medium and be fixed in a vicinity of the discharge port, and wherein the first holding member is configured to hold the end portion of the receiving member on a downstream side in the discharge direction of the recording medium and be supported by the support mechanism such that a position of the first holding member is changeable relative to the second holding member.

4 . The recording apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the support mechanism includes a support portion that is integral with the housing portion and supports the first holding member.

5 . The recording apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the housing portion is configured to be located below an apparatus main body of the recording apparatus in the housing position, and be exposed from below the apparatus main body in the receiving position.

6 . The recording apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising a paper supply portion configured to supply the recording medium to the recording portion,
wherein the housing portion is configured to be located below the paper supply portion in the housing position.

7 . The recording apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the housing portion has an exterior surface forming a part of an exterior portion of the recording apparatus in the housing position.

8 . The recording apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the support portion is configured such that the first holding member is movable between a first position in which at least a section of the receiving member that corresponds to the one of the end portions is housed in the housing portion, and a second position which is above the housing portion and in which the receiving member assumes a receiving profile in which the receiving surface faces upward.

9 . The recording apparatus according to claim 4 ,
wherein the support portion is pivotally incorporated to the housing portion, and wherein the housing portion has a support surface for supporting the receiving member at a position different from a section that rotatably supports the support portion.

10 . The recording apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the receiving member includes, in the housed arrangement in which the receiving surface does not receive the recording medium, a section which extends along an exterior of an apparatus main body of the recording apparatus and in which the receiving surface faces sideways, and a section that is housed in the housing portion.

11 . The recording apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the receiving surface of the section housed in the housing portion of the receiving member in the housed arrangement faces downward.

12 . The recording apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the second holding member is configured to be fixed in the vicinity of the discharge port in a detachable manner.

13 . The recording apparatus according to claim 3 , 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 through the receiving member.

14 . The recording apparatus according to claim 13 , 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.

15 . The recording apparatus according to claim 14 , further comprising:
an upper-layer paper 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 paper supply portion that is located below the upper-layer paper 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 paper supply portion; and a lower-layer cover member that is a part of the exterior portion and covers the lower-layer paper supply portion, wherein the recessed shape is formed by a gap between the upper-layer cover member and the lower-layer cover member.

16 . The recording apparatus according to claim 3 , which has a predetermined space between a lowermost portion of the housing portion in the receiving position and a floor.

17 . The recording apparatus according to claim 6 , 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 first holding member located in the housing portion.

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