Recording device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9242485-B2
Application number	US-201414470408-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 27, 2014
Priority date	Sep 5, 2013
Publication date	Jan 26, 2016
Grant date	Jan 26, 2016

Abstract

A recording device includes: a housing having an opening; an opening/closing cover that can be disposed in a closed position where the opening is covered, and an open position where the opening is exposed; a medium holder that holds a medium; a recorder that performs recording on a medium; and a transport mechanism that transports the medium from the medium holder toward the recorder along a transport path, in which the medium holder is provided with, a feed port for the medium, connected to the transport path and an alarm unit that warns that the medium is disposed at a position where the medium can be transported by the transport mechanism, and when the opening/closing cover is disposed in the open position, the feed port and the alarm unit can be visually checked.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A recording device, comprising:
a housing having an opening;
an opening/closing cover that is able to be disposed in a closed position where the opening is covered and an open position where the opening is exposed;
a medium holder that holds a medium;
a recorder that performs recording on the medium; and
a transport mechanism that transports the medium along a transport path from the medium holder toward the recorder, wherein
the medium holder is provided with a feed port, for the medium, connected to the transport path and an alarm unit warns that the medium is disposed at a position where the medium is able to be transported by the transport mechanism, wherein the alarm unit is disposed in a plate unit of the medium holder that defines the feed port which is situated at a position different from that of an operating section, and
when the opening/closing cover is disposed in the open position, the feed port and the alarm unit are visually checked such that the alarm unit and feed port fall within the same field of view such that checking the warning status of the alarm unit and the feeding of the medium is performed within that view.

2. The recording device according to claim 1 , wherein
the opening/closing cover is detachable with respect to the housing, and
the alarm unit issues a warning with the opening/closing cover removed from the housing.

3. The recording device according to claim 1 , wherein
the transport mechanism has a transport roller that transports the medium in the transport direction toward the recorder,
a detector that detects the medium is provided on the transport path downstream of the transport roller in the transport direction,
the alarm unit is an alarm light that is lit when the detector detects the medium, and
when the opening/closing cover is in the closed position, it is possible to visually check the lit status of the alarm light.

4. The recording device according to claim 1 , wherein
the medium holder is retractable from the housing via the opening, and when the recorder performs recording, accommodated in the housing, and
an operating section for operating the recorder is provided on the exterior of the housing.

5. The recording device according to claim 1 , wherein
the opening/closing cover has optical transparency.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Wada Naoyuki

Classifications

• B41J11/64 Primary

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• B41J15/042

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