Recording apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9327529-B2
Application number	US-201514667140-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 24, 2015
Priority date	Mar 28, 2014
Publication date	May 3, 2016
Grant date	May 3, 2016

Abstract

A recording apparatus includes a recording unit, a discharge unit, and a medium receiving unit. The medium receiving unit has a sheet section which is flexible and of which a front-end portion is disposed to be closer to a discharge side of a recording medium than a terminal-end portion. When the medium receiving unit is transited from a serviceable state to an accommodated state, the front-end portion of the sheet section becomes closer to the terminal-end portion of the sheet section and a connection portion between the front-end portion and the terminal-end portion of the sheet section moves to a side opposite to the discharge side.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A recording apparatus comprising:
a recording unit that performs recording on a recording medium;
a discharge unit that discharges the recording medium on which recording is finished; and
a medium receiving unit that receives the discharged recording medium,
wherein the medium receiving unit includes a sheet section which is flexible and of which a front-end portion is disposed to be closer to a discharge side of the recording medium than a terminal-end portion, and
wherein, when the medium receiving unit is transited from a serviceable state to an accommodated state, the front-end portion of the sheet section becomes closer to the terminal-end portion of the sheet section and a connection portion between the front-end portion and the terminal-end portion of the sheet section moves to a side opposite to the discharge side.

2. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein, when the medium receiving unit is transited from the serviceable state to the accommodated state, a positional relationship between a second connection portion between the connection portion and the terminal-end portion of the sheet section and the terminal-end portion is maintained.

3. A recording apparatus comprising:
a recording unit that performs recording on a recording medium;
a discharge unit that discharges the recording medium on which recording is finished; and
a medium receiving unit that receives the discharged recording medium,
wherein the medium receiving unit includes
a sheet section which is flexible and of which a front-end portion is disposed to be closer a discharge side of the recording medium than a terminal-end portion,
a front-end holding section that has a base portion which is slidable in a sliding direction passing through an accommodation position and a serviceable position, extends from the base portion to a discharge side, and holds the front-end portion of the sheet section, and
a linkage section that links a connection portion between the front-end portion and the terminal-end portion to the base portion in the sheet section, and

wherein, when the base portion of the front-end holding section slides to the side of the accommodation position from the serviceable position, the front-end portion of the sheet section becomes closer to the terminal-end portion of the sheet section and the connection portion of the sheet section moves to a side opposite to the discharge side.

4. The recording apparatus according to claim 3 ,
wherein the medium receiving unit includes
a terminal-end holding section that holds the terminal-end portion of the sheet section, and
a second connection portion holding section that holds a second connection portion between the connection portion and the terminal-end portion in the sheet section, and

wherein, when the base portion of the front-end holding section slides to the side of the accommodation position from the serviceable position, a positional relationship between a second connection portion holding section and the terminal-end holding section is maintained.

5. The recording apparatus according to claim 4 ,
wherein the sheet section has a slope with which a leading edge of the recording medium that is discharged and drops from the discharge unit comes into contact between the second connection portion and the terminal-end portion, and
wherein the slope descends from the second connection portion to the terminal-end portion.

6. The recording apparatus according to claim 3 ,
wherein the medium receiving unit includes a tilting mechanism in which an angle θ between an extending direction and the sliding direction of the front-end holding section is changed, and
wherein the angle θ formed when the base portion of the front-end holding section is disposed at the accommodation position is smaller than the angle θ formed when the base portion of the front-end holding section is disposed at the serviceable position.

7. The recording apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising:
a rail that is provided in the sliding direction,
wherein the base portion of the front-end holding section is mounted so as to be slidable along the rail, and
wherein, in the tilting mechanism, as the front-end portion of the sheet section becomes closer to the terminal-end portion of the sheet section, the angle θ becomes smaller with the base portion as the center.

8. The recording apparatus according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a housing in which the discharge unit is provided; and
a leg that supports the housing,
wherein the base portion of the front-end holding section is provided to be slidable with respect to the leg.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Kato Junya
• Horie Seijun

Classifications

• B41J13/0009 Primary

  control of the transport of the copy material · CPC title

• B41J13/106 Primary

  for the sheet output section · CPC title

• B65H29/26

  by dropping {the articles} · CPC title

• B65H2405/1116

  with means for changing geometry · CPC title

• B65H2701/11312

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