Printer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9352924-B2
Application number	US-201514609788-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 30, 2015
Priority date	Jan 31, 2014
Publication date	May 31, 2016
Grant date	May 31, 2016

Abstract

A printer is provided which includes an output part, a carriage, a cover, and a movable part. The output part outputs a medium, the cover openably and closably covers the output part, the carriage reciprocates in a predetermined direction, and the movable part has a contact point with which the carriage comes into contact and includes a holding part that holds the cover in a closed state such that the movable part opens the cover by pivoting when the carriage comes into contact with the contact point.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A printer comprising:
an output part for outputting a medium;
a cover that openably and closably covers the output part;
a carriage that reciprocates in a direction orthogonal to a direction in which the medium is transported, to print on the medium; and
a movable part that has a contact point with which the carriage comes into contact and includes a holding part that holds the cover in a closed state,
wherein the movable part opens the cover by pivoting when the carriage comes into contact with the contact point.

2. The printer according to claim 1 ,
wherein the movable part includes:
a first pivoting part that has the contact point and pivots in contact with the carriage; and
a second pivoting part that includes the holding part and pivots in conjunction with the first pivoting part, and
wherein the holding part opens the cover based on the pivoting of the second pivoting part.

3. The printer according to claim 2 ,
wherein the carriage comes into contact with the first pivoting part before the medium is outputted from the output part.

4. The printer according to claim 2 ,
wherein the holding part includes a hook that is engageable with the cover.

5. The printer according to claim 4 ,
wherein the hook is disengaged from the cover to open the cover.

6. The printer according to claim 5 ,
wherein the cover is opened by a weight of the cover.

7. The printer according to claim 2 ,
wherein the first pivoting part pivots between a first pivot position and a second pivot position, and pivots in a first pivoting direction from the first pivot position to the second pivot position when the carriage comes into contact with the contact point, and
wherein the second pivoting part pivots between a third pivot position where the holding part is engaged with the cover and a fourth pivot position where the holding part is disengaged from the cover, and pivots in a second pivoting direction from the third pivot position to the fourth pivot position in conjunction with the first pivoting part pivoting from the first pivot position to the second pivot position, the second pivoting direction being opposite the first pivoting direction.

8. The printer according to claim 7 , further comprising
a biasing member that biases the first pivoting part to the first pivot position.

9. The printer according to claim 7 ,
wherein the first pivoting part and the second pivoting part have an overlap region in which the first pivoting part and the second pivoting part partly overlap with each other, and
wherein, in the overlap region, one of the first pivoting part and the second pivoting part has a projecting portion, and another one of the first pivoting part and the second pivoting part has an opening that is substantially rectangular-shaped and into which the projecting portion is movably inserted.

10. The printer according to claim 7 ,
wherein a portion of the first pivoting part that comes into contact with the carriage is disposed inside of a pivot center of the first pivoting part in the direction orthogonal to the direction in which the medium is transported.

Assignees

• Funai Electric Co

Inventors

• Hori Yutaka
• Ogawa Daisuke

Classifications

• B41J29/13

  Cases or covers · CPC title

• B65H31/02

  with stationary end support against which pile accumulates · CPC title

• B65H31/00 Primary

  Pile receivers (carriers used for associating, collating or gathering articles B65H39/00) · CPC title

• B65H2405/324

  between operative position and non operative position · CPC title

• B65H2301/4212

  of articles substantially horizontal · CPC title