Stacker and recording apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9403654-B2
Application number	US-201414540692-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 13, 2014
Priority date	Nov 29, 2013
Publication date	Aug 2, 2016
Grant date	Aug 2, 2016

Abstract

A stacker on which a sheet that has entered with a direction intersecting a vertical direction as an approach direction in a state where a recording surface faces upward in the vertical direction is loaded in a state where the recording surface faces downward in the vertical direction, includes: an elastic plate capable of applying a pushing force to the sheet from a non-recording surface that is the rear surface of the recording surface; and a medium loading section on which the cut sheet can be loaded.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A stacker on which a medium that has entered with a direction intersecting a vertical direction as an approach direction in a state where a first surface faces upward in the vertical direction is loaded in a state where the first surface faces downward in the vertical direction, the stacker comprising:
a pushing force applying section capable of applying a pushing force to the entered medium from a second surface that is a rear surface of the first surface to rotate the entered medium against a portion of a medium guide section contacting the second surface; and
a medium loading section which is provided further toward the lower side in the vertical direction than the pushing force applying section and on which the medium can be loaded,
wherein the pushing force applying section can support the medium by coming into contact with the second surface of the medium, can be displaced from a first position toward a second position that is a position further toward the lower side in the vertical direction than the first position, and is biased toward the first position from the second position.

2. The stacker according to claim 1 , wherein the pushing force applying section is elastically deformable.

3. A recording apparatus comprising:
the stacker according to claim 2 ; and
a recording section which performs recording on the medium.

4. The stacker according to claim 1 , wherein the pushing force applying section applies a pushing force to the medium by blowing gas on the second surface of the medium.

5. A recording apparatus comprising:
the stacker according to claim 4 ; and
a recording section which performs recording on the medium.

6. The stacker according to claim 1 , further comprising:
the medium guide section is provided further toward the lower side in the vertical direction than an approach position and has an inclined surface which is directed downward in the vertical direction as it goes forward in the approach direction.

7. The stacker according to claim 6 , wherein the medium guide section has a positioning portion which determines a relative position with respect to the medium loading section in the approach direction and the vertical direction.

8. A recording apparatus comprising:
the stacker according to claim 7 ; and
a recording section which performs recording on the medium.

9. A recording apparatus comprising:
the stacker according to claim 6 ; and
a recording section which performs recording on the medium.

10. The stacker according to claim 1 , wherein the medium guide section has a plurality of positioning portions.

11. A recording apparatus comprising:
the stacker according to claim 10 ; and
a recording section which performs recording on the medium.

12. The stacker according to claim 1 , wherein the medium loading section has an inclined loading portion having an inclined surface which is directed upward in the vertical direction as it goes forward in the approach direction.

13. A recording apparatus comprising:
the stacker according to claim 12 ; and
a recording section which performs recording on the medium.

14. A recording apparatus comprising:
the stacker according to claim 1 ; and
a recording section which performs recording on the medium.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Kawamoto Makoto
• Shiohara Satoru

Classifications

• B65H2301/33214

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