Image recording device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9579909-B2
Application number	US-201414262396-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 25, 2014
Priority date	Sep 21, 2010
Publication date	Feb 28, 2017
Grant date	Feb 28, 2017

Abstract

An image recording device includes a recording unit, a feeding mechanism, a guide member, and a lock portion. The feeding mechanism is configured to feed a first feeding object along a feeding path. The feeding path has a straight path and a curved path. The recording unit faces the straight path. The guide member defines the curved path and is rotatable between an exposed position and a closed position. The lock portion is movable between a locked position at which the guide member is locked in the closed position and an unlocked position at which the lock is released. The guide member has a recess formed therein and the feeding mechanism further feeds a second feeding object to the recess along the straight path. When the second feeding object is disposed in the recess, the lock portion is disposed at the locked position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image recording device comprising:
a recording unit;
a feeding mechanism configured to feed a sheet from a first inlet via a position facing the recording unit along a feeding path and further configured to feed a tray, which is inserted from a second inlet, to the recording unit along a portion of the feeding path;
a guide member configured to guide at least the tray and movable between an extended position at which the guide member is extended outside the image recording device and a retracted position at which the guide member is retracted with respect to the image recording device; and
a movement restriction portion configured to contact a contact portion of the tray, the movement restriction portion being configured to restrict movement of the guide member from the retracted position to the extended position when the movement restriction portion is contacting the contact portion, and configured to allow the guide member to move from the retracted position to the extended position when the movement restriction portion is not contacting the contact portion,
wherein the guide member in the retracted position is configured to guide at least the tray to pass through the guide member such that the tray contacts the movement restriction portion to lock the guide member in the retracted position, and
wherein the guide member is stationary relative to the tray as the tray passes through the guide member into the image recording device.

2. The image recording device according to claim 1 , wherein the tray is configured to hold a recording medium thereon to carry the recording medium to the recording unit for recording.

3. The image recording device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the recording medium is a CD-ROM or a DVD-ROM, and
wherein the tray is configured to hold the CD-ROM or the DVD-ROM thereon to carry the CD-ROM or the DVD-ROM to the recording unit for printing.

4. The image recording device according to claim 1 , wherein the guide member is pivotable.

5. The image recording device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the movement restriction portion comprises a contacted portion which the tray contacts and a lock portion configured to lock the guide member, and
wherein the lock portion is locking the guide member when the tray is contacting the contacted portion.

6. The image recording device according to claim 5 , wherein the lock portion comprises a projection.

7. The image recording device according to claim 6 , wherein the projection protrudes upward from the movement restriction portion.

8. The image recording device according to claim 6 , further comprising a frame, wherein the projection is engaging with the frame when the tray is contacting the contacted portion.

9. The image recording device according to claim 2 , wherein the movement restriction portion comprises an arm.

10. The image recording device according to claim 9 , wherein the arm is configured to contact a portion, on which the recording medium is not placed, of the tray.

11. The image recording device according to claim 2 , wherein the lock portion comprises a pair of arms.

12. The image recording device according to claim 11 , wherein the pair of arms is configured to contact a portion, on which the recording medium is not placed, of the tray.

13. The image recording device according to claim 5 , wherein the movement restriction portion is rotatable.

14. The image recording device according to claim 13 , wherein one end of the movement restriction portion is the contacted portion and other end of the movement restriction portion is a rotating shaft.

15. The image recording device according to claim 1 , wherein the movement restriction portion is arranged to contact the tray when the tray is fed to a predetermined position.

16. The image recording device according to claim 1 , further comprising a manipulation unit configured to move the movement restriction portion.

Assignees

• Asada Tetsuo
• Nakakita Satoru
• Brother Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Asada Tetsuo
• Nakakita Satoru

Classifications

• B41J3/4071 Primary

  Printing on disk-shaped media, e.g. CDs · CPC title

• B41J13/14 Primary

  Aprons or guides {for the printing section} · CPC title