Medium storage cassette and recording device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9598257-B2
Application number	US-201414251037-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 11, 2014
Priority date	Apr 24, 2013
Publication date	Mar 21, 2017
Grant date	Mar 21, 2017

Abstract

A medium storage cassette includes a medium storage portion that stores a medium; and a medium support tray that is provided in the medium storage portion such that the medium support tray can be displaced with respect to the medium storage portion in a slidable manner, the medium support tray being able to be set in a contained state that is a state in which the medium support tray is slid to an upper portion of the medium storage portion and being able to be set in an extended state that is a state in which a medium supporting surface that supports the medium becomes an inclined surface that is oriented obliquely upwards towards an end portion of the medium support tray and in which the medium supporting surface is extended outside of the medium storage portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A medium storage cassette, comprising:
a medium storage portion that stores a medium;
a pair of opposite walls which are provided in the medium storage portion;
a plurality of angle restriction portions which are provided in the pair of opposite walls; and
a medium support tray that is provided in the pair of opposite walls such that the medium support tray can be displaced with respect to the medium storage portion in a slidable manner, the medium support tray being able to be set in a contained state that is a state in which the medium support tray is slid to an upper portion of the medium storage portion and being able to be set in an extended state that is a state in which a medium supporting surface that supports the medium is extended outside of the medium storage portion,
wherein the medium support tray includes:
a tray body that is capable of being pivoted and that forms the medium supporting surface, and
arm portions that are provided at two end portions of the tray body in a pivotal axis direction of the medium support tray, the arm portions extending towards a pivotal center of the medium support tray from the tray body and being connected to the medium storage portion in a pivotal manner so as to form the pivotal center of the medium support tray,

wherein the medium storage cassette includes guide portions which guide the arm portions when the medium support tray moves between the contained state and the extended state and which are provided on an upper portion of the medium storage portion,
the medium storage portion being exposed between the arm portions,
wherein the plurality of angle restriction portions are located separately from the guide portions, the plurality of angle restriction portions supporting a plurality of supported portions that project from the medium support tray when the medium support tray is slidable displaced, wherein switching from having a first supported portion that projects from the medium support tray be supported by a first angle restriction portion to having a second supported portion that projects from the medium support tray be supported by a second angle restriction portion changes the orientation of the medium support tray.

2. The medium storage cassette according to claim 1 , wherein
when the medium support tray is in the extended state, the medium supporting surface becomes an inclined surface that is oriented obliquely upwards towards an end portion of the medium support tray.

3. A recording device, comprising:
a recording head that carries out recording on a medium; and
the medium storage cassette according to claim 2 that is attachable/detachable with respect to an apparatus body that is provided with the recording head, wherein
the medium that is discharged from the apparatus body after recording has been carried out thereon is supported by the medium support tray that is in the extended state.

4. A recording device, comprising:
a recording head that carries out recording on a medium; and
the medium storage cassette according to claim 1 that is attachable/detachable with respect to an apparatus body that is provided with the recording head, wherein
the medium that is discharged from the apparatus body after recording has been carried out thereon is supported by the medium support tray that is in the extended state.

5. The recording device according to claim 4 , wherein
when in a mounted state, the medium storage cassette protrudes from one of lateral sides constituting a circumference of the apparatus body, and
an intermediate guide member that covers an upper portion of the medium storage cassette that protrudes from one of the lateral sides of the apparatus body is provided, the intermediate guide member guiding a discharged medium to the medium support tray when the medium support tray is in the extended state.

6. The recording device according to claim 5 , wherein
an opening is formed in the intermediate guide member, the opening exposing a portion of the medium support tray that is in the contained state.

7. The recording device according claim 1 , wherein the medium support tray that is provided in the medium storage portion such that the medium support tray can be displaced with respect to the medium storage portion in a slidable manner with sliding of the plurality of supported portions formed along a bottom surface of the medium support tray along the plurality of angle restriction portions that are formed in the medium storage portion.

8. The recording device according claim 1 , wherein the medium support tray that is provided in the medium storage portion such that the medium support tray can be displaced with respect to the medium storage portion in a slidable manner with sliding of the plurality of supported portions formed along a bottom surface of the medium support tray along the plurality of angle restriction portions that are formed in the medium storage portion, the supported portions including a portion substantially horizontal to a base of the medium storage portion, a portion inclined relative to the base and a portion perpendicular to the base.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Komuro Shintaro

Classifications

• B41J13/106

  for the sheet output section · CPC title

• B65H31/22

  removable or interchangeable · CPC title

• B65H2405/111646

  involving extension members pivotable around an axis parallel to bottom surface and perpendicular to transport direction · CPC title

• B41J13/103

  for the sheet feeding section · CPC title

• B65H2405/3322

  discharge tray superposed to feed tray · CPC title