Medium holding device and recording apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9821574-B2
Application number	US-201515129400-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 25, 2015
Priority date	Mar 27, 2014
Publication date	Nov 21, 2017
Grant date	Nov 21, 2017

Abstract

A medium holding device includes a large tray having a medium mounting surface; an intermediate tray having a medium mounting surface smaller than that of the large tray; a tray mounting section on which the large tray and the intermediate tray are selectively mounted; a frame body that holds a recording medium with the large tray if the large tray and the intermediate tray have separate configuration and the large tray is mounted on the tray mounting section; and a first attachment that is mounted on an inside of the frame body and holds the recording medium with the intermediate tray if the intermediate tray is mounted on the tray mounting section, and is separated from the frame body if the large tray is mounted on the tray mounting section.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A medium holding device comprising:
a tray mounting section configured to selectively mount thereon a first tray and a second tray, the first tray having a medium mounting surface and the second tray having a medium mounting surface smaller than that of the first tray;
a holding frame that is separately configured from the first tray and the second tray, and is configured to hold a recording medium mounted on the medium mounting surface of the first tray with the first tray if the first tray is mounted on the tray mounting section; and
an attachment that is mounted on an inside of the holding frame and is configured to hold the recording medium mounted on the medium mounting surface of the second tray with the second tray if the second tray is mounted on the tray mounting section,
wherein the holding frame includes a hook member configured to rotate between a hooked position that locks the holding frame, and an unhooked position that releases the holding frame, and
wherein the hook member is biased to rotate to the hooked position by a spring.

2. The medium holding device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a base section that supports the tray mounting section,
wherein the holding frame is provided in the base section to be rotatable between a holding position in which the recording medium is held and a non-holding position in which the holding of the recording medium is released.

3. The medium holding device according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a frame-side lock section that is provided in the holding frame and includes the hook member, and
a base-side lock section that is provided in the base section and engages with the frame-side lock section of the holding frame positioned in the holding position.

4. The medium holding device according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a brake assist section that is mounted on the holding frame and brakes rotation of the holding frame to the holding position and assists rotation of the holding frame to the non-holding position.

5. The medium holding device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the brake assist section is configured of an assist hinge rotatably connecting the holding frame to the base section.

6. The medium holding device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first tray has
a tray body in which one surface of front and rear surfaces is the medium mounting surface, and
a guide section that is provided in an edge portion of a surface opposite to the medium mounting surface of the tray body and guides an end portion of the recording medium hanging from between the tray body and the holding frame to the outside with respect to the tray body.

7. The medium holding device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the attachment has
a plate section provided with an opening, and
an attachment frame section that is provided along an edge portion of the opening in one surface of the front and rear surfaces of the plate section, and
wherein the second tray has
a tray body in which one surface of the front and rear surfaces is the medium mounting surface, and
a guide section that is provided in the edge portion of the surface opposite to the medium mounting surface of the tray body and guides the end portion of the recording medium hanging from between the tray body and the attachment frame section to the outside with respect to the tray body.

8. The medium holding device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the holding frame has
a frame body in which an engaging section engaging with an outer peripheral edge of the attachment is provided in an inner peripheral edge, and
a locking member that is provided in the frame body to be movable between a locked position in which the attachment engaged with the engaging section is locked to the frame body and an unlocked position in which the locking of the attachment is released.

9. A recording apparatus comprising:
the medium holding device according to claim 1 ; and
a recording section that records an image to the recording medium held by the medium holding device.

10. The medium holding device according to claim 1 , wherein the hook member is provided in a center of front of the holding frame.

11. The medium holding device according to claim 1 , wherein the holding frame includes a locking member configured to rotate between a locked position in which locks the attachment, and an unlocked position in which releases the attachment, and
wherein a direction in which the holding frame rotates and a direction in which the locking member rotates are different.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Fujimori Naoyuki

Classifications

• B41J13/103

  for the sheet feeding section · CPC title

• B41J11/02

  Platens · CPC title

• B41J11/58 Primary

  Supply holders for sheets or fan-folded webs, e.g. shelves, tables, scrolls, pile holders · CPC title

• B41J11/06

  Flat page-size platens {or smaller flat platens having a greater size than line-size platens (B41J11/0085 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B41J13/10

  Sheet holders, retainers {, movable guides}, or stationary guides · CPC title