Recording apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9969585-B2
Application number	US-201514678522-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 3, 2015
Priority date	Apr 9, 2014
Publication date	May 15, 2018
Grant date	May 15, 2018

Abstract

A recording apparatus includes a hopper which is provided with a mounting surface on which a medium is set, and which is provided to be capable of swinging between a first posture in which the mounting surface of the medium is in a fallen state, and a second posture in which the mounting surface is in an uplifted state, a first pathway that delivers rolled paper, as the medium, to the hopper from an upstream side thereof, a second pathway that delivers cut form paper, as the medium, to the hopper from an upstream side thereof, and a first sensor that detects the medium in the first pathway, wherein the hopper swings from the first posture in a direction that assumes the second posture on the basis of detection of the medium by the first sensor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A recording apparatus comprising:
a hopper which is provided with a mounting surface on which a medium is set, and which is provided to be capable of swinging between a first posture in which the mounting surface of the medium is in a fallen state, and a second posture in which the mounting surface is in an uplifted state;
a first pathway that delivers rolled paper, as the medium, to the hopper from an upstream side thereof;
a second pathway that delivers cut form paper, as the medium, to the hopper from an upstream side thereof;
a first sensor that detects the medium in the first pathway; and
a second sensor that detects that the medium is mounted on the mounting surface of the hopper,
wherein the hopper swings from the first posture in a direction that assumes the second posture on the basis of detection of the medium by the first sensor and the second sensor.

2. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a feeding roller that feeds the medium,
wherein the hopper is configured so as to come into contact with the feeding roller in the second posture, and
wherein the second posture is assumed when the hopper swings on the basis of the detection of the medium by the sensors.

3. The recording apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein the first pathway and the second pathway converge further upstream in a medium transport direction than a portion at which the hopper and the feeding roller come into contact.

4. The recording apparatus according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a first opening and closing section, which opens and closes an upper surface section of a main body of the recording apparatus, supports the cut form paper that is set on the hopper in an open state, and forms at least a portion of the second pathway,
wherein the first pathway is configured so as to pass between a downstream side end section of the first opening and closing section and the main body from a back surface side of a support surface of the first opening and closing section, and converge with the second pathway on a side of the support surface.

5. The recording apparatus according to claim 4 ,
wherein the first sensor is an optical sensor that is provided with an optical receiving and emitting unit that irradiates the medium with light, and receives reflected light from the medium, and
wherein an optical axis of the optical receiving and emitting unit is inclined toward a downstream side in the medium transport direction with respect to a vertical direction.

6. The recording apparatus according to claim 5 , further comprising:
a protective member that covers an upper region of the optical receiving and emitting unit of the first sensor in a position that is separated from the optical receiving and emitting unit of the first sensor.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Oki Narihiro
• Kanemaru Shinji
• Miyamoto Shintaro
• Sasaki Keisuke

Classifications

• B65H1/04

  adapted to support articles substantially horizontally, e.g. for separation from top of pile · CPC title

• B65H2553/414

  involving receptor receiving light reflected by a reflecting surface and emitted by a separate emitter · CPC title

• B41J11/485

  Means for selecting a type of copy material amongst different types of copy material in the printing apparatus · CPC title

• B41J15/042

  for loading rolled-up continuous copy material into printers, e.g. for replacing a used-up paper roll; Point-of-sale printers with openable casings allowing access to the rolled-up continuous copy material · CPC title

• B65H16/06

  both-ends type · CPC title