Composite apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9994013-B2
Application number	US-201515501780-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 31, 2015
Priority date	Aug 5, 2014
Publication date	Jun 12, 2018
Grant date	Jun 12, 2018

Abstract

A composite apparatus includes a recording device, a reading device that is disposed on the recording device and is able to read an image, a recording portion that is disposed within the recording device and is able to perform printing by ejecting ink on a paper sheet P, and a liquid accommodating portion that is disposed on a side portion of the recording device and which accommodates the ink to be supplied to the recording portion, in which the reading device is disposed such that a part of the reading device protrudes from the recording device to above the liquid accommodating portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A composite apparatus comprising:
a recording device that has a recording portion which performs recording by ejecting liquid onto a recording medium;
a reading device that is disposed on the recording device and able to read an image; and
a liquid accommodating portion of which at least a part is disposed on a side portion of the recording device and which accommodates the liquid to be supplied to the recording portion,
wherein the reading device is disposed such that a part of the reading device protrudes from the recording device so as to be above and to partially cover the liquid accommodating portion.

2. The composite apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the liquid accommodating portion has a finger hooking portion which a finger hooks.

3. The composite apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the reading device has a transport portion that transports a document, and
a reading portion that reads an image of the transported document, and
the transport portion is positioned on the recording device.

4. The composite apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the size of the image that is able to be read by the reading device is larger than the size of the recording medium that is able to be recorded by the recording portion.

5. The composite apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4 ,
wherein the liquid accommodating portion is disposed on both side portions of the recording device in a width direction.

6. The composite apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the recording medium has a rectangular shape,
the recording device is configured to be able to set the recording medium in a positional state in which a depth direction of the recording device is a long side, and
the reading device is able to read the image with a rectangular shape which has an area that is two times the size of the recording medium and in which the width direction that is orthogonal to the depth direction of the recording device is a long side.

7. The composite apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein an upper end portion of the liquid accommodating portion is a horizontal plane.

8. The composite apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the liquid accommodating portion is disposed on a rear side portion of the recording device.

9. The composite apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the liquid accommodating portion is provided with an insertion case that has an insertion port into which it is possible to insert a liquid accommodating body that accommodates the liquid, and
the insertion port is disposed on a side portion of the insertion case.

10. The composite apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the liquid accommodating portion is provided with an accommodating case that is able to accommodate the liquid accommodating body in which the liquid is accommodated and has an opening portion in a side portion, and a lid that is able to open and close the opening portion, and
an opening and closing trajectory when the lid is opened and closed is separated from the reading device.

11. The composite apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the liquid accommodating portion is provided with a storage case that has the opening portion on the top side and is able to store the liquid accommodating body in which the liquid is accommodated,
the reading device is provided with a reading surface on which the image is able to be read and a cover member that is able to displace between a first position at which the reading surface is covered and a second position at which the reading surface is exposed, and
the cover member closes the opening portion when at the first position and opens the opening portion when at the second position.

12. The composite apparatus according to claim 5 ,
wherein in the width direction, one liquid accommodating portion out of the liquid accommodating portions that are disposed on both side portions of the recording device is longer than the other liquid accommodating portion, and the protrusion amount of the reading device that protrudes from the recording device to above the one liquid accommodating portion is longer than the protrusion amount of the reading device that protrudes from the recording device to above the other liquid accommodating portion.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Nakazawa Akira
• Tsuchihashi Yoshikane

Classifications

• B41J2/17506

  Refilling of the cartridge · CPC title

• B41J2/00

  Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed (mounting, arrangement or disposition of types or dies B41J1/00) · CPC title

• H04N2201/0008

  Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus · CPC title

• B41J2/01 Primary

  Ink jet · CPC title

• B41J2/17509

  Whilst mounted in the printer · CPC title