Seiko Epson Corporation

Shun Ito

Atsuhiko Takeuchi

Haruna Takahashi

Keiichi Yato

Yosuke Nakano

Masaki Namiki

Mio Yashita

Moe Takeuchi

Makoto Bosoku

Tsutomu Ozaki

Hitoshi Igarashi

Kenji Yanagisawa

Hiroto Miyauchi

Eiji Taketsugu

Mitsuru Murata

Junki Akama

A processing device includes a processing section and a medium receiving section, wherein the medium receiving section has a sheet-like receiving member having flexibility, a pivot shaft coupled to one end of the receiving member, an operation section coupled to the other end of the receiving member and provided separable from the pivot shaft, and a pair of support sections that support both ends of the operation section, and the receiving member is wound around the pivot shaft and housed inside of the housing when the operation section approaches the pivot shaft, and is unwound from the pivot shaft and hangs down receivable the medium when the operation section is separated from the pivot shaft, and is wound around the pivot shaft such that contacting side with the medium is an inner side when the receiving member is wound around the pivot shaft.

Processing device and recording device

A processing device includes a processing unit and a medium accommodation portion, and the medium accommodation portion includes a flexible sheet-like accommodation member, a pivot shaft to which one end of the accommodation member is coupled, an operation portion to which the other end of the accommodation member is coupled and that is provided separably from the pivot shaft, and a pair of support portions that supports both ends of the operation portion, and the accommodation member is wound around the pivot shaft and stored inside the housing when the operation portion approaches the pivot shaft, and is unwound from the pivot shaft and hung down to accommodate the medium when the operation portion is separated from the pivot shaft, and holds a weight closer to the other end than to an intermediate position between the one end and the other end in the advance and retreat direction.

A medium placement device configured to stack a plurality of sheets of a medium discharged from a discharge unit of a processing device, the medium placement device including a plurality of support units being provided in a width direction intersecting with a discharge direction of the medium, and being configured to support, on a support surface from below in a gravitational direction, the medium discharged from the discharge unit. The plurality of support units are provided extending in the discharge direction, and are inclined downward in a gravitational direction from upstream to downstream in the discharge direction, and a first support unit and a second support unit arranged at a lower position in the gravitational direction with respect to the first support unit as viewed in the width direction, the first support unit and the second support unit being arranged alternatingly in the width direction.

Medium placement device

A recording device includes a roll holding unit, a transport mechanism, a recording unit, a cutting mechanism, and a discharge unit. The recording unit performs recording on a transported medium from the roll. The cutting mechanism cuts the medium, in an intersecting direction intersecting a transport direction. The discharge unit discharges the medium cut by the cutting mechanism. The transport mechanism includes a transport roller pair disposed upstream of the recording unit in the transport path. The control unit determines that the remaining length Lof the medium is insufficient to perform recording in a state of pinching the medium by the transport roller pair and the remaining length Lis greater than the predetermined length (affirmative determination in step S), the control unit cuts, by the cutting mechanism, a remaining medium to a predefined length Lor less and discharges the remaining medium (steps Sto S).

Recording device, recording system, and control method for recording device

A processing apparatus includes a processing unit and a medium reception unit. The medium reception unit includes a flexible sheet-shaped reception member, a turning shaft coupled to one end of the reception member, an operation part coupled to the other end of the reception member, a pair of supporting parts configured to support both ends of the operation part, a rack provided to supporting parts, and a turning shaft gear configured to the rack. The reception member is wound around the turning shaft and housed inside the housing when the operation part approaches the turning shaft. The reception member is drawn out from the turning shaft to hang downward such that the medium is receivable when the operation part is separated from the turning shaft. A non-linkage structure in which the movement of the operation part and the turning of the turning shaft are temporarily not linked is provided.

Processing apparatus and recording apparatus

A medium placement device is configured to stack a plurality of sheets of a medium discharged from a discharge unit of a processing device. The medium placement device includes a plurality of support units being provided in a width direction intersecting with a discharge direction of the medium discharged from the discharge unit, and being configured to support the medium at a support surface from below in a gravitational direction. A first support unit and a second support unit are provided in an alternating manner in the width direction, the second support unit being arranged at a position lower than the first support unit in the gravitational direction when viewed in the width direction. The first support unit is provided with a bridging member configured to couple a lower side of the discharge unit in the gravitational direction and the support surface of the first support unit.

A recording device includes a recording unit, a support portion for supporting a recording medium, a transport path for transporting the recording medium, a recording medium holding unit for holding a roll body and supplying the recording medium, and a frame for holding thereof, wherein the frame includes a lower frame extending along an X direction and a Y direction, a pair of side frames extending along a Z direction and the Y direction, each including a lower end fixed to the lower frame and upright in the Z direction, and disposed at a predetermined interval in the X direction, and a base frame held between the pare of side frames and including four wall surfaces extending in the X direction, and functional components related to recording of the recording unit are disposed inside the four wall surfaces.

Recording device

A medium placement device configured to have a medium discharged from a discharge unit of a processing device placed therein, and includes: a placement unit including a plurality of placement surfaces, with different angles with respect to a horizontal direction, that are disposed along a discharge direction of the medium, the placement unit being configured to have the medium discharged from the discharge unit placed thereon; and a plurality of restricting members disposed facing the placement unit along the discharge direction, the plurality of restricting members being configured to come into contact with the medium from above. In an initial state in which the medium is not placed, a distance in a gravitational direction between a first end of each of the plurality of restricting members on a placement unit side and one of the plurality of placement surfaces that faces the first end in the gravitational direction is constant.

Medium placement device and recording system

A loading device includes a placement portion and a friction member. A single paper sheet discharged from a discharge unit is placed on the placement portion. The friction member is disposed downstream of a downstream end portion of the placement portion in a discharge direction, and includes a contact surface that can come into contact with a back surface, of the single paper sheet, facing the placement portion. The contact surface extends at least in the discharge direction, at a position lower than the height position of the downstream end portion in a height direction.

Medium loading device and recording system

A recording apparatus includes a housing having a feeding port through which a medium is introduced into the housing, a feeding tray for supporting the medium fed through the feeding port, and a rotary damper configured to generate torque, in which the feeding tray includes a rotation shaft about which the feeding tray is rotatable, relative to the housing, between a close position at which the feeding tray holds the feeding port in a close state and an open position at which the feeding tray holds the feeding port in an open state, and the rotation shaft and the rotary damper are interlocked with each other.

Recording apparatus

A medium placement device includes a placement unit configured to have cut single paper thereon, a cover member configured to have single paper supplied to or discharged from an opening portion thereon, and a movement unit configured to move the cover member between a first position and a second position that is lower than the first position.

A printer includes a recording unit, a platen unit, and a driving unit. The platen unit includes a support surface, a negative pressure chamber, a first suction port, a second suction port, and a third suction port, and a partition mechanism. The partition mechanism includes a shutter member, a lever member, and a coupling unit. The driving unit includes a motor and a cam. The coupling unit couples the shutter member and the lever member with a predetermined idle angle.

A printer includes a recording unit, a support portion, a negative pressure chamber, a first sectioned chamber, a second sectioned chamber, a first suction port, and a second suction port. The support portion includes a support face configured to support roller paper. The negative pressure chamber is disposed at an opposite side of the support portion from the recording unit side. The first and the second sectioned chamber include a first and a second bottom surface. The first and the second suction port cause an outside space and the negative pressure chamber to communicate with each other. An opening area of the second suction port is smaller than an opening area of a first suction portion. The second suction port disposed most upstream in the first sectioned chamber is disposed upstream, in the transport direction, of the first suction port disposed most upstream in the second sectioned chamber.

A recessed portion is a portion that is provided to an end of a platen in an X direction and is recessed from the supporting surface of the platen. A discharge portion discharges the ink in the recessed portion along a +Y direction. A width of the discharge portion in an X direction is smaller than a width of the recessed portion in the X direction, and a position of the discharge portion in the X direction is arranged on an inner side with respect to a position of an edge of the roll paper. An end side of the discharge path, which is positioned on an inner side of the roll paper in the X direction, is arranged continuously to an end side of the recessed portion, which is positioned on the inner side of the roll paper, on an extension line of the end side.

In a printer, an accommodating portion accommodates roll paper. A supply roller pair is disposed upstream of a recording unit in a transport direction, and nips the roll paper. The intermediate roller pair is rotatably disposed between the supply roller pair and the accommodating portion, and nips the roll paper. A second motor and a third motor apply tension to the roll paper between the intermediate roller pair and the accommodating portion. A control unit can switch between a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, first tension is applied to the roll paper between the intermediate roller pair and the accommodating portion. In the second mode, second tension smaller than the first tension is applied.

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