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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2023
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Nakata, Matsumoto, JP;
Katsumi Yamada, Matsumoto, JP;
Hirokazu Anada, Matsumoto, JP;
Masanari Tanaka, Shiojiri, JP;
Kanji Momose, Matsumoto, JP;
Yusuke Komiyama, Matsumoto, JP;
Daisuke Kanuma, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording device in which an operating unit is provided to be pivotable to a parallel state and an inclined state with respect to a housing, a discharge tray includes a placement portion displaceable to an accommodation position and a use position, and an extension portion displaceable to a retracted state and an extended state, the extension portion protrudes to the outside of the housing when the placement portion is at the accommodation position and the extension portion is in the extended state, at least the extension portion in the extended state overlaps the operating unit in the parallel state, and a force in a first direction in which the extension portion is displaced from the extended state to the retracted state is applied when a back surface of the operating unit abuts on a tip of the extension portion.