JP2781564B2 - Recording device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to a recording apparatus that selectively conveys a plurality of recording media to a recording unit and performs recording.

<Prior art> Conventionally, as a recording apparatus using a plurality of recording media,
For example, there is a type in which both a cut sheet and a roll sheet are loaded and one of the recording sheets is conveyed to a recording unit as necessary to perform recording.

For example, as shown in FIG. 5, a roll paper 1 rotatable about a shaft 8 is accommodated in a holder 9, and a set roller pair 3a for feeding the roll paper 1 and a cutter are shown in FIG.
A roll paper transport path 25 is formed to reach the lower transport roller pair 21 via 3b, and is provided between the two transport roller pairs 21 and 22 while being transported by the lower transport roller pair 21 and the upper transport roller pair 22. The recording means 4 performs predetermined recording and discharges the paper from the discharge port 6.

On the other hand, the cut paper 2 is stacked and accommodated in the cassette 11, and the cut paper 2 is separated one by one by a pickup roller 14 or the like, and the lower transport roller pair bypasses the roller paper 1 by a feed roller pair 26. A cut sheet transport path 27 is formed so as to reach 21. At the time of recording, as in the case of the roller sheet 1, predetermined recording is performed by the recording means 4 while the sheet is conveyed by the lower conveying roller pair 21 and the upper conveying roller pair 22.

The setting of the roll paper 1 is performed by opening the door 17 of the apparatus main body, and the setting of the cut paper 2 is performed by attaching and detaching the cassette 11 from the apparatus main body.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> However, in the above-described conventional recording apparatus, paper feeding and conveyance are not performed smoothly, and the following problems are encountered in the case of a jam processing when a jam (a so-called paper jam) occurs. is there.

For example, when a jam occurs in the cut sheet 2 in the vicinity of the pickup roller 14, the cassette 11 must be taken out, and a hand must be inserted deep into the apparatus body to perform the jam processing.

Further, since the cut sheet transport path 27 is formed inside the apparatus main body so as to bypass the roll paper 1, if the cut sheet 2 is jammed near the feed roller pair 26, the door is opened.
In addition to opening 17, the roll paper 1 which is not directly related must be taken out of the holder 9 and then jammed.

Therefore, it takes time and trouble to clear the jam, and since the cassette 11 protrudes from the apparatus main body,
There is a possibility that a foot or the like may be caught on the cassette 11.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems and to provide a recording apparatus capable of easily performing a jam processing.

<Means for Solving the Problems> A representative configuration of the present invention for solving the above problems is a recording apparatus that selectively conveys a plurality of types of recording media to a recording unit and performs recording. A plurality of storage units for storing the recording media, a plurality of transport paths for guiding each recording medium from the storage unit to the recording unit, and an opening provided in a predetermined device of the apparatus body, A door for opening and closing the opening is provided, at least a part of a general transport path among the plurality of transport paths is provided near the opening, and the transport path near the opening can be retracted from the opening. It is characterized in that, in addition to the configuration, the other transport path is exposed when the transport path is retracted from the opening.

<Operation> According to the above-described means, when a jam occurs in the transport path near the opening, the door is opened and the transport path near the opening is retracted from the opening, so that it is easy. Jam processing can be performed.

Further, when a jam occurs in a transport path other than near the opening, the door is opened, and when the transport path disposed near the opening is retracted, the transport path causing the jam is exposed. . Therefore, also in this case, the jam processing can be easily performed.

<Example> Next, an example in which the above-described means is applied to an ink jet type recording apparatus will be described.

(First embodiment)

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of a serial type ink jet recording apparatus, and FIGS. 2 (A) and 2 (B) are top view sectional views when a door of the apparatus is opened and closed. This apparatus accommodates, as two types of recording media, a roll paper 1 in which a long recording paper is wound in a roll shape and a cut paper 2 in which the recording paper is cut into a predetermined size.

First, the schematic configuration of the recording apparatus will be described. The roll paper 1 is transported to the recording means 4 through a roll paper transport path 3, and the cut paper 2 is transported to the recording means 4 through a cut paper transport path 5. It is configured to be. Then, the roll paper 1 or the cut paper 2 is selectively conveyed to the recording means 4, a predetermined recording is performed by the recording means 4, and the recording medium after the recording is discharged from the discharge port 6.

Next, the configuration of each section will be described individually. First, the roll paper 1 is wound around a reel 7, which is rotatably attached to a rotating shaft 8, and housed in a holder 9. A set roller pair is provided on the transport path 3 of the roll paper 1.
3a, a cutter 3b, and a transport roller pair 10 are provided, and guide plates _3c1 , _3c2 for guiding the transport of the roll paper 1 are provided between the respective members.

The set roller pair 3a, the cutter 3b and the transport roller pair 1
Numeral 0 is configured to be rotatable in a direction indicated by an arrow in FIG. 1 by a driving force from a motor (not shown), so that the roll paper 1 is conveyed to the recording unit 4 and cut into predetermined lengths according to the storage length. ing.

On the other hand, the cut sheets 2 are stacked and accommodated in a cassette 11, and the cassette 11 is inserted from a cassette loading section 13 formed at a lower portion of the apparatus main body 12 into the apparatus main body, and a holder 9 for accommodating the roll paper 1 It is configured to be loadable below.

The cut sheet 2 in the cassette 11 is a pickup roller
The sheets 14 are fed one by one to the transport path 5 by a separation claw (not shown). The cut sheet transport path 5 includes two pairs of feed rollers 5a and 5b, a cut sheet transport roller pair 5c, and a transport roller pair 1a.
5 is provided, the guide plate 5d ₁ for guiding the conveyance of the cut sheet 2 between the respective _{members, 5d 2, 5d 3, 5d} 4, 5d 5 is provided, at the lower side of the conveying roller pair 10 And merges with the roll paper transport path 3.

The pickup roller 14, the feed roller pair 5a, 5b, the cut sheet transport roller pair 5c, and the transport roller pair 15 are configured to be rotatable in the direction of the arrow in FIG. The configuration in which the sheet is conveyed to the recording unit 4 is the same as the case of the roll paper 1 described above.

Also, as shown in FIG.
An opening 16 is formed, and a door 17 is attached to the opening 16. The door 17 is configured to cover from a cassette loading portion 13 formed at a lower portion of the apparatus to a lower portion of a manual outlet 20 described later, and is configured to be rotatable around a shaft 18 as shown in FIG. The opening 16 can be opened and closed by rotating the door 17.

Further, a part of the cart paper transport path 5 is provided integrally with the door 17. Specifically, the guide plate 5d _2, 5d ₃ attached to the door 17, as shown in Figure 2 to open the door 17 (B), the guide plate 5d _2, 5d ₃ is the opening 16 with the door 17 And the roll paper 1 is exposed.

When the door 17 is closed, the door 17 is locked by a known lock mechanism 19, and at this time, the door 17 is positioned on the apparatus main body 12 by a positioning pin (not shown). Cut sheet transport path 5 is set by the positioning, in which the transport path of the cut sheet 2 by the guide plate 5d ₁ ～5D ₅ such as shown in Figure 1 is formed.

A manual outlet 20 for manually feeding a recording sheet is formed at a predetermined position of the apparatus main body 12 above the cut paper transport path 5. Merges with the upper part of the conveyance path 5 and the conveyance roller pair
It is configured to reach 15.

Next, the recording means 4 is provided above the position where the roller paper transport path 3 and the cut paper transport path 5 meet. In this embodiment, an ink-jet type recording means 4 is used, and as shown in FIG. ₁ , a carriage 4b is provided along a guide shaft 4a ₁ and 4a ₂ by a driving means (not shown) so as to be reciprocally movable in the front and back directions of the drawing. A known inkjet recording head 4c having an ink chamber and ink nozzles is mounted on the carriage 4b. Therefore, is moved along the carriage 4b a guide shaft 4a _1, 4a ₂ is the time of recording, by ejecting ink in accordance with the image signal from the recording head 4c in synchronization with this, it conveyed to the recording position This is for recording an image on a recording medium.

To the recording position, the roll paper 1
Alternatively, either the cut sheet 2 or the manually inserted recording sheet is conveyed.
The recording medium conveyed to 10 is intermittently conveyed between the recording head 4c and the platen 4d by a lower conveying roller pair 21 and an upper conveying roller pair 22, and is predetermined by the recording head 4c in synchronization with the conveyance. The recording is performed, and the recording medium after the recording is discharged from the discharge port 6 to the outside of the apparatus.

The transport roller pair 10, the upper and lower transport roller pairs 21, 22
Guide plates 23a, 23b and 23c for guiding the recording medium are also provided between the discharge ports 6.

Next, a description will be given of a process performed when a jam occurs in the recording apparatus configured as described above.

First, when a jam occurs in the cut sheet transport path 5, when the door 17 is opened as shown in FIG. 2 (B), a part of the cut sheet transport path 5 together with the door 17 moves from the set position to the outside of the opening. The sham processing that occurs in the cut sheet transport path 5 can be easily performed. At this time, since the roll paper transport path 3 which is not directly related to the cut paper transport path 5 does not become an obstacle, the roll paper
Need not be taken out of the apparatus main body 12.

Next, when a jam occurs in the roll paper transport path 3, when the door 17 is opened, a part of the cut paper transport path 5 retreats from the opening 16 together with the door 17 as described above, and the roll paper transport path 2 is exposed from the opening 16. Therefore, the jam clearance in the roll paper transport path 5 provided on the inner side of the apparatus with respect to the cut paper transport path 5 can be easily performed.

Therefore, even if any one of the roll paper 1 and the cut paper 2 is jammed, the processing can be easily performed. Further, in this embodiment, since the cassette 11 for storing the cut paper 2 is completely stored in the apparatus main body 12,
There is no danger of hitting the cassette 11 with a foot or the like.

When the roll paper 1 is loaded into the holder 9 or when the cassette 11 containing the cut paper 2 is loaded, the loading can be easily performed by opening the door 17. At this time, as in the case of the jam processing, the other recording paper does not hinder the loading of one recording paper.

[Other embodiments]

In the above-described embodiment, a part of the cut sheet transport path 5 is
An example in which the guide plates 5d ₂ and 5d ₃ of the door 17 cut sheet 2 are separately formed as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B has been described. Guide plate 5d ₂ , 5d ₃
May be configured to be rotatable by the shaft 24. In this case, a part of the cut sheet transport path 5 retreats from the opening 16 independently of the door 17.

Note that when configuring the guide plate 5d _2, 5d ₃ to individually pivot the door 17, to the guide plate 5d _2, 5d ₃ are interlocked pivot with respect to rotation of the door 17 It may be configured as follows.

Even if the cut sheet transport path 5 is retracted separately from the door 17 as described above, the processing when the roll paper 1 or the cut paper 2 is jammed can be easily performed as in the above-described embodiment. Things.

Also as although the embodiment described above and so as to retract the guide plate 5d _2, 5d ₃ is part of the cut sheet transport path 5 through the opening 16, to retract the entire cut sheet conveying path 5 from the opening 16 You may comprise.

Further, the door 17 covering the opening 16 may be configured as shown in FIG. The door 17 shown in FIG. 4 is configured to cover a course from the upper part of the cassette loading part 13 to the lower part of the discharge port 6, and is provided with a manual opening 20 at a predetermined position. If the door 17 is configured so as not to cover the cassette loading portion 13 in this manner, it is not necessary to open the door 17 when loading the cassette 11 as in the above-described embodiment, and the cassette 11 can be easily attached and detached.

In the above-described embodiment, the roll paper 1 or the cut paper 2
Although a roller member such as a transport roller or a feed roller is used as a member for transporting the paper, the roll paper 1 or the cut paper 2 may be transported using, for example, an endless belt suspended on a pulley without using the roller member. You may do it.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the roll paper 1 is used as the recording medium.
Although an example in which a paper sheet is used for both the cut sheet 2 and the cut sheet 2 is shown, the recording medium need not be limited to the paper sheet. For example, a plastic sheet wound in a roll shape or the plastic sheet Naturally, it is also possible to use the one cut to the size, and it is also possible to use fan hold paper or the like.

<Effect of the Invention> As described above, according to the present invention, a part of a plurality of recording medium transport paths is provided near an opening, the transport path is configured to be retractable from the opening, and other transport paths are exposed. Since the recording medium is configured to be able to jam, the jam processing can be easily performed by opening the door provided in the opening and retracting the transport path near the opening in the jam processing or the like. Things.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of an ink jet recording apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 2 (A) and 2 (B) are top sectional views of a state where a door is opened and closed, and FIG. A), (B)
FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of a state in which a door of a recording apparatus according to another embodiment is opened and closed, FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of an embodiment in which the door does not cover a cassette loading section, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of a conventional technique. 1 is roll paper, 2 is cut paper, 3 is roll paper transport path,
3a is set rollers, 3b cutter, 3c _1, 3c ₂ guide plate, the recording means 4, 4a _1, 4a ₂ the guide shaft, 4b carriage, 4c recording head, 4d platen, 5 cut sheet Conveying path, 5a and 5b are feed roller pairs, 5c is a conveying roller, 5d _{1 to} 5d
₅ is a guide plate, 6 is a discharge port, 7 is a reel, 8 is a rotating shaft,
9 is a holder, 10 is a conveying roller pair, 11 is a cassette, 12 is an apparatus main body, 13 is a cassette loading section, 14 is a pickup roller, 15 is a conveying roller pair, 16 is an opening, 17 is a door, 18 is a shaft, 19 Is a lock mechanism, 20 is a manual feed slot, 21 is a lower transport roller pair, 22 is an upper transport roller pair, 23a, 23b, 23c are guide plates, 2
4 is an axis.

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A recording apparatus that selectively conveys a plurality of types of recording media to a recording unit and performs recording, wherein: a plurality of storage units for storing the plurality of types of recording media, respectively; A plurality of transport paths for guiding each recording medium to the recording unit from the opening, an opening provided at a predetermined position in the apparatus main body, and a door for opening and closing the opening. At least a portion of one of the transport paths is provided in the vicinity of the opening, and the transport path in the vicinity of the opening is configured to be able to be retracted from the opening. A recording apparatus characterized in that a transport path is exposed. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of types of recording media are a roll sheet and a cut sheet, and a transport path for the cut sheet is provided near the opening, and at least a part of the cut sheet transport path is retracted from the opening. 2. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recording apparatus is configured to be capable of exposing the roll sheet conveyance path when the cut sheet conveyance path is retracted from the opening.