CN1970416B

CN1970416B - Paper feeding cassette

Info

Publication number: CN1970416B
Application number: CN2006100759582A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 朴柱炫
Original assignee: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
Current assignee: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
Priority date: 2005-11-25
Filing date: 2006-04-21
Publication date: 2010-05-12
Anticipated expiration: 2026-04-21
Also published as: KR100726433B1; KR20070055163A; US20070120319A1; CN1970416A

Abstract

A paper feeding cassette includes a cassette body detachably mounted to an image forming apparatus, and an alignment unit disposed on an inner surface of the cassette body to pressurize a plurality of stacked sheets of recording medium from one side thereof when the cassette body is mounted in the image forming apparatus. Accordingly, the sheets of recording medium can be more accurately picked up and a stable image quality can be obtained.

Description

The paper feeding box

Technical field

General plotting of the present invention relates to and a kind of print media is transported to paper feeder in the imaging device.More particularly, general plotting of the present invention relates to a kind of paper feeding box of paper feeder.

Background technology

For example duplicator, Printers and Faxes machine are such is used for generally can being divided into the electro photography type that uses photosensitive material, direct developer being ejected into ink jet type, heat transfer type, bubble type inkjet type, heat sublimation type and dot matrix etc. on the print media at the imaging device that forms certain image on the print media.

Because digital camera comes into vogue recently widely,, and expect described image is stored in the storage medium as hard disk drive so increasing user's expectation will directly be outputed on the print media by the image that digital camera is taken.For this reason, developed photo-printer having.Photo-printer having is a kind of chopping machine of printing by the digital photograph of the image that looks like to store in bridge (PictBridge) the bonded assembly digital camera, perhaps chopping machine of the image of printing stored in storage card of being specifically designed to.Photo-printer having can be divided into bubble type inkjet type, heat transfer type and heat sublimation type.

Photo-printer having is designed to have compact size, thereby this photo-printer having is light and carry easily, and the image of taking can directly be printed at outdoor quilt.Print media comprises the dedicated paper (that is, printing paper) that is specifically designed to photograph print, and the size of printing paper is generally 4 * 6 inches or for the A4 size.

Imaging device has print media, is fed to paper feeder in the imaging device as paper.Paper feeder comprises paper feeding box and pickup unit, and piling up in the paper feeding box has a plurality of print media (that is, paper), and pickup unit is used for picking up print media one by one so that this print media is transported in the printing portion of imaging device from the paper feeding box.

The paper feeding box is releasably attached on the imaging device, makes many print media easily to be stacked in the paper feeding box.

When many print media were stacked in the paper feeding box, these print media should accurately alignment in described paper feeding box.If be stacked on the accurately alignment of print media in the paper feeding box, then when imaging equipment is carried out printing or print media and is transferred, various mistakes can appear.These mistakes cause paper to stop up or print media curls.

Therefore, for operability and the durability that increases imaging device, make the print media alignment that is stacked in the paper feeding box extremely important.

For for example use be exclusively used in photograph print high price paper (for example, the imaging device of photo-printer having printing paper), perhaps thereby the paper feeding box can separate its imaging device with compact size with it, and the alignment of the print media in the paper feeding box is particularly important.

Summary of the invention

Therefore, general plotting of the present invention provides a kind of paper feeding box that can carry out accurate pick-up operation, thereby can obtain stable picture quality.

General plotting of the present invention also provides a kind of print media paper feeding box of alignment easily and accurately that can make many.

It is not that individual picks up but many paper feeding boxes that print media is overlapping when preventing to pick up that general plotting of the present invention also provides a kind of, thereby print media can correctly be picked up from the paper feeding box.

For the others of general plotting of the present invention, part will be set forth in the following description, and part is apparent by description, and perhaps can understand by implementing general plotting of the present invention.

Also by providing a kind of paper feeding box to realize, described paper feeding box comprises: box body is releasably attached on the imaging device the aforementioned and/or others of general plotting of the present invention; Alignment unit is arranged on the inside face of described box body, is used for pushing many recording mediums that pile up from a side of described box body when described box body is installed in described imaging device.

Described alignment unit can comprise at least one displacement member, and along with described box body is installed in the described imaging device, described at least one displacement member is to the skew of the inner space of described box body.

Described alignment unit can comprise the out-of-position ways that is used to guide described displacement member, and described ways and the alignment of described displacement member are can relative to each other moving.

Described displacement member can form on the inside face of described box body, holds described ways therein so that form the guiding recess between the inside face of described box body and described displacement member.Described displacement member can be formed by elastic body, have first end and second end, described first end is fixed on the described inside face of described box body, described second end flexibly is offset to the inner space of described box body, and the described guiding recess that is used to hold described ways forms between first end of described displacement member and second end.

Described box body can have in the reference surface of first inside face and the described alignment unit relative with described reference surface on second inside face.

Described reference surface can have a plurality of mating surfacess to the inner space of described box body projection equal length.

Described paper feeding box also can comprise the lid on the top that is arranged in described box body slidably.

Described ways can be fixedly connected on the described lid.

Described lid and described box body can be included in direction protrusion and the guide groove between the two the contact portion.

Described lid also can comprise the elastic rib of the top side that is used for flexibly pushing described many recording mediums that are stacked on described box body.

Described box body also can be included in the jut at its top, makes the small angle of described lid inclination when being installed in the described imaging device with the described box body of box lunch.

Aforementioned and/or the others of general plotting of the present invention are also by providing a kind of paper feeding box that can use in imaging device to realize that described box comprises: box body is used for the mounting portion that housing recording also can be installed to described imaging device; Alignment unit is arranged in a side of described box body, is used for being installed to described mounting portion and promoting described recording medium against reference surface in box body along with described box body.

Aforementioned and/or the others of general plotting of the present invention are also by providing a kind of paper feeding box that can use in imaging device to realize, described box comprises: main body, have and be attached to the top and the bottom of going up each other slidably, this main body is used to hold many recording mediums between described top and the bottom; Alignment unit, have the top that is arranged in described main body and the outshot of the complementation on the bottom, thereby the outshot of described complementation relative to each other moves to the installation site along with described top and bottom and engages one another, thereby the joint of the outshot of described complementation is shifted described recording medium onto positions aligning.

Also by providing a kind of paper feeding box to realize, described paper feeding box comprises the aforementioned and/or others of general plotting of the present invention: tray portion is used to hold many print media, and has the displacement member of extending along its madial wall; Cover is attached to described tray portion, and has the ways that extends from its side bottom, thereby when described cover moved in the mounting portion with respect to described tray portion, described displacement member engaged with described ways.

Aforementioned and/or the others of general plotting of the present invention are also by providing a kind of carton that is installed in the described imaging device to realize that described box comprises: the bottom branch is used to hold print media; Top portion, between the primary importance and the second place, join described bottom branch movably to, described primary importance is when the described box position that described top portion is divided with respect to described bottom when described imaging device disassembles, the described second place be when described box is installed in the described imaging device described top portion with respect to the position of described bottom branch.

Aforementioned and/or the others of general plotting of the present invention are also by providing a kind of imaging device to realize, described imaging device comprises the paper feeding box, described paper feeding box comprises main body, have and be attached to the top and the bottom of going up each other slidably, this main body is used to hold many recording mediums between described top and the bottom; Alignment unit, outshot with complementation of the top that is arranged in described main body and bottom, thereby the outshot of described complementation relative to each other moves to the installation site along with described top and bottom and engages one another, thereby the joint of the outshot of described complementation is shifted described recording medium onto positions aligning.Described imaging device also comprises the mounting portion, and this mounting portion has and is used for described paper feeding box is contained in spatial accommodation in the described mounting portion.

Also by providing a kind of imaging device to realize, described imaging device comprises mounting portion and the carton that can be installed in the described mounting portion to the aforementioned and/or others of general plotting of the present invention.The described carton that is installed in the described mounting portion comprises: main body is used for housing recording therein; Lid is attached to described main body slidably, is used for covering described recording medium and is inserted into described mounting portion along with described box and slides into second end of described main body from first end of described main body.

Aforementioned and/or the others of general plotting of the present invention are also by providing a kind of paper feeding box that can use in imaging device to realize that described paper feeding box comprises: box body is used for the mounting portion that housing recording also can be installed to described imaging device; Lid, when described box body was installed in the described imaging device, described lid engaged slidably with described box body; Alignment unit is arranged in a side of described box body, is used for engaging slidably with described box body along with described lid and promotes the reference surface that described recording medium aligns against the described recording medium of making of described box body.

Description of drawings

By the description of embodiment being carried out below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, these of general plotting of the present invention and/or others will become apparent and easy to understand more, wherein:

Fig. 1 illustrates the transparent view of the paper feeding box of the embodiment of general plotting according to the present invention that is in the state that is not installed in the imaging device;

Fig. 2 illustrates the transparent view of the paper feeding box of Fig. 1 of the embodiment of general plotting according to the present invention that is in the state that is installed in the imaging device;

Fig. 3 A is the cross sectional drawing of the paper feeding box of the embodiment of general plotting according to the present invention that state that being in of Fig. 1 be not installed in the imaging device is shown;

Fig. 3 B is the enlarged view in the alignment unit of the paper feeding box of R point IIIA that Fig. 3 A is shown;

Fig. 4 A illustrates the cross sectional drawing of the paper feeding box of the embodiment of general plotting according to the present invention that being in of Fig. 1 is installed in state in the imaging device;

Fig. 4 B is the enlarged view of alignment unit of paper feeding box that is illustrated in the R point IVA of Fig. 4 A;

Fig. 5 is the side cross-sectional view that illustrates along the paper feeding box of Fig. 1 of line of reference V-V intercepting;

Fig. 6 is the side cross-sectional view that illustrates along the paper feeding box of Fig. 2 of line of reference VI-VI intercepting;

Fig. 7 is the transparent view of paper feeding box that another embodiment of the general plotting according to the present invention is shown.

The specific embodiment

To describe the embodiment of general plotting of the present invention now in detail, its example is shown in the drawings, and in the accompanying drawings, identical label is represented components identical all the time.Embodiment is described to explain general plotting of the present invention hereinafter with reference to accompanying drawing.

Fig. 1 to Fig. 6 is the view that the paper feeding box of an embodiment of general plotting according to the present invention is shown.

To shown in Figure 6, the paper feeding box comprises box body 10 as Fig. 1, and this box body 10 has the inner space that is used for piling up therein many recording medium P.Box body 10 is removably mounted in the imaging device 100.

With reference to Fig. 3 A and Fig. 4 A, a plurality of mating surfacess 11 in the side (as the left side of Fig. 3 A and Fig. 5) of box body 10 to the inner space of box body 10 projection.Mating surfaces 11 has identical projection length.

Described a plurality of mating surfaces 11 projections, thus the friction force that occurs when the whole side of recording medium P contact box body 10 can reduce.In other words, mating surfaces 11 has reduced the described side of box body 10 and the area of contact between the recording medium P.Thereby pick-up roller 55 (seeing Fig. 4 A and Fig. 6) can more easily pick up recording medium P.

Reference surface when align as many recording medium P in the inboard of described a plurality of mating surfaces 11.

Alignment unit 20 is arranged on the reference surface facing surfaces (that is, the right side of Fig. 3 and Fig. 5) with box body 10, is used to make many recording medium P alignment of piling up.

Alignment unit 20 comprises displacement member 22 and ways 21.Displacement member 22 is installed to along with box body 10 on the mounting portion 110 of imaging device 100 and to the skew of the inner space of box body 10, the skew of ways 21 guiding displacement member 22.

Along with displacement member 22 inner space to box body 10 under the effect of ways 21 is offset, displacement member 22 is pushed the side of the recording medium P that is stacked in the box body 10, and many recording medium P is alignd on width against the reference surface by mating surfaces 11 definition.

Ways 21 is in line with displacement member 22 and aligns, and ways 21 is connected on the imaging device 100 or the lid 30 of paper feeding box on.

Displacement member 22 and ways 21 form relative to each other removable.In other words, if ways 21 is fixing, then displacement member 22 can move to guiding member 21, if displacement member 22 is fixing, then ways 21 can move to displacement member 22.

Displacement member 22 can be formed by elastic body, has the first end 22a and the second end 22b, and the first end 22a is fixed to the inboard of box body 10, and the second end 22b flexibly is offset to the inner space of box body 10.Guiding recess 22c is formed between the first end 22a and the second end 22b, is used to hold and guide the front end of ways 21.

The through hole 18 of preliminary dimension can form on the basal surface of box body 10, thus separable recording medium P.For example, the user can insert object or point many recording mediums separation that will be stacked in the box body 10 by through hole 18.

Lid 30 is formed on the top surface of box body 10, is used to prevent that exterior materials from entering in the box body 10 from the outside of box body 10, and lid 30 and box body 10 relative to each other form slidably.See figures.1.and.2, lid 30 can have the local area that covers the top surface of box body 10.Yet, should be appreciated that the lid of other type also can use replacedly, be not the scope of wanting to limit general plotting of the present invention at the lid 30 shown in Fig. 1 to Fig. 3 A and Fig. 4 A to Fig. 6.For example, lid 30 also can have the area of the top surface that covers box body 10 fully.

With reference to Fig. 3 A and Fig. 4 A, direction protrusion 35 and guide groove 15 that the slide construction of lid 30 and box body 10 can form in correspondence with each other by the contact portion of using between lid 30 and box body 10 are realized.

In the present embodiment, ways 21 can be fixedly connected on the basal surface of lid 30. therefore, ways 21 moves along identical direction mutually together with lid 30. because lid 30 and box body 10 engage with sliding over each other, so the displacement member 22 that is fixed on the ways 21 on the lid 30 and is fixed on the box body 10 also engages with sliding over each other. for example, be installed to along with box body 10 in the mounting portion 110 of imaging device 100, the ways 21 on the lid 30 can engage with the displacement member 22 on the box body 10.

With reference to Fig. 5 and Fig. 6, elastic rib 31 forms in a side of the basal surface of lid 30, can offset downward.What the fore-end of elastic rib 31 was pushed the recording medium P that is stacked in the box body 10 goes up one most so that recording medium P is smooth.

Fig. 7 is the paper feeding box that another embodiment of the general plotting according to the present invention is shown.As shown in Figure 7, lid 30 can also comprise pivot caps 40, and this pivot caps 40 is attached to the front side of lid 30 pivotly.Therefore, many recording medium P can be deposited in the box body 10 more easily, and can prevent more effectively that exterior materials from entering in the box body 10 from the outside.

Referring again to Fig. 5 and Fig. 6, box body 10 has the jut 14 of crooked predetermined radii on the top surface of relative left side wall and right side wall.When lid 30 when slide in the front portion of box body 10, lid 30 contact protrusion parts 14 and the small angle that tilts, so this leaning angle increases the pressure of elastic rib 31.

With reference to Fig. 3 A, the mounting portion 110 that the paper feeding box of present embodiment is removably installed in imaging device 100 wherein comprises and holds recess 111 and spatial accommodation 112, holds recess 111 and is used to hold lid 30, and spatial accommodation 112 is used for the rear side of enclosing casing 10.

A plurality of barrier spares (dam) 113 are arranged in the rear side of spatial accommodation 112, to be located in a plurality of the penetrating in the opening 16 in the rear side formation of box body 10 respectively.Here, barrier part 113 has common structure, is used for preventing carrying when many picked rollers 55 of the recording medium P that piles up (seeing Fig. 4 A and Fig. 6) of box body 10 pick up many overlapping recording medium P.

With reference to Fig. 3 A and Fig. 4 A, hook device 114 symmetrically and be movably disposed within the relative sidepiece of spatial accommodation 112.Hook device 114 is arranged in the rear side of spatial accommodation 112, engages with a plurality of projections 17 of right lateral side that is arranged in box body 10 and left rear side.

Explain the operation of the paper feeding box of the embodiment of general plotting according to the present invention now with reference to Fig. 1 to Fig. 6.Yet, should be appreciated that this description is also applicable to the embodiment of Fig. 7.

Many recording medium P is stacked in the box body 10, and contacts at a plurality of mating surfacess 11 of one of the box body 10 inboard conduct that forms with reference to the surface.

Then, box body 10 and lid 30 are inserted in the mounting portion 110 of imaging device 100.

Along with the paper feeding box is inserted in the mounting portion 110, lid 30 supports preventing that lid 30 further is inserted in the spatial accommodation 112 by holding recess 111, thereby box body 10 slides into the rear side of spatial accommodation 112 with respect to lid 30.

Along with the rear side of box body 10 towards spatial accommodation 112 is inserted in the mounting portion 110, the projection 17 on the box body 10 moves to hook device 114, thereby each projection 17 engages with each hook device 114, thereby box body 10 is fixedly secured on the imaging device 100.

As mentioned above, because box body 10 and lid 30 relative to each other slide, so be fixedly connected in the guiding recess 22c (seeing Fig. 3 B and Fig. 4 B) that the ways 21 of lid 30 is inserted into the displacement member 22 of the inboard that is arranged in box body 10.Therefore, the second end 22b of displacement member 22 flexibly is offset, and pushes the side of many recording medium P that pile up, thereby described many recording medium P can be against the reference surface width that aligns.

In other words, according to present embodiment, along with the paper feeding box is installed on the imaging device 100, many recording medium P that pile up alignment automatically simultaneously.

Therefore, alignment operation is very easy to carry out, and this user for imaging device 100 provides convenience.In addition, many recording medium P accurately align, thereby many recording medium P of alignment can accurately and constantly be fed to the imaging moiety of imaging device 100.Therefore, can strengthen print quality.

In box body 10, only there is a side to be pressed if the structure that the paper feeding box has is recording medium P, then makes the pressure of many recording medium P alignment can be not excessive, thereby also can not cause the overlapping picked roller 55 of many recording medium P to pick up.

The various embodiment of general plotting according to the present invention can more accurately pick up many recording medium and can obtain stable picture quality.

The various embodiment of general plotting according to the present invention can be easily and many recording medium of accurately aliging.

In addition, the embodiment of general plotting according to the present invention when picking up, prevents that many recording mediums are overlapping.In addition, each is opened and is all correctly picked up from the paper feeding box.

Although shown and described some embodiment of general plotting of the present invention, but those skilled in the art are to be understood that, under the situation of principle that does not break away from general plotting of the present invention and spirit, can make a change these embodiment, the scope of general plotting of the present invention is limited by claim and equivalent thereof.

Claims

1. paper feeding box that can in imaging device, use, described paper feeding box comprises:

Box body is used for the mounting portion that housing recording also can be installed to described imaging device;

Lid, when described box body was installed in the described imaging device, described lid engaged slidably with described box body;

Alignment unit is arranged in a side of described box body, is used for engaging slidably with described box body along with described lid and promotes the reference surface that described recording medium aligns against the described recording medium of making of described box body.

2. paper feeding box as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described alignment unit is arranged on first inboard of described box body, and described reference surface is arranged on second inboard relative with described first inboard.

3. paper feeding box as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described lid engages to cover the top surface of described box body with described box body.

4. paper feeding box as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described alignment unit comprises:

Displacement member is extended from the described side of described box body;

Ways extends from described lid, along with described lid slides on the top surface of described box body and engages to promote described recording medium against described reference surface with described displacement member.

5. paper feeding box as claimed in claim 4, wherein, described ways promotes described displacement member further extends to the inner space of described box body it from described side, thus described displacement member contacts the side of described recording medium.

6. paper feeding box as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described lid placement is at first end of described box body, and be installed to along with described box body in the mounting portion of described imaging device and on the top surface of described box body second end to described box body slide.

7. paper feeding box as claimed in claim 1, described lid joins the outside of described box body to, and be installed to along with described box body in the mounting portion of described imaging device, the interior side engagement of the outside of described lid and the mounting portion of described imaging device, thereby prevent that described lid is moved further therein, described box body further moves in the mounting portion of described imaging device simultaneously.

8. paper feeding box as claimed in claim 4, wherein, described box body comprises at least one jut, described at least one jut extends upward and engages with described lid along with described lid slides on described top surface from least one sidewall on the top surface of described box body, thereby when described box body was installed in the described imaging device, described lid kept predetermined non-horizontal angle.

9. paper feeding box as claimed in claim 4, wherein, described lid comprises:

Horizontal component is arranged as parallel with the top surface of described box body and with respect to the top surface of described box body slidably;

Pivotable part engages with described parallel portion and can pivot with respect to described parallel portion around axis.

10. paper feeding box as claimed in claim 3, wherein, described alignment unit comprises:

Displacement member is extended from the described side of described box body;

Ways extends from described lid, along with described lid and described box body relative to each other move and engage with described displacement member.

11. paper feeding box as claimed in claim 4, wherein, described lid comprises the elastic rib that extends from its bottom side, is used for applying downward power to the recording medium of going up most that is placed on described box body.