JP2002096529A - Recording apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To instantaneously and easily grasp the present sheet use mode. SOLUTION: A recording apparatus has a release mechanism 58 which rotates a release shaft 59 when a release lever 60 is moved through manipulation of an operation panel set to an upper case, thereby switching a sheet use mode. The release lever has an indicator member 88 formed thereto. The indicator member 88 is visible from outside through an opening 83 of the upper case, and the indicator part is constituted to be able to display the present sheet use mode.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording apparatus such as a dot impact printer which switches a sheet use mode by rotating a release shaft by moving a release lever.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a recording apparatus, while a recording head is running in the axial direction of a platen, a large number of recording wires of the recording head are struck onto a sheet located in front of the platen via an ink ribbon. There is a dot impact printer that performs recording and writing on a sheet.

[0003] Such a printer generally includes a cut sheet use mode for executing recording and writing on cut sheets such as cut sheets and copy paper by rotating a release lever to rotate a release shaft. A release mechanism is provided for switching between a sheet use mode and a continuous sheet use mode for executing recording and writing on a continuous sheet such as paper.

The release mechanism includes an automatic release mechanism that moves a release lever by driving a motor by operating an operation switch on an operation panel provided on an upper case, and a manual release mechanism that directly moves the release lever manually. There are two specifications:

[0005]

In the case of the above-mentioned automatic release mechanism, although the current seat use mode is usually displayed on the operation panel, this display alone indicates the current seat use mode to all users. It cannot always be said that it can be grasped instantaneously and easily.

The release lever in the manual release mechanism is provided integrally with the knob member. For this reason, the manual release mechanism and the automatic release mechanism require two types of release levers. Since the release lever is generally a large member and the mold cost is high,
When two types of release levers are needed as described above,
The cost rises.

Further, since the release lever is integrally formed including the knob, even if only the knob is damaged, the entire release lever must be replaced, which degrades the serviceability of the printer. Resulting in.

In addition, in the case of a printer having an automatic release mechanism and a printer having a manual release mechanism, if a case as an external component is made a common part, the case of a printer having an automatic release mechanism is realized. In the manual release mechanism, it is necessary to perform a process of closing an opening of a case in which a knob portion of a release lever in a manual release mechanism protrudes to the outside. This also increases the cost of the printer.

In view of the above circumstances, it is an object of the present invention to provide a recording apparatus capable of instantly and easily grasping the current sheet use mode. An object of the present invention is to provide a recording apparatus that can reduce costs by using a part of a release lever as a common part.

[0010]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a release mechanism for moving a release lever by operating an operation panel provided on an exterior body, rotating a release shaft, and switching a sheet use mode. In the recording apparatus provided with, the release lever is formed with an indicator portion that can be seen from outside the exterior body, and the indicator portion is configured to be able to display a current sheet use mode. It is.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in a recording apparatus provided with a release mechanism for switching a sheet use mode by rotating a release shaft by moving a release lever, the release lever rotates the release shaft. A knob that includes a base member having an operation section and an exchange member detachably provided on the base member, wherein the exchange member projects outward from an opening of the exterior body and moves the release lever. It is one of a member and a closing member for closing the opening of the exterior body.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the present invention, the closing member is an indicator that can be viewed from outside the exterior body and can display a seat use mode. It is assumed that.

The first aspect of the invention has the following operation.

Since the release lever is formed with an indicator part which can be seen from the outside of the exterior body, and this indicator part is configured to be able to display the current sheet use mode, for example, a sheet is provided on the operation panel of the exterior body. Even when the use mode is displayed, the current seat use mode can be instantaneously and easily grasped by looking at the indicator section.

The invention according to claim 2 or 3 has the following operation.

When the release mechanism includes an automatic release mechanism for driving the release lever by a motor and a manual release mechanism for manually moving the release lever, the release lever has a base member having an operation part for rotating the release shaft. And a replacement member detachably provided on the base member, and the replacement member is a knob member that protrudes outward from an opening of the exterior body to move the release lever,
Since it is either a closing member that closes the opening of the exterior body, by changing the replacement member of the release lever, the release lever can be made compatible with the release mechanism of the above two specifications, so that the cost can be reduced. .

In the case where the exterior body is formed as a common component between the recording apparatus having the automatic release mechanism and the recording apparatus having the manual release mechanism, in the case of the automatic release mechanism, the replacement member of the release lever is replaced with a closing member. By doing so, the opening of the exterior body can be closed, so that special processing for closing the opening of the exterior body is not required, and also from this point, an increase in cost can be avoided.

Further, when the knob of the replacement member of the release lever is damaged, it is sufficient to replace only the knob, and it is not necessary to replace the entire release lever, thereby improving the serviceability of the recording apparatus. be able to.

[0019]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a dot impact printer to which an embodiment of the recording apparatus according to the present invention is applied and which has an automatic release mechanism. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a printer main body in the printer of FIG.

A printer 10 as a recording apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 strikes a large number of recording wires on a sheet via an ink ribbon (both not shown) to record dots, thereby forming an image including characters. Is a dot impact printer that prints.

The printer 10 includes a printer main body 11 as a recording apparatus main body, and a push tractor unit 12 (FIG. 2) disposed behind the printer main body 11.
And an upper case 13A and a lower case 13B as exterior bodies respectively covering the upper part and the lower part of the printer main body 11.
A sheet supply guide 43 installed on the front side of the printer body 11 to guide the supply of cut sheets; and a sheet supply guide 43 installed on the rear side of the printer body 11 and above the push tractor unit 12, and
And a cut sheet feeder 44 (FIG. 1) for supplying the recording sheet one by one to the recording mechanism section.

The sheets include the cut sheet K cut to a predetermined length and a continuous sheet formed by connecting a plurality of sheets. The cut sheet K includes, for example, cut sheet, copy paper, cut film, and the like, and the continuous sheet includes continuous paper.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, the printer body 11 has a base frame 1 as a body frame.
4. Rear frame 15, left side frame 16, right side frame 17, and recording head 1 as recording mechanism
8, a carriage 19, and a platen 20, a sheet guide 25, a first transport roller 21, a second transport roller 22, a third transport roller 23, and a fourth transport roller 24 as a sheet transport mechanism. You.

Base frame 14 and rear frame 15
The left side frame 16 and the right side frame 17 are erected and fixed to substantially both ends of the. A carriage guide shaft 26 is bridged between the left side frame 16 and the right side frame 17 to be pivotally supported. Furthermore,
A platen 20 is bridged between the left side frame 16 and the right side frame 17 and is rotatably disposed.
Further, a sheet guide 25 is fixedly provided.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, the sheet conveying mechanism including the platen 20
The first conveyance roller 21 and the second conveyance roller 22 are arranged on the front side of the printer main body 11, and the third conveyance roller 23 and the fourth conveyance roller 24 are arranged on the rear side of the printer main body 11, respectively. The first conveyance roller 21 and the second conveyance roller 22 are arranged vertically in a contact state to form a pair, and constitute a front-side sheet conveyance roller 27. Further, the third transport roller 23 and the fourth transport roller 24 are arranged vertically in contact with each other to form a pair, and constitute a rear-side sheet transport roller 37.

Of these, the first transport roller 21 and the fourth transport roller 24 are driving rollers as described later, and the second transport roller 22 and the third transport roller 23 are driven rollers. Also, the first transport roller 21 and the third transport roller 23
Are disposed below the sheet guide 25 together with the platen 20, and the second transport roller 22 and the fourth transport roller 24 are disposed above the sheet guide 25. The upper portions of the platen 20, the first transport roller 21, and the third transport roller 23 project above the sheet guide 25.

The platen 20, the first transport roller 21 and the fourth transport roller 24 are driven to rotate in the forward or reverse direction by a driving wheel train 34 shown in FIG. This drive train section 34
Is installed on one of the left side frame 16 and the right side frame 17, for example, on the left side frame 16.

The drive wheel train unit 34 includes a motor pinion 36 which is fixed to the drive shaft of a sheet conveying motor 35 which can rotate forward or reverse, integrally and rotationally. This motor pinion 3
6 is driven by a plurality of reduction gears 48, 49 and 50.
To the platen 20 via the
From the first transport roller 21 via the reduction gears 51 and 52
And transmitted from the reduction gear 49 to the fourth transport roller 24 via the reduction gears 53 and 54.

As a result, the platen 20 and the first transport roller 21 rotate in the same direction, and the fourth transport roller 24 rotates in the opposite direction. 6) or can be conveyed in the direction of arrow B (FIG. 6) from the rear of the printer main body 11 to the front. Therefore, the cut sheet and the continuous sheet are conveyed in the sub-scanning direction orthogonal to the main scanning direction of the carriage 19 described later.

The push tractor unit 12 shown in FIGS. 4 and 6 supplies a continuous sheet (for example, continuous paper) to the sheet transport mechanism provided with the platen 20, and has a pair of left and right tractors 28. . These tractors 28 are tractor drive pulleys (not shown) which are supported by a tractor drive shaft 29 so as to be rotatable and axially slidable.
A tractor belt 31 is wound around a tractor driven pulley (not shown) rotatably supported on the tractor guide shaft 30 and slidably in the axial direction, and is provided with a sheet holding lid 32.

The distance between the pair of tractors 28 can be adjusted according to the width of a continuous sheet (continuous paper) to be conveyed. Also, a plurality of pins 33 protruding from the entire outer periphery of the tractor belt 31 can be engaged with holes (not shown) formed on both sides in the width direction of the continuous sheet. The tractor belt 31 is also driven by the driving wheel train 34 (FIG. 3).

That is, the driving force from the motor pinion 36 of the drive train wheel portion 34 is transmitted from the transmission gear 55 provided on the roller shaft of the fourth transport roller 24 to the intermediate gears 56 and 57, as shown in FIG. Through, push tractor unit 1
The power is transmitted to a tractor drive gear (not shown) fixed to the second tractor drive shaft 29, whereby the tractor belt 31 of the push tractor unit 12 can be driven.

The push tractor unit 12 includes a platen 20, a front sheet conveying roller 27 (first conveying roller 21 and second conveying roller 22), and a rear sheet conveying roller 37 (third conveying roller 23 and fourth conveying roller 23). Along with 24), a continuous sheet such as continuous paper can be conveyed mainly in the direction of arrow B (FIG. 6) from the rear of the printer main body 11 or in the direction of arrow A from the front of the printer main body 11 to the rear. .

The sheet supply guide 43 shown in FIG.
At the front side of the printer body 11, the upper case 13
A is detachably installed. This sheet supply guide 43
Guides the cut sheets, such as cut sheets or copy sheets, when the sheets are manually fed one by one from the front to the rear of the printer body 11. The cut sheet guided by the sheet supply guide 43 is a platen 2
0, the sheet is conveyed by a sheet conveying mechanism such as the front sheet conveying roller 27 and the rear sheet conveying roller 37.

The cut sheet feeder 44 also shown in FIG. 1 is installed on the rear side of the printer main body 11 to cut cut sheets such as cut sheets or copy paper.
Are automatically supplied one by one from the rear to the front.

That is, the cut sheet feeder 44
Although not shown, from a hopper that holds a plurality of cut sheets in a stacked state by a rotation operation of a supply roller,
The uppermost cut sheet is picked up and supplied, and at this time, the cut sheet which is fed together with the uppermost cut sheet is separated by a separation mechanism. One cut sheet is supplied to the printer body 11 by one or more rotations of the supply roller.

The supply roller of the cut sheet feeder 44 is also driven by the driving wheel train 34 (FIG. 3). That is, as shown in FIG. 4, the driving force from the motor pinion 36 of the drive train wheel portion 34 is transmitted from the transmission gear 55 provided on the roller shaft of the fourth conveying roller 24 to the cut sheet via the intermediate gears 56 and 57. The power is transmitted to a supply roller driving gear (not shown) of the feeder 44, whereby the supply roller of the cut sheet feeder 44 is driven.

The intermediate gear 57 can be selectively meshed with the supply roller drive gear of the cut sheet feeder 44 and the tractor drive gear of the push tractor unit 12 described above, and the contact pressure of the rear sheet transport roller 37 can be reduced. A mechanism that enables the change is the release mechanism 58. The release mechanism 58 switches the sheet use mode of the printer 10 according to the type of sheet (cut sheet or continuous sheet) supplied to the printer 10. The release mechanism 58 controls the release shaft 59, the release lever 60, and the release drive motor 61. It is configured to have.

A pinion 62 is formed at an end of the release shaft 59, and the pinion 62 is engaged with a rack 63 in a base portion 60 A of the release lever 60. A rack (not shown) is formed on the base portion 60A of the release lever 60. The rack is meshed with a motor pinion (not shown) of the release drive motor 61, and the release drive motor 61 drives the release lever 60 so that the printer is moved. 10 can be moved in the front-rear direction.

On the other hand, the rotation of the release shaft 59 causes the third conveyance roller 23 of the rear-side sheet conveyance roller 37 to move in the direction of the fourth conveyance roller 24, or to move from the fourth conveyance roller 24. A separating cam (not shown) is formed. The intermediate gear 57 is provided on the base portion 60A of the release lever 60 by the movement of the release lever 60, the tractor drive gear of the push tractor unit 12 and the supply roller drive gear of the cut sheet feeder 44 (the cut sheet feeder 44 is connected to the printer body 11). The cam 64 is formed so as to be able to be engaged alternatively.

When the release lever 60 is moved to the continuous sheet position and the printer 10 is switched to the continuous sheet use mode, the intermediate gear 57 meshes with the tractor drive gear of the push tractor unit 12 by the action of the cam 64. When the push tractor unit 12 is in the operating state, the release shaft 59 rotates, and the cam of the release shaft 59 causes the third transport roller 23 of the rear sheet transport roller 37 to move from the fourth transport roller 24. The third transport roller 23 and the fourth
The contact pressure with the transport roller 24 is reduced.

When the release lever 60 is moved to the cut sheet position and the printer 10 is switched to the cut sheet use mode, the cut sheet feeder 44 is supplied to the printer body 11 by the action of the cam 64.
Only when is mounted, the intermediate gear 57 meshes with the supply roller drive gear of the cut sheet feeder 44, the cut sheet feeder 44 enters an operating state, and the release shaft 59 rotates, and the release shaft 59 The third conveying roller 2 of the rear-side sheet conveying roller 37 is operated by the cam.
3 against the fourth transport roller 24 and the third transport roller 23
And the contact pressure between the roller and the fourth transport roller 24 are increased.

The carriage 19 shown in FIG.
The recording head 18 is mounted on the carriage guide shaft 26 slidably and slidably in contact with the upper end of the rear frame 15. Since the carriage guide shaft 26 is arranged in parallel with the platen 20, the carriage 19
Are provided so as to be able to run (scan) in the main scanning direction coinciding with the axial directions of the platen 20 and the carriage guide shaft 26.

The carriage 19 is connected to a timing belt 39 (FIG. 6) which is reciprocated by the forward or reverse rotation of the carriage drive motor 38. Therefore, the carriage 19 is guided by the carriage guide shaft 26 via the timing belt 39 by the forward or reverse rotation of the carriage drive motor 38, and is scanned leftward or rightward in FIG. 3 in the main scanning direction. Here, the carriage drive motor 38 is configured by, for example, a stepping motor together with the sheet transport motor 35 and the release drive motor 61.

As shown in FIG. 5, the carriage 19 is provided with a ribbon cassette mounting section 40, and a ribbon cassette 40A containing an ink ribbon is mounted on the ribbon cassette mounting section 40. Further, the carriage 19
The ink ribbon of the ribbon cassette is
A ribbon mask holder 41 is provided to protect the sheet (cut sheet or continuous sheet) conveyed in contact with the sheet. The ink ribbon in the ribbon cassette 40A is connected to a ribbon drive shaft 42 installed in the ribbon cassette mounting section 40.
Thus, the recording head 18 is provided so as to be movable in front of the recording wire.

The recording head 18 has a large number of recording wires (not shown), and the ink ribbon is located in front of the recording wires in the projecting direction as described above. Recording head 1
8, while traveling in the main scanning direction together with the carriage 19, protrudes the recording wire and strikes the ink ribbon,
The ink of the ink ribbon is attached to a sheet (cut sheet or continuous sheet) conveyed between the platen 20 and the recording head 18, and an image including characters is recorded on the sheet.

The recording operation of the recording head 18 is such that one line is recorded by the recording wire of the recording head 18 while the carriage 19 is traveling leftward or rightward in the main scanning direction in FIG. Each time the sheet is cut, if the sheet is a cut sheet, the sheet conveying mechanism (the platen 20, the first conveying roller 21, the second conveying roller 22,
When the third transport roller 23 and the fourth transport roller 24) and the sheet are continuous sheets, the sheet transport mechanism and the push tractor unit 12 respectively transport the sheet by a predetermined length (normal line spacing). This operation is performed by repeating the above operation.

The release mechanism 58 operates the release drive motor 61 shown in FIG. 4 by operating an operation switch 77 in an operation panel 76 provided in the upper case 13A, as shown in FIG. Then, an automatic release mechanism in which the release lever 60 moves.
Therefore, hereinafter, reference numeral 58 is referred to as an automatic release mechanism.

As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the dot impact printer includes a printer 80 having a manual release mechanism 81 in which a release lever 82 is manually moved. The manual release mechanism 81 is configured similarly to the automatic release mechanism 58 except that the release drive motor 61 of the automatic release mechanism 58 does not exist and the structure of the release lever 82 is different.

Here, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 10, the upper case 13A and the lower case 13B are common parts between the printer 80 having the manual release mechanism 81 and the printer 10 having the automatic release mechanism 58. . Therefore, an opening 83 is formed in the front portion of the upper case 13A, for example, on the right side in both the printer 80 and the printer 10. And the upper case 13A
In the position facing the opening 83, as shown in FIG.
A cut sheet display 84 representing a cut sheet and a continuous sheet display 85 representing a continuous sheet are engraved.

As shown in FIGS. 9 and 12, the release lever 82 of the manual release mechanism 81 and the release lever 60 of the automatic release mechanism 58 share a base portion 60A on which a rack 63 as an operating portion is formed. Although it is a component, a replacement member detachably provided on the base portion 60A is different.

As shown in FIG. 12, the replacement member of the release lever 82 in the manual release mechanism 81 is a knob member 86 having a grip portion 91 which can be gripped for manual operation.
It is. As shown in FIG. 10, the grip portion 91 of the knob member 86 is disposed so as to protrude outward from the opening 83 in the upper case 13A of the printer 80.

When the grip member 86 is gripped and operated by the user, the release lever 82 shown in FIG. 11 is moved in the front-rear direction of the printer 80, and the release shaft 59 is rotated. By operation, the intermediate gear 57 selectively meshes with the supply roller drive gear of the cut sheet feeder 44 (only when the cut sheet feeder 44 is mounted on the printer 80) and the tractor drive gear of the push tractor unit 12. Then, the sheet use mode is switched. When the switch 91 is switched to the cut sheet use mode, the grip 91 of the grip member 86 of the release lever 82 is
When the mode is switched to the continuous sheet use mode, the upper case 13A is positioned at the position corresponding to the continuous sheet display 85.

On the other hand, a replacement member of the release lever 60 in the automatic release mechanism 58 shown in FIG. 9 is an indicator member 88 on the surface of which an arrow 87 is displayed, for example. As shown in FIG. 7, the indicator member 88 functions as a closing member for closing the opening 83 of the upper case 13A of the printer 10 from below, and the arrow 87 thereof is made visible from outside the printer 10 through the opening 83. Provided.

The arrow 87 of the indicator member 88 indicates that when the release lever 60 is moved by the operation of the release drive motor 61 and the printer 10 is switched to the cut sheet use mode, the release lever 60 is moved to move the upper The release lever 6 is positioned at a position corresponding to the cut sheet display 84 of the case 13A and is switched to the continuous sheet use mode.
The continuous sheet display 8 of the upper case 13A by the movement of 0
5, the current use mode is displayed.

The knob member 86 and the indicator member 88 have their engaging projections 90 fitted or disengaged from the grooves 89 formed at the distal ends of the base portions 60A of the release levers 82 and 60, respectively. As described above, it is detachably provided on the base portion 60A.

Therefore, according to the above embodiment, the following effects are obtained.

An indicator member 88 is formed on the release lever 60 of the automatic release mechanism 58 so as to be visible from the outside through the opening 83 of the upper case 13A.
Since the indicator member 88 is configured to display the current sheet use mode in cooperation with the cut sheet display 84 and the continuous sheet display 85 of the upper case 13A, the operation panel 7 of the upper case 13A can be displayed.
Even when the sheet use mode is displayed on 6, the current sheet use mode of the printer 10 can be instantaneously and easily grasped by looking at the arrow 87 of the indicator member 88.

An automatic release mechanism 58 for driving the release lever 60 by the release drive motor 61 and a manual release mechanism 8 for manually moving the release lever 82
1, the release levers 60 and 82 move the base portion 60 including the rack 63 for rotating the release shaft 59.
A, and an exchange member detachably provided on the base portion 60A.
The release lever 82 protrudes outward from the opening 83 of the 3A.
Is changed, and the release levers 60 and 82 can be moved to the position 2 by changing the replacement member. Since it is possible to easily correspond to the release mechanism of the specifications (the automatic release mechanism 58 and the manual release mechanism 81), the cost can be reduced.

The upper case 13A is connected to the printer 10 having the automatic release mechanism 58 and the manual release mechanism 81.
In the case of the automatic release mechanism 58, the indicator member 88 of the release lever 60 can function as a closing member to close the opening 83 of the upper case 13A. Special processing for closing the opening 83 of the 13A is not required, and also from this point, an increase in the cost of the printer 10 can be avoided.

In the manual release mechanism 81, when the knob member 86 of the release lever 82 is damaged, it is sufficient to replace only the knob member 86, and it is not necessary to replace the entire release lever 82.
Serviceability can be improved.

Although the present invention has been described based on the above embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this.

For example, the replacement member of the release lever 60 in the automatic release mechanism 58 may be a closing member that simply closes the opening 83 of the upper case 13A instead of the indicator member 88 on which the arrow 87 is displayed.

[0065]

According to the recording apparatus of the present invention, the release lever is moved by operating the operation panel provided on the exterior body to rotate the release shaft, thereby switching the sheet use mode. In the recording apparatus provided with the mechanism, the release lever is formed with an indicator portion that is visible from the outside of the exterior body, and the indicator portion is configured to be able to display the current sheet use mode. The seat use mode can be grasped instantly and easily.

According to the recording apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, in the recording apparatus provided with a release mechanism for switching a sheet use mode by rotating a release shaft by movement of the release lever, the release lever includes: A base member having an operation part for rotating the release shaft, and a replacement member detachably provided on the base member, wherein the replacement member projects outward from an opening of the exterior body and Since it is either a knob member that moves the release lever or a closing member that closes the opening of the exterior body, a part (base member) of the release lever can be made a common part, and the cost can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a dot impact printer to which an embodiment of a recording apparatus according to the present invention is applied and which has an automatic release mechanism.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the printer of FIG. 1 with a cut sheet feeder removed.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a printer main body in the printer of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a sheet conveying mechanism of the printer main body of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the printer body of FIG. 3 viewed from another angle.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line VI-VI in FIG. 3;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged perspective view showing a part of the printer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a view showing the periphery of an opening 83 in FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view showing the release lever of FIG.

10 is a partial perspective view of the dot impact printer including a manual release mechanism, corresponding to FIG.

11 is a perspective view corresponding to FIG. 4, showing a manual release mechanism in the printer of FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is an exploded perspective view corresponding to FIG. 9 and showing the release lever of FIG. 11;

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 printer (recording device) 13A upper case (exterior body) 58 release mechanism (automatic release mechanism) 59 release shaft 60 release lever 60A base unit 63 rack (operating unit) 76 operation panel 80 printer (recording device) 81 manual release mechanism 82 Release lever 83 Opening 84 Cut sheet display 85 Continuous sheet display 86 Knob member (replacement member) 87 Arrow 88 Indicator member (replacement member, closing member)

Claims (3)

[Claims] An operation panel provided on an exterior body operates a release lever to rotate a release shaft,
In a recording apparatus having a release mechanism for switching a sheet use mode, the release lever is formed with an indicator portion that can be viewed from outside the exterior body, and the indicator portion can display a current sheet use mode. A recording device characterized by being performed. 2. A recording apparatus comprising a release mechanism for switching a release shaft by moving a release lever to switch a sheet use mode, wherein the release lever has a base member having an operation section for rotating the release shaft. And a replacement member detachably provided on the base member, wherein the replacement member protrudes outward from an opening of the exterior body to move the release lever, and a handle member of the exterior body. A recording member, which is any one of a closing member for closing the opening. 3. The recording apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the closing member is an indicator that is visible from the outside of the exterior body and is capable of displaying a sheet use mode.