JP2006206267A - Recording device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a recording device capable of storing therein a tray whereon a recording material such as CD is mounted, without causing its missing, establishing possibility of printing on different sheets stacked, and allowing a user to use easily. <P>SOLUTION: The recording device includes the CD tray 3 which can be accommodated in a feed part 2, and is arranged so that its surface opposite the CD placing surface is used as a second bin. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a recording apparatus such as a printer or an image forming apparatus, and more particularly to a recording apparatus capable of recording on a recording material such as a CD (compact disc) mounted on a tray.

  Conventionally, various recording materials have been proposed as recording materials recorded by a recording apparatus such as a printing apparatus or an image forming apparatus. Among them, there are small and thick recording materials such as CD-Rs, DVDs, and cards (hereinafter collectively referred to as compact discs or CDs). In the case of recording on a recording material such as a CD in the current general-purpose recording apparatus, if the conveyance path of the cut sheet is used, there is a risk that the conveyance performance may deteriorate due to the high rigidity of the CD, There arises a problem such as the possibility of occurrence of the ink and the possibility of the conveyance being impossible due to the distance between the conveyance rollers.

  Therefore, when transporting a small and thick recording material such as a CD, a tray is used and transported through a path different from the transport path of the cut sheet. A CD as a recording material is mounted on a tray as a recording material support means, and the tray is inserted into a guide section (tray guide) of a CD transport section (support unit) mounted on the recording apparatus main body and set at a predetermined position. And it is comprised so that it may record on the said CD by a recording head by conveying inside a recording device (for example, refer patent document 1).

In recent years, there is also a recording apparatus incorporating a support unit and a tray guide.
JP 2004-42372 A

  However, if the tray as in the above-mentioned conventional example is not used, the storage location may be troubled, the forgotten location may be forgotten, and if the tray is different depending on the model, which one will be used? It has the problem of being confused.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to the above points. A recording apparatus that can be stored in a recording apparatus without losing a tray, can stack and print different sheets, and is easy to use for a user. The purpose is to provide.

  According to the present invention, a tray on which a recording material such as a CD is mounted can be installed in a feeding apparatus having a first sheet stacking unit. When the tray is further installed, the first sheet stacking unit is used as a first sheet stacking unit. A sheet different from the sheet stacking means is stacked to enable printing.

  That is, the technical contents of the present invention can solve the above-described problems by including the following configuration.

  (1) A feeding unit that feeds out the sheets stacked on the first sheet stacking unit, a tray that is loaded with a recording material different from the first sheet and is detachable from the recording apparatus, and a feeding unit that feeds the sheet. A recording means for recording on the fed first sheet, wherein the tray has one side of the tray and one side of the first sheet stacking means substantially parallel and in or near the feeding means. 2. A recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the tray is configured such that one side of the tray and one side of the first sheet stacking unit are substantially parallel to each other and serve as the second sheet stacking unit when installed in or near the feeding unit.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to store in a recording apparatus without losing a tray on which a recording material such as a CD is mounted, and it is possible to stack and print a sheet different from the first sheet stacking unit as the second sheet stacking unit. It becomes easy to use for the user.

  Hereinafter, for a specific embodiment of the present invention, for example, a sheet that includes a feeding device that feeds a sheet such as a sheet or film, and a transport device that transports a recording material such as a CD using a tray. An example of application to a recording apparatus capable of recording on a recording material such as a sheet or a film such as a film or a CD will be described with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a recording apparatus to which the present invention is applied. A CD transport unit 8 is mounted on a lower case 99 and a tray 3 is inserted while being guided by a tray guide 82 of the CD transport unit 8. A tray set mark 826 is printed on the tray guide 82. It is an example of a usage state when recording a CD.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the CD transport unit 8 is removed from the state of FIG. 1, the paper discharge tray 46 stored in the lower case 99 is pulled out, and the paper feed tray 26 is pulled out. The sheet material front end reference wall 20a and the side wall 20b of the feeding unit 2 have a groove 27 so that the tray 3 can be inserted (a groove on the side wall 20b side is not shown).

  FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which the tray 3 that has been inserted into the CD transport unit 8 in FIG. 1 is inserted into the feeding unit 2 in FIG.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the characteristics of the surface of the tray 3, and includes a tip tapered portion 30, a rear end portion 31, a CD mounting portion 32, a CD take-out hole 35, etc., and a tray insertion position alignment mark 36, a CD tray. An insertion direction arrow 34 is printed. The length of the tray in the longitudinal direction is about the maximum sheet width +20 mm that can be stacked on the feeding unit 2. The tip tapered portion 30 facilitates biting into a main body conveyance roller (not shown).

  FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the characteristics of the back surface of the tray 3. The front end taper portion 30, the rear end portion 31, and the CD ejection hole 35 are the same as those on the front surface of FIG. 38, an insertion method explanation sentence 39, and the like are printed.

  Next, operation and usage will be described.

  The present embodiment has the same configuration and function as a conventional recording apparatus for printing a sheet such as normal paper or film, or printing a recording material such as a CD using a tray. As a characteristic, the recording apparatus is provided with two simple bins. Accordingly, the printing of a recording material such as a CD using a tray in the state shown in FIG. 1 is not different from the conventional one. For example, the configuration of the CD transport unit 8, the mechanism for mounting and fixing the transport unit 8 on the lower case 99, and the detachment Operation, operation method for inserting the tray 3 while aligning the tray insertion position alignment mark 36 and the tray set mark 826 and guiding the tray guide 82 in the direction of the CD tray insertion direction arrow 34, printing on the CD on the tray 3 Since the control, operation, function, and operation method are not changed (detailed in Patent Document 1), they are omitted here.

  3 shows the state in FIG. 2 in which the transport unit 8 and the tray 3 are removed by a predetermined method detailed in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1. The user inserts the back surface (the surface in FIG. 5) of the tray 3 in accordance with the insertion method explanation 39. In the direction indicated by arrow 38 in the insertion direction, the rear end portion 31 is aligned with the groove 27 provided in the sheet material front end reference wall 20a of the feeding portion 2, and the front end tapered portion 30 is aligned with the groove (not shown) provided in the side wall 20b. In this state, the tray 3 is made to function as a simple 2-bin partition plate. In FIG. 2, the sheet material front end reference wall is set so that the tray 3 installed as the partition plate stands at an angle of about 5 ° to 15 ° with respect to the angle of the pressure plate 21 (stackable standby state) shown in FIG. A groove 27 provided in 20a and a groove (not shown) provided in the side wall 20b are provided.

  FIG. 6 is a schematic structural perspective view showing a part of the feeding unit 2 in a state where the tray 3 of FIG. 3 is installed. The stacking port is partitioned into a bin 101 and a bin 102 by the tray 3 to form a simple 2-bin. The bin 101 on the side of the feeding roller 28 from the tray 3 and the bin 102 on the other pressure plate 21 side can stack sheet bundles of different sizes. In FIG. 6, for example, the sheet bundle P1 loaded on the bin 101 has an L size. The sheets are stacked as A4 size sheets (the A4 size sheet length is shortened for quick understanding) as the sheet bundle P2 to be stacked on the bin 102. The L-size sheets stacked as the sheet bundle P1 are lower than the height of the tray 3 because the sheet length is short, but since the CD take-out hole 35 is vacant, it is easy to attach without sticking to the tray 3. It is possible to lift.

  In this configuration, the sheets stacked in the bin 101 are preferentially fed, and the sheets stacked in the bin 102 are fed after all the sheets in the bin 101 are exhausted.

  The feeding operation is exactly the same as in the case without the tray 3 shown in FIG. 2, and the pressure plate 21 is urged by a spring (not shown) and can be pressed against and separated from the paper feed roller rubber 281 by a cam (not shown). The conventional example such as Patent Document 1 is detailed.

  The pressure plate pressure necessary for feeding the bin 101 is transmitted through the leading end P2S of the sheet bundle P2 stacked on the bin 102. When nothing is loaded on the bin 102, the pressure plate 21 is urged by a spring (not shown) and directly presses the front end P1S of the sheet bundle P1 of the bin 101 to obtain a pressure plate pressure.

  FIG. 7 is a schematic configuration side view of FIG. 6 when there is no sheet in the bin 101. The sheet bundle P2 loaded in the bin 102 is fed by rotating the pressure plate 21 around the rotation center 21a of the pressure plate 21 as shown in FIG. 8, and feeding the uppermost sheet of the sheet bundle 102 loaded in the bin 102. The rotation center 21a is determined so as not to contact the front end 3S of the tray 3 during feeding.

(Second Embodiment)
In the first embodiment, the tray 3 can be installed along the groove 27 in FIG. 2. However, in the second embodiment, the front end tapered portion 30 and the rear end portion 31 are provided instead of the groove 27. By setting the rotating shaft to be sandwiched, even if the leading end 3S of the tray 3 in FIG. 7 of the first embodiment abuts on the uppermost sheet of the sheet bundle 102 stacked in the bin 102, the bin 102 Since the uppermost sheet of the stacked sheet bundle 102 can be fed, further downsizing and design freedom are possible.

1 is a perspective view in which a CD transport unit is mounted on a recording apparatus according to a first embodiment of the invention. The perspective view which removed the CD conveyance part of the said recording device The perspective view which removed the CD conveyance part of the said recording device, and installed the tray in the feeding part Front view showing features of the surface of the tray Rear view showing the characteristics of the back of the tray FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view showing a part of the feeding unit in FIG. Configuration side schematic diagram showing a part of the feeding section in FIG. FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of a configuration showing a state during feeding by a part of the feeding unit in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

2 Feeding portion 21 Pressure plate 21a Pressure plate rotation center 26 Feed tray 27 Groove 28 Feeding roller 281 Feeding roller rubber 3 Tray 30 Tip taper portion 31 Rear end portion 32 CD mounting portion 34 CD tray insertion direction arrow 35 CD takeout hole 36 Tray insertion alignment mark 37 Index by sheet size 38 Tray insertion direction arrow 39 Insertion method explanation 3S Tray tip (when feeding section 2 is attached)
46 Paper discharge tray 8 CD transport section 82 Tray guide 826 Tray set mark 99 Lower case 101 Bin 1
102 Bin 2
P sheet P1 sheet (bin 1)
P1S sheet tip (bin 1)
P2 sheet (bin 2)
P2S sheet tip (bin 2)

Claims (7)

  A feeding unit that feeds out the sheets stacked on the first sheet stacking unit, a tray that is loaded with a recording material different from the first sheet and is detachable from the recording apparatus, and is fed from the feeding unit In the recording apparatus comprising the recording means for recording on the first sheet, the tray can be installed in or near the feeding means so that one side of the tray and one side of the first sheet stacking means are substantially parallel. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein one side of the tray and one side of the first sheet stacking unit are substantially parallel and serve as the second sheet stacking unit when installed in or near the feeding unit.   The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the tray includes a conveying unit that conveys the tray to the recording unit.   The tray has a side opposite to the surface on which a recording material different from the first sheet is loaded when the side of the tray and the side of the first sheet stacking unit are substantially parallel and installed in or near the feeding unit. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the surface is used as the second sheet stacking unit.   The tray has a through hole for facilitating the release of the recording material different from the sheet, and one side of the tray and one side of the first sheet stacking unit are substantially parallel and in the feeding unit or 4. The through-hole, when installed in the vicinity, is shared with a through-hole for facilitating releasing the stacking of the second sheet stacked on the second sheet stacking means. A recording apparatus according to any one of the above.   The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the feeding unit has a groove into which the tray can be inserted.   The tray has one side of the tray substantially parallel to one side of the first sheet stacking unit and is substantially parallel to one side of the tray and one side of the first sheet stacking unit when installed in or near the feeding unit. 5. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recording apparatus is rotatable about an axis parallel to one side of the tray while maintaining the same.   7. The feeding unit of the second sheet stacking unit is shared with a feeding unit that feeds out the sheets stacked on the first sheet stacking unit. Recording device.

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