JP2007223245A - Positioning device of housing body, recording device, and liquid jet device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a number of forming and machining steps when forming a housing body, to enhance the mechanical strength of the housing body, and to enhance the outer diameter size accuracy of a positioning pin by adding a separate function as fixing means of an exterior component via effective utilization of the inner space of the positioning pin. <P>SOLUTION: A positioning device 40 of the housing body of the present invention is constituted of the positioning pin 43 formed in one housing element 41 positioned and a positioning hole 44 formed in the other housing element 41 positioned, a screw hole 45 for fixing the exterior component secured to the housing body 4 afterward is formed in a predetermined depth from the base end side end face 46 of the positioning pin 43 in the inside of the positioning pin 43. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

According to the present invention, a housing body of an electronic device is formed by combining a plurality of housing elements, and the housing body positioning device applied when these housing elements are positioned by positioning pins, and the housing body The present invention relates to a recording apparatus including a positioning device.
Furthermore, the present invention relates to a liquid ejecting apparatus such as an ink jet recording apparatus that performs recording (attaches liquid) on a recording material (liquid ejecting material) by ejecting (ejecting) a liquid such as ink from the head and the liquid. The present invention relates to a positioning device for a housing body provided for an injection device.

  Here, the liquid ejecting apparatus uses an ink jet recording head, and is not limited to a recording apparatus such as a printer, a plotter, a copying machine, and a facsimile machine that ejects ink from the recording head to perform recording on a recording material. Instead, it includes a device for ejecting a liquid corresponding to the application from a liquid ejecting head corresponding to the recording head to a liquid ejecting material corresponding to a recording material and attaching the liquid to the liquid ejecting material. Use.

  In addition to the recording head, as a liquid ejecting head, a color material ejecting head used for manufacturing a color filter such as a liquid crystal display, and an electrode material (conductive paste) used for forming an electrode such as an organic EL display or a surface emitting display (FED) Examples thereof include an ejection head, a bioorganic matter ejection head used for biochip production, and a sample ejection head as a precision pipette.

  The housing body constituting the external appearance of the electronic device may be formed as an integrally molded product, or may be formed as a single housing body by combining a plurality of individually molded housing elements. In the latter case, in order to perform positioning between the housing elements to be combined, positioning between the housing elements is performed by using positioning pins formed on one housing element. As is clear from the nature of the positioning pin, the positioning pin is required to have a high outer diameter dimensional accuracy. In order to achieve the high outer diameter dimensional accuracy, the positioning pin has a resin at the time of molding. For the purpose of preventing sink marks, a meat stealing cavity is formed. On the other hand, an exterior part may be retrofitted to the housing body. When the exterior part is retrofitted, a screw hole for fixing the exterior part must be separately provided on the housing body. Processing man-hours were increased.

  Such a problem also occurs in an ink jet printer as shown in Patent Document 1 below, and the housing body of the ink jet printer includes a housing middle portion that is a housing element and a housing lower portion that is another housing element. In the case where it is configured, there is also a problem when molding a positioning pin provided at a joint portion between the housing middle part and the housing lower part and a screw hole for fixing an exterior part formed on the housing middle part. It has become.

JP 2002-019229 A

  The present invention adds a separate function as a fixing means for exterior parts through the effective use of the internal space not used for positioning of the positioning pin, reduces the number of molding processes when molding the housing body, and the outer diameter of the positioning pin It is an object of the present invention to provide a positioning device for a housing body that can contribute to an improvement in accuracy, a recording apparatus including the positioning device for the housing body, and the like.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the housing body positioning device according to the first aspect of the present invention is formed by combining a plurality of housing elements in a housing body of an electronic device, and these housing elements are formed by positioning pins. A positioning device for a housing body which is applied when positioned, the positioning device being formed on a positioning pin formed on one housing element to be positioned and on the other housing element to be positioned The positioning pin has a screw hole for fixing another exterior component attached to the housing body over a predetermined depth from the base end side end surface of the positioning pin. It is characterized by being formed.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, positioning between housing elements is performed by engaging a positioning pin formed in one housing element with a positioning hole formed in the other housing element. In addition to the function, it can also serve as a fixing means for other exterior parts, and the parts can be effectively used.

  The positioning device for a housing body according to a second aspect of the present invention is the first aspect, wherein the screw hole for fixing the exterior part is a cavity for meat stealing in injection molding formed inside the positioning pin. It is characterized by being provided.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to effectively use the meat stealing cavity in the injection molding formed inside the positioning pin, and for fixing other exterior parts formed on the housing body. By reducing the number of screw holes, it is possible to reduce the number of molding processes during molding of the housing body and improve the mechanical strength of the housing body.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the housing body positioning apparatus according to the first aspect or the second aspect, wherein the one housing element on which the positioning pin is formed is the front surface and the left and right side surfaces of the electronic device body. And a housing middle portion that constitutes the rear surface and has a part of the bottom surface opened, and the other housing element on which the positioning pin is formed is a housing lower that closes a part of the bottom surface of the housing middle portion that is opened. Part.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, in the housing main body configured by combining the housing middle portion and the housing lower portion, the high alignment accuracy of the housing middle portion and the housing lower portion, and the above-described housing body molding time. It becomes possible to reduce the number of molding processes and to effectively use the parts.

  A recording apparatus according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is a housing applied when a housing body of a recording apparatus is formed by combining a plurality of housing elements, and these housing elements are positioned by positioning pins. A recording apparatus including a main body positioning device, wherein the housing main body positioning device is the housing main body positioning device according to any one of the first to third aspects.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, it also serves as a separate function as a fixing means for other exterior parts through effective use of the internal space not used for positioning of the positioning pins, and reduces the number of molding processes when molding the housing body. In addition, it is possible to provide a recording apparatus including a housing body positioning device that can improve the mechanical strength of the housing body and contribute to an improvement in the accuracy of the outer diameter of the positioning pin.

  The liquid ejecting apparatus according to the fifth aspect of the present invention is applied when the housing body of the liquid ejecting apparatus is formed by combining a plurality of housing elements, and these housing elements are positioned by positioning pins. A liquid ejecting apparatus having a positioning device for a housing body, wherein the positioning device for the housing body is formed on a positioning pin formed on one housing element to be positioned and on the other housing element to be positioned The positioning pin has a screw hole for fixing another exterior component attached to the housing body extending from the proximal end surface of the positioning pin to a predetermined depth. It is characterized by being formed.

  Hereinafter, a housing body positioning device and a recording apparatus which is an example of a liquid ejecting apparatus including the housing body positioning device according to the present invention will be described. First, an ink jet printer 100 is taken up as the best mode for carrying out a liquid ejecting apparatus of the present invention and a recording apparatus as an example thereof, and an outline of the entire configuration will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of an ink jet printer when used, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of the ink jet printer when carried. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a state in which a cover member showing an ink jet printer with a CD drive is closed. FIG. 4 is a perspective view from an oblique front showing an operation panel of an ink jet printer equipped with an angle-adjustable liquid crystal monitor, and FIG.

  Note that the inkjet printer 100 described here is an extremely compact and easy-to-carry comparison for a recording material P (hereinafter also simply referred to as paper P), which is an example of a liquid jetting material of 4 × 6 inches or less. This is an inkjet printer with a simple structure. The ink jet printer 100 is a so-called direct printer type ink jet printer that can perform recording on the paper P directly without being connected to a personal computer.

  The inkjet printer 100 includes a rectangular box-shaped main body casing 3 as shown in FIGS. The main body casing 3 closes the upper surface of the main body casing 3 in the state of carrying the deep bottom container-like housing main body 4 that closes the front surface, the rear surface, the left and right side surfaces, and the bottom surface of the main body casing 3, In the state of use shown in FIG. 1, a cover member 6 that also functions as a paper support that supports the upper side of the paper P protruding above the feeding tray 5, and the cover member in the state of carrying shown in FIG. 6 and an operation panel 7 that closes the upper opening of the housing body 4 and a front cover that is open at a part of the front surface of the housing body 4 and can be opened and closed so as to close the front opening. The stacker 8 also serves as a discharge stacker and a portal handle 9 that is connected to the left and right side surfaces of the housing body 4 so as to be rotatable.

  Further, a CD drive device 21 can be attached below the main casing 3 as shown in FIG. 3, and data such as images taken from a memory card or the like to be described later can be stored on a CD-R or the like. -Data such as images saved in R etc. can be read and recorded.

  A plurality of windows 10a, 10b, 10c,... 10n are provided on the operation panel 7, and a liquid crystal monitor 11 and other windows 10b, 10c,. .. 10n is provided with various operation buttons 12a, 12b, 12c,... 12n so as to protrude upward from below. The central portion of the rear portion of the operation panel 7 is greatly cut out in a rectangular shape, and the cut-out portion serves as a feeding opening 13 for feeding the paper P to the automatic feeding unit 2. ing. Further, the discharge stacker 8 is provided with a pivot fulcrum at the lower left and right corners, and can be pivoted up and down over a range of about 90 ° around the pivot fulcrum. Further, the rear surface of the discharge stacker 8 is configured to be positioned on the upper surface in the use state shown in FIG. 1, and the discharge stacker 8 is an example of a liquid ejecting material receiving portion that receives the paper P after execution of recording. This is the mounting surface 14.

  Also, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the liquid crystal monitor adopts an angle-adjustable liquid crystal monitor 22 capable of switching between a horizontal posture tilted backward and a standing posture or an inclined posture caused upward. Is also possible. Further, in this case, as shown in FIG. 5, an engagement recess 23 and an engagement protrusion 24 are provided on the rotation base end edge on the back side of the liquid crystal monitor 22 and the operation panel 7 in the vicinity thereof. It is also possible to define the rotation upper limit position of the liquid crystal monitor 22 by bringing the portion 24 and the concave portion 23 into contact with each other.

  In addition, a memory card insertion slot 15 for inserting a memory card or the like in which image data photographed by a digital camera or the like is inserted is provided above the front opening of the housing body 4. In the state of carrying the ink jet printer 100 shown in FIG. 2, the operation buttons 12a, 12b, 12c,... 12n and the finger hooks for expanding the discharge stacker 8 are not exposed to the outside. The appearance is extremely simple and clean. In this state, the ink jet printer 100 cannot be operated, and the cover member 6 is expanded, and in this embodiment, the ink jet printer 100 is not operated for the first time by pressing the operation button 12c for expanding the discharge stacker 8. It is configured to be able to operate.

  When the paper P is supplied to the ink jet printer 100 configured as described above, the paper P reaches the feeding tray 5 in the automatic feeding unit 2 from the feeding opening 13 and is not shown. The sheet is fed in order from the uppermost sheet P toward the sheet conveyance path by the pressure feeding action between the feeding roller and the hopper. The paper P fed to the paper transport path is guided toward the recording position, and is transported by receiving a driving force from a transport roller (not shown) in a state where the lower surface is supported by a platen (not shown). An operation of reciprocating in the main scanning direction X while ejecting ink as an example of a liquid while a recording head (not shown) is held by a carriage (not shown), and a sub-scanning direction Y (paper) perpendicular to the main scanning direction X The desired recording is performed over the entire recording surface of the paper P by mutually repeating the operation of transporting the paper P by a predetermined transport amount in the same direction as the transport direction of P. . Further, the sheet P after recording is received by a driving force from a discharge roller (not shown) and further discharged toward the downstream side in the sheet conveyance direction, and the loading surface 14 of the discharge stacker 8 in the expanded state described above. To be held.

[Example]
Next, the housing body support device 1 provided for the ink jet printer 100, the housing body positioning device 40 of the present invention applied to the bottom plate portion 25 of the housing body 4, and the housing body 4. The CD drive device 21 attached to the bottom plate portion 25 will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. As the ink jet printer to which the support device 1 of the housing body is applied, in addition to the normal type ink jet printer 100 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, other external accessories such as a CD drive device 21 as shown in FIG. A multi-function type ink jet printer 200 to which the apparatus is attached is included. Further, the ink jet printer to which the housing body positioning device 40 is applied is an ink jet printer 200 to which an external accessory device such as the CD drive 21 shown in FIG.

  FIG. 6 is a front view schematically showing an ink jet printer to which the housing body support device is applied, and FIG. 7 is an enlarged perspective view showing the left foot periphery of the ink jet printer to which the housing body support device is applied. FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view showing the vicinity of the left contact portion between the support member and the housing body in an enlarged manner, and FIG. 9 is an exploded view showing the periphery of the support member and the right contact portion of the housing body in an enlarged manner. It is a perspective view. FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing the bottom surface of the bottom plate portion of the housing body before the CD drive device is attached, and FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a state where the cover case of the CD drive device is placed on the bottom surface of the bottom plate portion of the housing body. FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing a state in which the support frame is mounted on the cover case of the CD drive device, and FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing the bottom surface of the bottom plate portion of the housing body after the CD drive device has been attached. FIG. 14 is an enlarged vertical front view of the housing body to which the housing body positioning device of the present invention is applied and the vicinity of the attachment portion on the right side of the cover case.

(1) Configuration and Effect of Housing Body Support Device The housing body support device 1 includes four feet 26A, 26B provided as an example on the lower surface of the bottom plate portion 25 of the housing body 4 constituting the appearance of the inkjet printer 100. 26C and 26D, and a support frame 27 as a support member that supports the mechanism unit 20 that controls the execution of the operation of the electronic device. In the housing body support device 1, the load point F of the housing body 4 acting on the installation surfaces of the respective feet 26 A, 26 B, 26 C, and 26 D is brought into contact with the support frame 27 and the bottom plate portion 25 of the housing body 4. It is characterized by being arranged so as to be located outside the load point G of the mechanism portion 20 acting on the surface.

  The support frame 27 is configured by a gate-shaped metal frame as an example, and an ink cartridge 28 that is an example of an external loading member is interposed between the support frame 27 and the upper surface of the bottom plate portion 25 of the housing body 4. A housing space S is formed. The ink cartridge 28 is an integrated ink cartridge having a large horizontal area and a large capacity, and a plurality of ink chambers formed integrally. Further, the left and right side plate portions 29 and 30 of the support frame 27 are provided with uneven contact portions 33 and 34 that contact the uneven engagement portions 31 and 32 formed at the left and right end portions of the bottom plate portion 25 of the housing body 4. Is provided.

  The contact surfaces of the concave and convex engaging portions 31 and 32 and the concave and convex contact portions 33 and 34 are contact surfaces on which the load point G of the mechanism portion 20 acts. Further, a part of the lower end portion of the left and right side plate portions 29, 30 of the support frame 27 is bent outward and further extended, and the extended portions become attachment portions 35, 36. ing. Note that attachment portions 35 and 36 are formed with attachment holes (not shown), and the support frame 27 is attached to the bottom plate portion 25 of the housing body 4 using attachment screws 37. Accordingly, the contact surface between the support frame 27 and the bottom plate portion 25 of the housing body 4 is provided separately from the mounting surface between the support frame 27 and the bottom plate portion 25 of the housing body 4. Is disposed inside the mounting surface.

  By applying the housing body support device 1 having such a configuration, the center of the bottom plate portion 25 of the housing body 4 is lowered by the weight of the mechanism portion 20 as shown exaggeratedly in FIG. Deforms and deforms in a valley shape. Therefore, the mechanism portion 20 located above the support frame 27 is not subjected to compression from the bottom plate portion 25 of the housing body 4, and damage, deformation or malfunction of the mechanism portion 20 caused by the compression is prevented. Further, in designing the housing main body 4 and the mechanism portion 20, it is not necessary to consider the upward deformation of the bottom plate portion 25 of the housing main body 4. Therefore, the empty space in the housing main body 4 is reduced as much as possible, and the ink jet printer 100 is reduced in size. Can be achieved.

  Further, since the bottom plate portion 25 of the housing body 4 is bent and deformed in a valley shape so that the center is lowered, the ink cartridge 28 formed between the upper surface of the bottom plate portion 25 of the housing body 4 and the support frame 27 is accommodated. The height dimension H of the space S is never narrowed. Accordingly, the ink cartridge 28 can be smoothly inserted and removed without any trouble. Even if the mounting position of the support frame 27 cannot be set to the inside of the mounting positions of the feet 26A, 26B, 26C, and 26D due to the structure of the support frame 27, the above-described uneven engagement portions 31 and 32, By adopting a configuration including the contact portions 33 and 34 and the attachment portions 35 and 36, the foot 26A is provided only on the contact surface on which the load point G of the mechanism portion 20 acts without changing the attachment position of the support frame 27. , 26B, 26C, and 26D can be set on the inner side.

(2) Structure and Effect of Housing Body Positioning Device and Structure and Mounting Procedure of CD Drive Device According to the housing body positioning device 40 of the present invention, the housing body 4 constituting the appearance of the ink jet printer 200 includes a plurality of housing elements 41. , 42, and is applied when these housing elements 41, 42 are positioned by positioning pins 43. The positioning device 40 of the housing body is formed on the positioning pin 43 formed on the housing middle part 41 which is one housing element to be positioned and the housing lower part 42 which is the other housing element to be positioned. And positioning holes 44. In addition, a screw hole 45 for fixing other exterior parts to be attached to the housing body 4 is formed in the positioning pin 43 from the proximal end surface 46 of the positioning pin 43 to a predetermined depth. Yes.

  Further, the screw hole 45 for fixing the exterior part is provided by using a meat stealing cavity formed inside the positioning pin 43 for the purpose of preventing the resin sink when the positioning pin 43 is injection molded. Yes. The housing middle portion 41 is a member that constitutes the main portion of the housing body 4 that constitutes the front surface, the left and right side surfaces, and the rear surface of the main body casing 3 and that is partially open at the bottom surface. On the other hand, the housing lower portion 42 is a member that closes a part of the opened bottom surface of the housing middle portion 41. In this embodiment, a cover case 47 of the CD drive device 21 which is an external accessory device is applied as an exterior part to be retrofitted to the housing body 4.

  The CD drive device 21 is a flat rectangular box-like member that is attached to the lower side of the housing main body 4 and forms the top surface, the front surface, the rear surface, and one side surface, and the cover case 47 has an inner surface on the top surface. A support frame 48 formed as an example by a metal flat plate material addressed from, a drive unit 49 supported by the support frame 48, and a bottom plate 50 that closes the open bottom surface of the cover case 47. Yes. The CD drive device 21 configured as described above is attached to the bottom plate portion 25 of the housing middle portion 41 in the inkjet printer 200 shown in FIG.

  The bottom plate portion 25 of the housing middle portion 41 is provided with four mounting holes 51A, 51B, 51C, 51D having relatively large diameters for mounting the feet 26A, 26B, 26C, 26D in the corner portion. However, as will be described later, these mounting holes 51A, 51B, 51C, 51D are not used in this embodiment. A large opening 52 having a square hole shape extending almost fully in the width direction is formed at the center in the depth direction of the bottom plate portion 25 of the housing middle portion 41. By attaching the housing lower portion 42, the opening is provided. 52 is closed. In addition, four screw holes 53 having a stepped shape for a fixing screw (not shown) for fixing the housing lower portion 42 to the housing middle portion 41 are provided in front of and behind the left and right ends of the opening 52. The screw holes 45 are provided before and after the screw holes 53. In order to distinguish between the four screw holes 45 and the screw holes 53, four screw holes 45A, 45B, 45C, 45D or screw holes 53A, 53B, 53C, 53D as shown in FIG. Identify.

  On the top surface of the cover case 47, four rectangular hole-shaped windows 54A, 54B, 54C, 54D are provided at positions corresponding to the screw holes 53 and the screw holes 45, and the cover case 47 is opened. In the center on the side surface side, there is provided a rectangular hole-like communication port 55 that extends from the drive unit 49 and serves as a path for cables and lead wires (not shown). Further, the support frame 48 has the receiving holes 57A, 57B, 57C, and 57D for receiving the fixing screws 56 for fixing the exterior parts at the positions corresponding to the screw holes 45A, 45B, 45C, and 45D, and matches the connecting port 55. Four attachment pieces 59A, 59B, 59C, and 59D are provided as an example extending in an L shape in which a notch 58 for communication and a screw hole for attaching the bottom plate 50 are formed.

  A decorative panel 62 having an eject button 60 and a slit-like optical disc insertion / extraction port 61 is provided on the side of the drive unit 49 on which an optical disc such as a CD-R is inserted. Further, mounting holes 63A, 63B, 63C, 63D for mounting the feet 26A, 26B, 26C, 26D and the bottom plate 50 are attached to the corners of the bottom plate 50 and mounting pieces 59A, 59B, 59C, 59D of the support frame 48. Are provided with four fixing holes 64A, 64B, 64C, 64D for fixing the bottom plate 50 and four mounting holes 65A, 65B, 65C, 65D fixed to the drive unit 49. In addition, in the inkjet printer 200 to which the housing body positioning device 40 is applied, the feet 26A, 26B, 26C, and 26D are not mounting holes 51A, 51B, 51C, and 51D formed in the housing middle portion 41, The CD drive 21 is mounted using mounting holes 63A, 63B, 63C, 63D formed on the bottom plate 50. The CD drive device 21 configured as described above is attached to the bottom plate portion 25 of the housing body 4 by the attachment procedure shown in FIGS.

  In addition to the original function of positioning the housing lower portion 42 to the housing middle portion 41 with respect to the positioning pin 43 by applying the positioning device 40 of the housing body, the CD drive device 21 and the like It becomes possible to share the function as a fixing means when attaching the external accessory device to the housing body 4. Further, when the screw hole 53 as the fixing means is formed, if the meat stealing cavity necessary for increasing the accuracy of the molded product is used, the parts can be used more effectively.

[Other embodiments]
The housing main body positioning device 40 and the recording apparatus 100 including the housing main body positioning device 40 according to the present invention are basically configured as described above, but do not depart from the gist of the present invention. Of course, it is possible to change or omit the partial configuration. For example, the support device 1 of the housing body can be applied not only to a recording device such as the ink jet printer 100 but also to other liquid ejecting devices other than the recording device, and various electronic devices such as a personal computer or a video deck. Is possible. Among these, when the support device 1 of the housing body is applied to the video deck, it is possible to apply a video cassette tape as an external loading member. Further, the support device 1 of the housing body can be applied to a CD drive device 21 or the like which is an external accessory device as shown in FIG. In this case, a cover case 47 which is an exterior product as the housing body 4, a drive unit 49 as the mechanism portion 20, a support frame 48 as a support member, and a bottom plate 50 as the bottom plate portion 25 are applied, thereby depending on the load of the drive unit 49. Therefore, it is possible to smoothly and smoothly insert and remove an optical disc such as a CD-R.

  The housing body positioning device 40 of the present invention is not limited to the recording device such as the ink jet printer 100, but also to other liquid ejecting devices other than the recording device, and various electronic devices such as stacked system stereos and copying machines. It is possible to apply to. Further, the external accessory device is not limited to the CD drive 21, and various devices such as a feeding device and an automatic reversing device for dealing with various recording materials can be applied. Further, the number, arrangement, shape, and size of the positioning pins 43 and screw holes 45 are not limited to those of the above-described embodiment, and can be changed as appropriate according to the shape, size, and the like of the portion to be applied.

The perspective view which shows the external appearance of the inkjet printer at the time of use. The perspective view which shows the external appearance of the inkjet printer at the time of carrying. The perspective view which shows the external appearance of the inkjet printer equipped with CD drive. The perspective view which shows the operation panel carrying the liquid crystal panel which can adjust an angle. The perspective view from diagonally backward same as the above. The front view which shows the inkjet printer to which the support apparatus of a housing main body is applied. The perspective view which expands and shows the left foot periphery same as the above. The disassembled perspective view which expands and shows the contact part periphery of the left side of a supporting member and a housing main body same as the above. The disassembled perspective view which expands and shows the contact part periphery of the right side of a support member and a housing main body same as the above. The perspective view which shows the bottom-plate part lower surface side of the housing main body before CD drive attachment. The perspective view which shows the state which mounted the cover case of CD drive in the baseplate part same as the above. The perspective view which shows the state which attached the support frame on the cover case same as the above. The perspective view which shows the bottom plate part lower surface side of the housing main body after CD drive attachment completion. The principal part enlarged front view of the inkjet printer to which the positioning device of the housing body is applied.

Explanation of symbols

  1 (housing body) support device, 2 automatic feeding unit, 3 body casing, 4 housing body, 5 feeding tray, 6 cover member, 7 operation panel, 8 discharge stacker, 9 hand handle, 10a, 10b, 10c ... 10n Window, 11 LCD monitor, 12a, 12b, 12c ... 12n Operation button, 13 Feeding opening, 14 Mounting surface, 15 Memory insertion slot, 20 Mechanism, 21 CD drive (External accessory) Device), 22 (angle adjustable) liquid crystal monitor, 23 engagement recess, 24 engagement projection, 25 bottom plate, 26A, 26B, 26C, 26D foot, 27 support frame (support member), 28 ink cartridge, 29 (Left side) side plate part, 30 (right side) side plate part, 31 (left side) uneven engagement part, 32 (right side) uneven engagement part, 3 (Left side) uneven contact portion, 34 (right side) uneven contact portion, 35 (left side) mounting portion, 36 (right side) mounting portion, 37 mounting screw, 40 (of housing body) positioning device, 41 housing Middle part (housing element), 42 Housing lower part (housing element), 43 Positioning pin, 44 Positioning hole, 45 (45A, 45B, 45C, 45D) Screw hole, 46 Base end side face, 47 Cover case (exterior part) , 48 Support frame, 49 Drive unit, 50 Bottom plate, 51A, 51B, 51C, 51D Mounting hole, 52 Opening, 53 (53A, 53B, 53C, 53D) Screw hole, 54A, 54B, 54C, 54D Window part, 55 Connection port 56 Fixing screw, 57A, 57B, 57C, 57D Receiving hole, 58 Notch for communication, 59A, 59B, 59 C, 59D Mounting piece, 60 Eject button, 61 Insertion outlet, 62 Cosmetic panel, 63A, 63B, 63C, 63D Mounting hole, 64A, 64B, 64C, 64D Fixing hole, 65A, 65B, 65C, 65D Mounting hole, 100 Inkjet printer (recording device), 200 Inkjet printer (recording device), P paper (recording material), X main scanning direction, Y sub-scanning direction, F (housing body) load point, G (mechanical unit) load point , H height dimension, S storage space

Claims (5)

A housing body positioning device applied when a housing body of an electronic device is formed by combining a plurality of housing elements, and these housing elements are positioned by positioning pins,
The positioning device includes a positioning pin formed in one of the housing elements to be positioned and a positioning hole formed in the other housing element to be positioned, and the housing includes the positioning pin. 2. A positioning device for a housing body, wherein a screw hole for fixing another exterior component attached to the body is formed from the proximal end surface of the positioning pin to a predetermined depth.   2. The positioning device for a housing body according to claim 1, wherein the screw hole for fixing the exterior part is provided by using a cavity for meat stealing in injection molding formed inside the positioning pin. .   In Claim 1 or 2, the one housing element in which the positioning pin is formed is a housing middle portion that constitutes the front surface, the left and right side surfaces, and the rear surface of the main body of the electronic device and that is open at a part of the bottom surface. The positioning device for a housing body, wherein the other housing element on which the positioning pin is formed is a housing lower portion that closes a part of the opened bottom surface of the housing middle portion. A recording apparatus having a housing body positioning device applied when the housing body of the recording apparatus is formed by combining a plurality of housing elements, and these housing elements are positioned by positioning pins,
The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the housing body positioning device is the housing body positioning device according to claim 1. The liquid ejecting apparatus includes a housing body positioning device that is applied when the housing body of the liquid ejecting apparatus is formed by combining a plurality of housing elements and these housing elements are positioned by positioning pins. And
The positioning device for the housing body is constituted by a positioning pin formed in one housing element to be positioned and a positioning hole formed in the other housing element to be positioned. The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a screw hole for fixing another exterior component attached to the housing body is formed over a predetermined depth from a base end side end face of the positioning pin.

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