JP2015112844A - Recording device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a recording device that can increase the capacity of a liquid storage body to be attached to a liquid storage-body attachment portion while suppressing a device main body from increasing in size.SOLUTION: A recording device 11 comprises: a device main body 11A; an upper cassette attachment portion 21 and a lower cassette attachment portion 23 to which an upper stage paper feeding cassette 20 and a lower stage paper feeding cassette 22 which store a plurality of pieces of paper P are detachably attached respectively so as to be aligned in a vertical direction; a liquid jetting head that performs recording by jetting ink against the pieces of paper P to be fed from the upper stage paper feeding cassette 20 and the lower stage paper feeding cassette 22; leg portions 24 provided on both sides across the lower stage cassette attachment portion 23 in the device main body 11A; and an ink cartridge attachment portion 26 which is arranged in a first leg portion 24a of the leg portions 24 on both sides, to which an ink cartridge 25 storing ink to be supplied to the liquid jetting head is detachably attached.

Description

  The present invention relates to a recording apparatus such as an ink jet printer.

  Conventionally, as a kind of recording apparatus, printing (recording) is performed by ejecting ink (liquid) supplied from an ink cartridge (liquid container) from a recording head (liquid ejecting head) to a target such as paper. An ink jet printer is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In recent years, such printers often have a relatively large amount of printing in offices and the like, and it is desired to increase the capacity of ink cartridges in order to reduce the frequency of ink cartridge replacement.

JP 2012-1316 A

By the way, in the printer as described above, there is a problem that when the ink cartridge is simply enlarged to increase the capacity, the printer itself is also increased in size.
Such problems are not limited to ink jet printers, but are generally common in recording apparatuses that perform recording by ejecting liquid supplied from a liquid container to a liquid ejecting head from the liquid ejecting head. .

  The present invention has been made paying attention to such problems existing in the prior art. An object of the present invention is to provide a recording apparatus capable of increasing the capacity of the liquid container mounted on the liquid container mounting part while suppressing an increase in size of the apparatus main body.

Hereinafter, means for solving the above-described problems and the effects thereof will be described.
A recording apparatus that solves the above problems is provided with an apparatus main body and a plurality of target containers mounted on the apparatus main body, which are detachably mounted so that a plurality of target containers for storing a plurality of targets are arranged in a vertical direction. A liquid ejecting head which is disposed in the apparatus main body and ejects liquid onto the target fed from the target container, and the plurality of target container mounting parts in the apparatus main body A liquid container that contains the liquid to be supplied to the liquid ejecting head and is detachable is provided on at least one of the leg parts on both sides of one of the two and the both leg parts. And a liquid container mounting portion to be mounted.

  According to this configuration, since the liquid container mounting portion is provided in the leg portion having a lot of useless space, the liquid container mounting portion can be enlarged. For this reason, a large-capacity liquid container can be mounted on the liquid container mounting part. Therefore, it is possible to increase the capacity of the liquid container mounted on the liquid container mounting part while suppressing the increase in size.

  In the recording apparatus, it is preferable that one of the leg portions on both sides of the apparatus main body is provided with the liquid container mounting portion, and the other is provided with a waste liquid collecting portion for collecting waste liquid.

According to this configuration, since the liquid container mounting portion and the waste liquid recovery unit are provided in the leg portion having a lot of useless empty space, it is possible to effectively use the empty space.
In the recording apparatus, the liquid container mounting portions are respectively provided on the both leg portions of the apparatus main body, and at least one of the liquid container mounting portions respectively provided on the both leg portions; It is preferable that a waste liquid recovery unit for recovering the waste liquid is provided at a position adjacent to the upper side.

  According to this configuration, it is possible to provide the liquid container mounting portion and the waste liquid recovery portion by using the useless empty spaces in the leg portions on both sides in a balanced manner, so that the empty spaces can be used more effectively. .

  The recording apparatus further includes a moving body provided above the target container mounting portion in the apparatus main body and movable in a direction in which the leg portions on both sides are arranged, and one end side of the moving area of the moving body Is a standby position where the moving body waits, and the liquid ejecting head is supported by the moving body and is adjacent to both of the liquid container mounting portions respectively provided on the leg portions on both sides on the upper side. Each of which has a waste liquid collecting section for collecting the waste liquid, and one of the two waste liquid collecting sections located on the standby position side of the moving body is more than the other located on the opposite side of the standby position side. The volume is also preferably large.

  Normally, maintenance such as cleaning of the liquid ejecting head is performed at the standby position of the moving body, so that the waste liquid generated by the maintenance of the liquid ejecting head increases on the standby position side. In this respect, in this configuration, the waste liquid recovery unit positioned on the standby position side has a larger volume than the waste liquid recovery unit positioned on the opposite side of the standby position side, so that the waste liquid generated during maintenance of the liquid ejecting head is sufficiently recovered. It becomes possible to do.

  In the recording apparatus, a plurality of the liquid container mounting portions are provided so as to be arranged in the vertical direction, and the liquid container mounting portion is disposed between the two liquid container mounting portions adjacent in the vertical direction. On the other hand, it is preferable that a guide portion for guiding the liquid container when the liquid container is attached or detached is provided.

According to this configuration, the liquid container can be smoothly attached to and detached from the liquid container mounting part by the guide part.
In the recording apparatus, it is preferable that the guide portion is a rib that reinforces a side wall of the liquid container mounting portion.

  According to this configuration, the ribs that reinforce both side walls of the liquid container mounting portion also function as guide portions. Therefore, the liquid container can be guided without increasing the number of parts, and the resistance against the load on the upper portion of the apparatus main body. It becomes possible to aim at coexistence with improving.

  In the recording apparatus, a maintenance unit for performing maintenance of the liquid ejecting head is disposed above the waste liquid recovery unit located on the standby position side in the apparatus main body, and the maintenance unit is located on the standby position side. The height of the position corresponding to the maintenance part in the waste liquid recovery part is lower than the height of the position not corresponding to the maintenance part in the waste liquid recovery part in order to avoid interference between the waste liquid recovery part and the maintenance part. Preferably it is.

  According to this configuration, it is possible to avoid interference between the waste liquid collection unit and the maintenance unit while securing the volume of the waste liquid collection unit.

1 is a schematic perspective view of a recording apparatus according to a first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a schematic side sectional view showing the inside of the printer unit according to the first embodiment. The schematic perspective view which shows the inside of the lower unit in 1st Embodiment. The plane schematic diagram which shows the inside of the upper unit in 1st Embodiment. FIG. 3 is a schematic side view illustrating the inside of the printer unit according to the first embodiment. The model perspective view of the recording device in 2nd Embodiment. The model perspective view which shows the inside of the lower unit in 2nd Embodiment. The plane schematic diagram which shows the inside of the upper unit in 2nd Embodiment.

(First embodiment)
Hereinafter, a recording apparatus according to a first embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, the recording apparatus 11 includes an apparatus main body 11A having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape as a whole. The apparatus main body 11 </ b> A includes a printer unit 12, a scanner unit 13 disposed on the printer unit 12, and an automatic document feeding unit 14 disposed on the scanner unit 13. The automatic document feeding unit 14 automatically feeds the document G set on the document setting unit 14 a to the scanner unit 13.

  The automatic document feeder 14 is configured to be openable and closable with respect to the scanner unit 13 and is opened when the document G is jammed. The scanner unit 13 reads the document G fed by the automatic document feeding unit 14. The printer unit 12 performs printing (recording) by ejecting ink as an example of liquid onto a sheet P as an example of a target based on the image data of the original G read by the scanner unit 13. The scanner unit 13 is configured to be openable and closable with respect to the printer unit 12 and is opened when the paper P is jammed.

  The printer unit 12 includes a rectangular parallelepiped lower unit 15 and a rectangular parallelepiped upper unit 16 assembled on the lower unit 15. In this case, the upper unit 16 and the lower unit 15 may be configured such that these housings are separately formed, or these housings may be integrally formed as one housing.

  An operation unit 17 for performing various operations of the recording apparatus 11 is provided in a central portion extending in the left-right direction orthogonal to the vertical direction at the upper end portion of the front surface of the upper unit 16. A rectangular discharge port 18 through which the paper P printed in the printer unit 12 is discharged is opened below the operation unit 17 on the front surface of the upper unit 16.

  From the paper discharge port 18, a rectangular plate-shaped paper discharge tray 19 that supports the paper P discharged from the paper discharge port 18 extends so as to protrude forward in the paper discharge direction. An upper cassette serving as an example of a target container mounting portion on which a rectangular upper sheet feeding cassette 20 as an example of a target container is detachably mounted is disposed below the paper discharge tray 19 on the front surface of the upper unit 16. A portion 21 is provided. A plurality of sheets P are accommodated in the upper sheet cassette 20 in a stacked state.

  A lower cassette mounting portion as an example of a target housing mounting portion in which a rectangular lower paper feeding cassette 22 as an example of a target housing is detachably mounted at a central portion extending in the left-right direction on the front surface of the lower unit 15. 23 is provided. A plurality of sheets P of different sizes from the sheets P stored in the upper sheet cassette 20 are stored in the lower sheet cassette 22 in a stacked state. Of course, a plurality of sheets P having the same size as the sheets P stored in the upper sheet cassette 20 may be stored in the lower sheet cassette 22 in a stacked state.

  The upper cassette mounting portion 21 and the lower cassette mounting portion 23 are located in the lower center portion of the apparatus main body 11A extending in the left-right direction. When the upper sheet cassette 20 is mounted on the upper cassette mounting unit 21 and the lower sheet cassette 22 is mounted on the lower cassette mounting unit 23, the upper sheet cassette 20 and the lower sheet cassette 22 are vertically moved (vertical). Direction).

  The portions on both sides of the lower unit 15 sandwiching the lower cassette mounting portion 23 in the left-right direction are leg portions 24 that support the apparatus main body 11A. That is, the leg portions 24 are provided on both sides of the lower unit 15 with the lower cassette mounting portion 23 sandwiched in the left-right direction. Accordingly, in the present embodiment, the direction in which the leg portions 24 on both sides are aligned matches the left-right direction.

  A leg 24 on one side (left side in FIG. 1) of the lower cassette mounting portion 23 in the left-right direction is a first leg portion 24a, and on the other side (right side in FIG. 1) of the lower cassette mounting portion 23 in the left-right direction. The leg 24 is a second leg 24b.

  An ink cartridge mounting portion 26 as an example of a liquid container mounting portion in which an ink cartridge 25 as an example of a rectangular parallelepiped liquid container that stores a large amount of ink is detachably mounted on the first leg portion 24a. A plurality (four in this embodiment) are provided so that are arranged at equal intervals in the vertical direction.

  The four ink cartridge mounting portions 26 that open to the front surface of the first leg portion 24a are, in order from the top, the first ink cartridge mounting portion 26a, the second ink cartridge mounting portion 26b, the third ink cartridge mounting portion 26c, and the fourth ink. The cartridge mounting portion 26d is used. Ink cartridges 25 are attached to the first to fourth ink cartridge attachment portions 26a to 26d, respectively.

  In this case, the four ink cartridges 25 mounted on the first to fourth ink cartridge mounting portions 26a to 26d are the first to fourth ink cartridges 25a to 25d, respectively. In this embodiment, black ink is stored in the first ink cartridge 25a, yellow ink is stored in the second ink cartridge 25b, cyan ink is stored in the third ink cartridge 25c, and magenta is stored in the fourth ink cartridge 25d. Ink is contained.

  A waste liquid tank 27 (see FIG. 3) as an example of a waste liquid recovery unit for collecting waste ink as an example of waste liquid is accommodated in the second leg portion 24b. A rectangular exchange port 28 for exchanging the waste liquid tank 27 (see FIG. 3) is opened in front of the second leg 24b. An exchange door 29 for opening and closing the exchange port 28 is rotatably provided at the exchange port 28. A finger hook portion 29 a for hooking a finger when the replacement door 29 is opened is provided at the central portion in the vertical direction at one end portion (right end portion in the present embodiment) of the replacement door 29.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a pair of front and rear guide rails 31 extending in the left-right direction are installed at a predetermined interval above the upper cassette mounting portion 21 in the printer portion 12, that is, in the upper portion in the printer portion 12. ing. On the pair of guide rails 31, a carriage 32 as an example of a moving body is slidably disposed via a slider 33. That is, the carriage 32 is configured to be movable in the left-right direction on the pair of guide rails 31. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the movement direction of the carriage 32 coincides with the left-right direction.

  A liquid ejecting head 34 is supported at the lower end of the carriage 32. A support base 35 that supports the paper P is provided at a position facing the liquid ejecting head 34 in the printer unit 12 so as to extend in the left-right direction. Then, printing (recording) is performed by ejecting ink of each color onto the paper P supported by the support base 35 from each nozzle (not shown) of the liquid ejecting head 34 that moves in the left-right direction together with the carriage 32. It is like that.

  The upper cassette mounting portion 21 in the printer unit 12 includes an upper pickup roller 36 that sequentially feeds a plurality of sheets P stored in the upper sheet cassette 20 in a stacked state one by one toward the downstream side, which is the rear side. Is provided. On the other hand, the lower cassette mounting portion 23 in the printer unit 12 has a lower pickup roller that sequentially feeds a plurality of sheets P stored in a stacked state in the lower paper feed cassette 22 toward the downstream side, which is the rear side. 37 is provided.

  Then, the sheets P sequentially sent out from the upper sheet cassette 20 or the lower sheet cassette 22 to the rear side on the downstream side are reversed in the process of being conveyed through the common reversing path K1 extending upward, and the reversing path K1. To the printing path K2 connected to the downstream side. The printing path K2 extends straight from the rear side toward the front side, which is the downstream side, and passes over the support base 35.

  At a position between the support base 35 and the reverse path K1 in the printing path K2, a pair of upper and lower paper feed rollers 38 that feed the paper P conveyed from the reverse path K1 onto the support base 35. Has been placed. A pair of upper and lower upstream discharge rollers 39 for discharging the sheet P printed on the support base 35 to the downstream side while sandwiching the paper P is disposed on the downstream side of the support base 35 in the printing path K2.

  On the downstream side of the upstream discharge roller 39 in the printing path K2, a pair of upper and lower downstreams that discharge onto the discharge tray 19 while sandwiching the printed paper P discharged by the upstream discharge roller 39. A side discharge roller 40 is arranged. A branch portion B is provided between the upstream discharge roller 39 and the downstream discharge roller 40 in the printing path K2. One end side of the back surface printing introduction path K3 is connected to the branch portion B so as to branch from the printing path K2, and the other end side of the back surface printing introduction path K3 joins the reversing path K1. In this case, the back surface printing introduction path K <b> 3 extends so as to pass between the support base 35 and the upper cassette mounting portion 21.

  When performing double-sided printing of the paper P, the paper P whose surface has been printed is returned toward the branching section B by the downstream paper discharge roller 40. At this time, the paper P whose surface has been printed is guided to the backside printing introduction path K3 by a flap (not shown) provided in the branching section B. The sheet P with the printed surface guided to the backside printing introduction path K3 is reversed by the reversing path K1 and conveyed to the printing path K2 so that the unprinted backside faces the liquid ejecting head 34 which is the upper side. Then, the back side is printed by the liquid ejecting head 34 in the same manner as the front side printing, and then discharged onto the discharge tray 19.

  One of the pair of upper and lower paper feed rollers 38, the pair of upper and lower upstream discharge rollers 39, and the pair of upper and lower downstream discharge rollers 40 is constituted by a driving roller, and the other is constituted by a driven roller. However, each drive roller may be arranged on the upper side or may be arranged on the lower side. Further, in order to convey the paper P, a large-diameter intermediate driving roller and a plurality of small-diameter driving rollers may be arranged in the reversing path K1, or a plurality of pairs of small-diameter driving rollers and a driven roller are arranged. It may be.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the first leg portion 24a of the lower unit 15 constitutes first to fourth ink cartridge mounting portions 26a to 26d and the first to fourth inks mounted thereon. A rectangular parallelepiped storage chamber forming portion 44 that forms a storage chamber 45 for storing the cartridges 25a to 25d is provided.

  On the left and right side walls forming the storage chamber 45, three pairs of reinforcing ribs 43 having a rectangular shape arranged at equal intervals in the vertical direction are formed so as to extend in the front-rear direction. The three pairs of ribs 43 divide the storage chamber 45 into first to fourth ink cartridge mounting portions 26a to 26d. That is, the rib 43 is disposed between two ink cartridge mounting portions 26 adjacent in the vertical direction.

  Then, the first to fourth ink cartridges 25a to 25d are respectively inserted and mounted in the first to fourth ink cartridge mounting portions 26a to 26d in a state where the long sides are horizontal. The three pairs of ribs 43 are provided in the first to fourth ink cartridges 25a to 25d when the first to fourth ink cartridges 25a to 25d are attached to or detached from the first to fourth ink cartridge mounting portions 26a to 26d. It also functions as a guide part for guiding 25d.

  One end side of each of the first to fourth ink cartridges 25a to 25d mounted on the first to fourth ink cartridge mounting portions 26a to 26d is connected to the rear end portion on the upper surface of the storage chamber forming portion 44. A flexible ink supply tube 46 and a lead-out port 48 through which a signal line 47 for transmitting an ink detection signal and the like is led out are formed.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a pair of left and right hinge insertion openings 50 for inserting hinges of the scanner unit 13 (see FIG. 1) are provided at the left and right corner portions of the rear end portion on the upper surface of the upper unit 16. Is provided. Between the pair of hinge insertion openings 50 in the upper unit 16, a circuit board 51 that functions as a control unit including a CPU or the like is disposed in a state of being supported by a frame 49. The circuit board 51 extends from the outlet 48 and is connected to the other end of the signal line 47 connected to the first to fourth ink cartridges 25a to 25d (see FIG. 1) via the connector 52. Has been.

  A guide wall 53 extending in the left-right direction is provided on the front side of the circuit board 51 on the frame 49 in the upper unit 16 so as to be adjacent to the circuit board 51. A notch recess 53 a is formed at the center of the guide wall 53. A driven pulley 54 is provided at the left end portion on the front side of the guide wall 53 in the upper unit 16, and a drive pulley 56 that can be rotationally driven by a carriage motor 55 is provided at the right end portion.

  An endless timing belt 57 is wound around the pulleys 54 and 56, and a part of the timing belt 57 is coupled to a connection portion 32 a provided at the rear portion of the carriage 32. Therefore, when the drive pulley 56 is driven to rotate by driving the carriage motor 55, the driving force is transmitted to the connecting portion 32a via the timing belt 57, and the carriage 32 is reciprocated in the left-right direction.

  A substantially rectangular parallelepiped that is long in the left-right direction, which is a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction of the paper P (see FIG. 2) in the printing path K2, is located at the front portion of the timing belt 57 in the center in the front-rear direction in the upper unit 16. A support 35 having a shape is arranged. A substantially rectangular opening 58 that is long in the left-right direction is formed on the surface of the support base 35 facing the liquid jet head 34 so as to cross the printing path K2, and the opening 58 is disposed in the support base 35 from the opening 58. The porous ink absorbing material 59 thus exposed is exposed.

  The left and right ends that do not correspond to the printing path K <b> 2 in the opening 58 are enlarged openings 58 a that are wider in the front-rear direction than the other portions in the opening 58. On the upper side of the enlarged opening 58a, flushing for ejecting ink from the liquid ejecting head 34 at the time of printing is appropriately performed regardless of printing. The flushing ink discharged by this flushing is received by the ink absorbing material 59 through the enlarged opening 58a.

  Further, the other end side of the four ink supply tubes 46 extending from the outlet 48 and connected to one end of each of the first to fourth ink cartridges 25 a to 25 d (see FIG. 1) is on the front surface of the guide wall 53. The four sub-tanks 60 mounted on the carriage 32 are connected to each other through the connection portion 32a of the carriage 32 after extending along the line and returning.

  The four sub tanks 60 correspond to the first to fourth ink cartridges 25a to 25d (see FIG. 1), respectively. Each sub tank 60 temporarily stores each ink supplied by each ink supply tube 46 and then supplies the ink to the liquid ejecting head 34.

  Note that only four ink supply tubes 46 are drawn in FIG. Further, the four ink supply tubes 46 may be configured by four continuous tubes formed integrally with each other.

  A signal line 61 having one end connected to the liquid ejecting head 34 and the like is led out from the connection portion 32a of the carriage 32, and the other end of the signal line 61 is a surface of the guide wall 53 on the carriage 32 side (in FIG. 4). It extends along the front surface and then passes through the notch recess 53 a and is connected to the circuit board 51 via the connector 62.

  A region on the pair of guide rails 31 and a region between these regions are a moving region (moving range) of the carriage 32, and one end side (right end side in FIG. 4) of the moving region is a standby position T (see FIG. 4). 4 of the carriage 32). A part of each ink supply tube 46 is fixed by a fixing member 63 at a position corresponding to the central portion of the moving area of the carriage 32 on the carriage wall side surface (front surface in FIG. 4) of the guide wall 53. .

  A driving force applying mechanism 64 having a motor and a gear group (not shown) is disposed at an end portion (left end portion in FIG. 4) opposite to the standby position T of the carriage 32 in the upper unit 16. The driving force applying mechanism 64 applies driving force to the paper feed roller 38, the upstream paper discharge roller 39, and the downstream paper discharge roller 40 shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 5, a maintenance unit 65 for performing maintenance such as cleaning of the liquid ejecting head 34 is disposed below the end of the carriage 32 on the support position 35 in the printer unit 12 on the standby position T side. Has been. In this case, the two-dot chain line in FIG. 5 indicates the boundary between the upper unit 16 and the lower unit 15, and the maintenance unit 65 is disposed so as to straddle this boundary.

  The maintenance unit 65 includes a capping mechanism (not shown) for capping the liquid ejecting head 34, a suction mechanism (not shown) for eliminating clogging of each nozzle (not shown) of the liquid ejecting head 34, and wiping the liquid ejecting head 34. A wiping mechanism (not shown) is provided. A suction pump 66 connected to a suction mechanism (not shown) of the maintenance unit 65 is disposed adjacent to the maintenance unit 65 on the rear side of the maintenance unit 65 in the printer unit 12. On the lower surface of the maintenance unit 65, a discharge pipe 65 a that discharges waste ink generated by performing maintenance on the liquid ejecting head 34 is provided.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the waste liquid tank 27 accommodated below the maintenance unit 65 and the suction pump 66 in the second leg portion 24b of the lower unit 15 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape. A porous waste liquid absorbent 67 for absorbing the waste liquid is accommodated throughout the waste liquid tank 27. The rear part of the waste liquid tank 27 in the printer unit 12 from the central part in the front-rear direction corresponds to the maintenance part 65 and the suction pump 66, and the front part from the central part of the waste liquid tank 27 in the printer part 12 in the front-rear direction. The portion does not correspond to the maintenance unit 65 and the suction pump 66.

  In the waste liquid tank 27, in order to avoid interference with the maintenance unit 65 and the suction pump 66, the heights of the portions (positions) corresponding to the maintenance unit 65 and the suction pump 66 are not corresponding to the maintenance unit 65 and the suction pump 66 ( It is formed to be lower than the height of (position). That is, the waste liquid tank 27 has a level difference in the front-rear central portion on the upper surface so that the height of the rear-side portion from the front-rear central portion is lower than the height of the front-rear center portion. A portion 27a is formed.

  A front side communication port 68 and a rear side communication port 69 that communicate the inside and the outside of the waste liquid tank 27 are provided on the upper surface and the rear side of the stepped portion 27a on the upper surface of the waste liquid tank 27, respectively. A part of the ink absorbing material 59 extending from the support base 35 is inserted into the front side communication port 68, and the discharge pipe 65 a of the maintenance unit 65 is inserted into the rear side communication port 69. Therefore, the waste ink absorbed by the ink absorbing material 59 and the waste ink discharged from the discharge pipe 65a are collected in the waste liquid tank 27 through the front communication port 68 and the rear communication port 69, respectively.

  A waste ink sensor 70 that detects waste ink in the waste liquid tank 27 is disposed at the rear end portion of the lower end portion in the waste liquid tank 27. The waste ink sensor 70 is connected to the circuit board 51 via the signal line 71. The waste liquid absorbing material 67 in the waste liquid tank 27 is set so that the portion near the waste ink sensor 70 has a significantly lower absorbability of waste ink than portions other than the portion.

  That is, the waste liquid absorber 67 is set so that when the waste ink collected in the waste liquid tank 27 is absorbed, the waste ink finally reaches the waste ink sensor 70. Therefore, when waste ink is detected by the waste ink sensor 70, the waste liquid tank 27 is almost full of waste ink.

Next, the operation of the recording apparatus 11 will be described.
When printing a multi-page document G by the recording device 11, first, the document G is set on the document setting unit 14a of the automatic document feeding unit 14, and the operation unit 17 is operated to start the printing operation. Let Then, the original G is automatically fed to the scanner unit 13 and the original G is read by the scanner unit 13. Subsequently, on the basis of the read data of the original G, the paper P is selectively fed from the paper feed cassettes 20 and 22 onto the support base 35 and reciprocated in the left-right direction along with the carriage 32 on the paper P. The ink of each color is ejected from each nozzle (not shown) of the liquid ejecting head 34 to perform printing.

  When there is only one document G, the automatic document feeder 14 may be used to read and print the document G, or the automatic document feeder 14 may be lifted and the document table of the scanner unit 13 directly. Alternatively, the original G may be read and then the original G may be read and then printed after the automatic document feeder 14 is closed. As another printing method, printing may be performed based on print data from an external device.

  The first to fourth ink cartridges 25a to 25d are individually replaced with new ones when the ink stored in them is exhausted, and the waste liquid tank 27 is filled with waste ink. Replaced with a new one.

  As described above, in the recording apparatus 11, the ink cartridge 25 is disposed on one side of the leg portions 24 adjacent to the lower cassette mounting portion 23 in the lower unit 15 that is likely to become a dead space, and the waste liquid tank 27 is disposed on the other side. It has been configured. For this reason, the installation space of the recording apparatus 11 and the length of the recording apparatus 11 in the depth direction (front-rear direction), width direction (left-right direction), and height direction (up-down direction) can be suppressed. Accordingly, it is possible to increase the capacity of the ink cartridge 25 mounted on the ink cartridge mounting portion 26 while suppressing an increase in the size of the recording apparatus 11 (the apparatus main body 11A).

  Further, unlike the ink cartridge 25, the waste liquid tank 27 disposed on the leg portion 24 on the maintenance portion 65 side of the leg portions 24 adjacent to the lower cassette mounting portion 23 in the lower unit 15 is the size of the maintenance portion 65. The height can be easily changed according to For this reason, even if the size of the maintenance unit 65 changes, the ink cartridge disposed on the leg 24 on the opposite side of the maintenance unit 65 side of the leg 24 adjacent to the lower cassette mounting unit 23 in the lower unit 15. Since there is no need to change the size of the ink cartridge 25, the capacity of the ink cartridge 25 is not affected.

  In addition, since the rectangular parallelepiped ink cartridge 25 is mounted in the recording apparatus 11 in the horizontal orientation (the long side is horizontal), the ink cartridge 25 is in the vertical orientation (the long side is vertical). Compared with the case of mounting, the length of the apparatus body 11A in the left-right direction (width direction) can be shortened.

As described above, according to the first embodiment described in detail, the following effects can be obtained.
(1) In the recording apparatus 11 (apparatus main body 11A), since the ink cartridge mounting portion 26 is provided on the first leg portion 24a having a lot of wasted empty space, the ink cartridge mounting portion 26 can be enlarged. For this reason, a large capacity ink cartridge 25 can be mounted in the ink cartridge mounting portion 26. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the installation area of the recording apparatus 11 and to increase the capacity of the ink cartridge 25 mounted on the ink cartridge mounting portion 26 while suppressing an increase in size of the recording apparatus 11 (apparatus main body 11A). it can.

(2) Since the recording apparatus 11 (apparatus main body 11A) is provided with the waste liquid tank 27 in the second leg portion 24b having a lot of useless empty space, the empty space can be used effectively.
(3) The recording apparatus 11 (apparatus main body 11A) mounts the ink cartridge 25 when the ink cartridge 25 is attached to or detached from the ink cartridge mounting part 26 between the two ink cartridge mounting parts 26 adjacent in the vertical direction. Ribs 43 functioning as guide portions for guiding are provided. Therefore, the ink cartridge 25 can be smoothly attached to and detached from the ink cartridge mounting portion 26 by the rib 43.

  (4) In the recording apparatus 11 (apparatus main body 11A), when the ink cartridge 25 is attached to or detached from the ink cartridge mounting portion 26, the rib 43 that reinforces the side wall of the ink cartridge mounting portion 26 is attached to the ink cartridge 25. It is provided so as to function also as a guide part for guiding. For this reason, it is possible to achieve both of guiding the ink cartridge 25 and improving the resistance to the load on the upper part of the apparatus main body 11A without increasing the number of parts.

  (5) In the recording apparatus 11 (apparatus main body 11A), a maintenance unit 65 for performing maintenance of the liquid ejecting head 34 is disposed above the waste liquid tank 27 located on the standby position T side in the printer unit 12. . The height of the position corresponding to the maintenance unit 65 in the waste liquid tank 27 located on the standby position T side is a position that does not correspond to the maintenance unit 65 in the waste liquid tank 27 in order to avoid interference between the waste liquid tank 27 and the maintenance unit 65. It is lower than the height. Therefore, interference between the waste liquid tank 27 and the maintenance unit 65 can be avoided while securing the volume of the waste liquid tank 27.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, a second embodiment of the recording apparatus will be described with reference to the drawings with a focus on differences from the first embodiment.

  In the second embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, in the recording apparatus 11 of the first embodiment, the first ink cartridge mounting portion 26a is disposed below the waste liquid tank 27 in the second leg portion 24b. doing. Further, in the second embodiment, a small waste liquid tank 75 having a volume smaller than that of the waste liquid tank 27 as an example of the waste liquid recovery part is provided above the second to fourth ink cartridge mounting parts 26b to 26d in the first leg part 24a. It is arranged.

  In other words, the small waste liquid tank 75 is provided at a position adjacent to the first leg portion 24a on the upper side of the second to fourth ink cartridge mounting portions 26b to 26d, and the second leg portion 24b above the first ink cartridge mounting portion 26a. The waste liquid tank 27 is provided in the adjacent position. In this case, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the waste liquid tank 27 provided in the second leg 24b located on the standby position T side is the first leg 24a located on the opposite side to the standby position T side. The volume is larger than the small waste liquid tank 75 provided in

  As shown in FIG. 6, the rectangular replacement for replacing the small waste liquid tank 75 (see FIG. 7) is provided above the second to fourth ink cartridge mounting portions 26b to 26d on the front surface of the first leg portion 24a. The mouth 76 is open. An exchange door 77 for opening and closing the exchange port 76 is rotatably provided in the exchange port 76. A finger hooking portion 77 a for hooking a finger when opening the replacement door 77 is provided at a central portion in the vertical direction at one end portion (right end portion in the present embodiment) of the replacement door 77.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the small waste liquid tank 75 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and a porous waste liquid absorbent (not shown) for absorbing the waste liquid is accommodated therein. On the upper surface of the small waste liquid tank 75, a communication port 78 that communicates the inside and outside of the small waste liquid tank 75 is provided.

  As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a part of the ink absorbing material 59 extending from the end opposite to the standby position T side of the ink absorbing material 59 accommodated in the support base 35 is inserted into the communication port 78. ing. Accordingly, the flushing ink ejected to the enlarged opening 58 a opposite to the standby position T side in the support base 35 is absorbed by the ink absorbing material 59 and then collected into the small waste liquid tank 75 through the communication port 78. .

  As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, a first ink cartridge mounting portion 26a is formed on the lower side of the waste liquid tank 27 in the second leg portion 24b of the lower unit 15 and is mounted on the first ink cartridge mounting portion 26a. There is provided a rectangular parallelepiped storage chamber forming portion 80 for forming a storage chamber 79 for storing the first ink cartridge 25a. The first ink cartridge 25a is inserted and mounted in the first ink cartridge mounting portion 26a in a state where the long side is horizontal and the side is horizontal.

  A flexible ink supply tube 81 having one end connected to the first ink cartridge 25a attached to the first ink cartridge attachment portion 26a and an ink detection signal are provided at the rear end portion of the upper surface of the storage chamber forming portion 80. A lead-out port 83 is formed through which a signal line 82 for transmitting and the like is led out.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the circuit board 51 extends from the outlet 83 and the other end of the signal line 82 connected to the first ink cartridge 25 a (see FIG. 6) via the connector 84. Connected. The other end side of the ink supply tube 81 extending from the outlet 83 and connected to one end side with respect to the first ink cartridge 25a (see FIG. 6) passes through the lower side of the circuit board 51 and waits on the guide wall 53. A cylindrical guide column 85 provided at the end opposite to the position T is wrapped around.

  The ink supply tube 81 that wraps around the guide column 85 extends along the carriage wall side surface (front surface in FIG. 8) of the guide wall 53 together with the ink supply tube 46 and then turns back, and then passes through the connection portion 32a of the carriage 32. Then, the sub tanks 60 mounted on the carriage 32 are connected. In addition, a part of the ink supply tube 81 together with a part of the ink supply tube 46 is fixed by the fixing member 63 at a position corresponding to the central portion of the moving region of the carriage 32 on the surface of the guide wall 53 on the carriage 32 side. Yes.

  The ink supply tube 46 shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 in the present embodiment extends from the outlet 48 and is connected at one end to the second to fourth ink cartridges 25b to 25d (see FIG. 6). 3 ink supply tubes are shown.

As mentioned above, according to 2nd Embodiment explained in full detail, in addition to the effect of said (1)-(5), the following effects can be acquired.
(6) In the recording apparatus 11, the small waste liquid tank 75 is provided at a position adjacent to the first leg part 24a on the upper side of the second to fourth ink cartridge mounting parts 26b to 26d, and the first ink in the second leg part 24b. A waste liquid tank 27 is provided at a position adjacent to the upper side of the cartridge mounting portion 26a. The first to fourth ink cartridge mounting portions 26a to 26d, the waste liquid tank 27, and the small waste liquid tank 75 are appropriately divided and arranged using the useless empty space of the first leg portion 24a and the second leg portion 24b in a balanced manner. Therefore, the free space can be used more effectively.

  (7) Normally, the maintenance unit 65 that performs maintenance such as cleaning of the liquid ejecting head is performed at the standby position T of the carriage 32. Therefore, the waste ink generated by the maintenance of the liquid ejecting head 34 increases on the standby position T side. In this regard, in the present embodiment, the waste liquid tank 27 provided on the second leg portion 24b located on the standby position T side is a small size provided on the first leg portion 24a located on the opposite side to the standby position T side. The volume is larger than the waste liquid tank 75. For this reason, the waste ink generated by the maintenance of the liquid ejecting head 34 can be sufficiently collected.

  (8) In the recording apparatus 11, only the first ink cartridge mounting portion 26a to which the first ink cartridge 25a containing black ink is mounted is provided on the second leg portion 24b. When the capacity is increased, the free space in the leg portion 24 can be used particularly effectively.

  (9) Since the ink supply tube 81 extending from the first ink cartridge 25a containing the black ink is routed so as to pass under the circuit board 51, the space in the printer unit 12 is effectively used. be able to.

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In addition, you may change each said embodiment as follows.
In the first embodiment, the height of the waste liquid tank 27 may be made constant so that the waste liquid tank 27 interferes with the maintenance unit 65.

In the first and second embodiments, the rib 43 may be omitted.
-In 1st and 2nd embodiment, the rib 43 does not necessarily need to be comprised so that it may function as a guide part. That is, the guide part may be omitted.

In the first embodiment, the waste liquid tank 27 may be omitted.
In the first and second embodiments, the number of ink cartridge mounting portions 26 may be arbitrarily changed.

In the second embodiment, at least one of the waste liquid tank 27 and the small waste liquid tank 75 may be omitted.
-In 1st and 2nd embodiment, you may change the ink cartridge mounting part 26 so that the ink pack with which the flexible bag body was filled with the ink may be mounted | worn.

In the first and second embodiments, the ink cartridge 25 may be configured to be replenished with ink.
In the first embodiment, only one ink cartridge mounting portion 26 may be provided on the first leg portion 24a, and a plurality of ink cartridges 25 and ink packs may be mounted on this one ink cartridge mounting portion 26. .

  In the second embodiment, one ink cartridge mounting portion 26 is provided on each of the first leg portion 24a and the second leg portion 24b. Ink cartridges 25 or ink packs of black ink are mounted on one ink cartridge mounting unit 26, and inks of a plurality of colors (yellow, cyan, magenta, or other colors) are mounted on the other ink cartridge mounting unit 26. A cartridge 25 or an ink pack may be mounted.

  In the first and second embodiments, an ink cartridge of a part of a plurality of colors (black and a plurality of colors) of ink is mounted on the carriage 32, and the ink cartridge or ink of the remaining colors of ink The pack may be mounted on the ink cartridge mounting unit 26.

  In the second embodiment, the small waste liquid tank 75 may be replaceable or may not be replaceable. When the small waste liquid tank 75 is not replaceable, it is preferable that the small waste liquid tank 75 and the waste liquid tank 27 communicate with each other through a porous ink absorbing material.

In the second embodiment, two ink cartridge mounting portions 26 may be arranged on the first leg portion 24a and the second leg portion 24b.
In the second embodiment, the ink supply tube 81 extending from the first ink cartridge 25 a containing black ink may be disposed so as to pass the gap between the circuit board 51 and the guide wall 53.

In the second embodiment, the arrangement of the first ink cartridge mounting part 26a and the second to fourth ink cartridge mounting parts 26b to 26d may be switched.
In the first and second embodiments, the recording device 11 has a configuration corresponding to four colors of black ink, cyan ink, magenta ink, and yellow ink. However, the recording device 11 may have a configuration corresponding to a single color or two colors. It is good also as a structure which can respond to more than a color.

The target may be not only the paper P but also cloth, plastic film, CD, or the like.
In the above embodiment, the recording apparatus 11 is ejected by flowing as a fluid other than ink (liquid or liquid material in which particles of functional material are dispersed or mixed in the liquid, fluid such as gel, or fluid. It is also possible to use a fluid ejecting apparatus that performs recording by ejecting or ejecting (including solids that can be produced). For example, recording is performed by ejecting a liquid material in which a material such as an electrode material or a color material (pixel material) used for manufacturing a liquid crystal display, an EL (electroluminescence) display, and a surface emitting display is dispersed or dissolved. A liquid ejecting apparatus may be used. Moreover, the fluid body injection apparatus which injects fluid bodies, such as a gel (for example, physical gel), may be sufficient. The present invention can be applied to any one of these fluid ejecting apparatuses. In the present specification, the term “fluid” is a concept that does not include a fluid consisting only of gas. Examples of the fluid include liquid (inorganic solvent, organic solvent, solution, liquid resin, liquid metal (metal melt), etc. ), Liquids, fluids, and the like.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Recording apparatus, 11A ... Apparatus main body, 20 ... Upper paper feed cassette as an example of target container, 21 ... Upper cassette mounting part as an example of target container mounting part, 22 ... Lower stage as an example of target container Paper cassette, 23... Lower cassette mounting part as an example of target container mounting part, 24... Leg part, 25. Ink cartridge as an example of liquid container, 26. Ink cartridge as an example of liquid container mounting part Mounting part, 27 ... Waste liquid tank as an example of waste liquid recovery part, 32 ... Carriage as an example of moving body, 34 ... Liquid ejecting head, 43 ... Rib constituting guide part, 65 ... Maintenance part, 75 ... Waste liquid recovery part A small waste liquid tank as an example, P: paper as an example of a target, T: a standby position.

Claims (7)

The device body;
A plurality of target container mounting portions provided in the apparatus main body and detachably mounted so that a plurality of target containers in which a plurality of targets are stored are arranged in the vertical direction;
A liquid ejecting head which is arranged in the apparatus main body and performs recording by ejecting liquid onto the target fed from the target container;
Leg portions provided on both sides of one of the plurality of target container mounting portions in the apparatus main body;
A liquid container mounting portion that is provided on at least one of the leg portions on both sides and that is detachably mounted with a liquid container that stores the liquid to be supplied to the liquid ejecting head. A recording device.   2. The liquid container mounting part is provided on one of the leg parts on both sides of the apparatus main body, and a waste liquid recovery part for recovering waste liquid is provided on the other. Recording device. The liquid container mounting portions are respectively provided on the leg portions on both sides of the apparatus main body,
2. A waste liquid recovery part for recovering a waste liquid is provided at a position adjacent to the upper side of at least one of the liquid container mounting parts respectively provided on the legs on both sides. The recording device described in 1. A moving body that is provided above the target container mounting portion in the apparatus main body and is movable in the direction in which the legs on both sides are arranged;
One end side in the moving area of the moving body is a standby position where the moving body waits,
The liquid ejecting head is supported by the moving body,
A waste liquid recovery part for recovering waste liquid is provided at a position adjacent to both the upper side and the liquid container mounting part provided on the legs on both sides, respectively.
4. The volume of one of the waste liquid recovery units located on the standby position side of the movable body is larger than the volume located on the opposite side of the standby position side. 5. Recording device. A plurality of the liquid container mounting portions are provided so as to be aligned in the vertical direction,
A guide portion that guides the liquid container when the liquid container is attached to and detached from the liquid container mounting portion is provided between the two liquid container mounting portions adjacent in the vertical direction. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recording apparatus is a recording apparatus.   The recording apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the guide portion is a rib that reinforces a side wall of the liquid container mounting portion. A maintenance unit for performing maintenance of the liquid ejecting head is disposed above the waste liquid recovery unit located on the standby position side in the apparatus main body,
The height of the position corresponding to the maintenance part in the waste liquid recovery part located on the standby position side does not correspond to the maintenance part in the waste liquid recovery part in order to avoid interference between the waste liquid recovery part and the maintenance part. The recording apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the recording apparatus is lower than a height of the position.