JP2016141535A - Recording device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a recording device which inhibits deterioration of throughput and improper stacking of discharged sheets and enables improvement of the flexibility of a stacking order of mediums discharged after recording.SOLUTION: A recording device includes: a recording part 28 which makes records on a transferred medium P; discharge means 36 which discharges the medium p, on which the records are made by the recording part 28, in a posture having a downward vector component in a vertical direction; and a discharged sheet receiver 42 which receives the medium P discharged by the discharge means 36 and causes the medium P to be placed thereon. The discharged sheet receiver 42 is formed so as to be switched between a first position, in which a medium placement surface 58 faces a recording surface of the discharged medium P, and a second position in which the medium placement surface 58 faces an opposite surface of the recording surface.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

  The present invention relates to a recording apparatus provided with a paper discharge receptacle.

In a recording apparatus typified by a printer, a medium after recording is discharged from the apparatus main body by discharge means such as a discharge roller and stacked on a discharge receiver.
In the printer, as a structure of a portion for discharging the medium, a face-up method in which the recording surface is directed to the opposite side of the medium mounting surface of the discharge receiver, that is, the recording surface is directed upward, There is a face-down method in which the recording surface is directed toward the medium mounting surface, that is, the recording surface is directed downward.

  In the face-down method, when a document of a plurality of pages is recorded in order from the first page, it can be stacked on the discharge tray in the order of recording. However, since the medium reversing mechanism is required, the apparatus becomes large. For this reason, the face-up method is usually employed in small printers.

However, in the case of the face-up method, when the recording of a document of a plurality of pages is executed, the pages are stacked in the paper discharge tray in the reverse order of the recording order, so the page order is reversed.
Depending on the settings of the printer driver, it is possible to perform “reverse order recording” that records from the last page of the document. However, for example, if the number of pages is large and the data capacity is large, it takes time to read the data and the recording Longer time to start.

  By the way, the printer is generally used by being placed on a table such as a desk or a shelf, and the medium after recording is discharged in a direction along the horizontal direction and stacked on a paper discharge tray. In order to further reduce the installation space, the size of the apparatus in the depth direction is reduced by, for example, making the discharge direction of the medium a steep angle with respect to the horizontal direction, that is, a direction closer to the vertical direction. There is a configured printer.

  In Patent Document 1, in a wall-hanging printer that discharges a medium after recording downward, a protruding engagement portion 72 is provided on the upstream side of a paper discharge tray 58, and the leading edge of the paper 40 that is discharged in a face-up manner. A configuration is disclosed in which the portion 40 a is locked to the locking portion 72 and the sheet 40 is reversed while being bent, and placed on the sheet discharge tray 58 in a face-down state.

JP 2009-242301 A

  However, in the configuration of the paper discharge tray 58 described in Patent Document 1, the discharged paper 40 may be buckled by being caught by the locking portion 72. In addition, there is a risk of deformation due to the bending of the paper 40, and there is a possibility that the alignment of the paper may be disturbed during reversal.

  In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a recording apparatus capable of improving the degree of freedom of the stacking order of the media discharged after recording while suppressing a decrease in throughput and inappropriate stacking of discharged paper. Is to provide.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, a recording apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention includes a recording unit that performs recording on a conveyed medium, and a medium that is recorded by the recording unit. A discharge means for discharging in a posture having a position, and a paper discharge receiver for receiving and placing the medium discharged by the discharge means, wherein the medium receiving surface of the medium to be discharged The first position facing the recording surface and the second position where the medium placement surface faces the opposite surface of the recording surface can be switched.

  According to this aspect, the paper discharge receptacle has a first position where the medium placement surface faces the recording surface of the discharged medium, and a first position where the medium placement surface faces the opposite surface of the recording surface. Since the two positions can be switched, the stacking order of the ejected media can be controlled without depending on the software processing, and the media can be ejected in a natural posture. As a result, it is possible to improve the degree of freedom in the stacking order of the media ejected after recording, while suppressing a decrease in throughput and inappropriate stacking of ejected media.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording unit that performs recording on a conveyed medium, a discharge unit that discharges the medium recorded by the recording unit in a posture having a vector component vertically below, A paper discharge receiver for receiving and placing the medium discharged by the discharge means, wherein the paper discharge receiver is opposite to the first medium placement surface on which the medium is placed. And a second medium placement surface on which a medium is placed, and a posture changeable, and a first position where the first medium placement surface faces upward by changing the posture, The second medium placement surface is switched to a second position facing upward.

  According to this aspect, in the paper discharge receiver, the first medium placement surface faces upward, and the second medium placement surface, which is the surface opposite to the first medium placement surface, faces upward. Since the second position can be switched, the stacking order of the ejected media can be controlled without depending on the software processing, and the media can be ejected in a natural posture. As a result, it is possible to improve the degree of freedom in the stacking order of the media ejected after recording, while suppressing a decrease in throughput and inappropriate stacking of ejected media.

  The recording apparatus according to a third aspect of the present invention is the recording apparatus according to the first or second aspect, wherein the paper discharge receiver swings around a fulcrum portion as a fulcrum, so that the first position and the second position are It is the structure which switches.

  According to this aspect, it is possible to easily switch the first position and the second position of the paper discharge receiver.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording apparatus according to the third aspect, further comprising a lock portion that holds the paper discharge receiver at the first position or the second position.

  According to this aspect, the paper discharge receptacle configured to be swingable can be reliably held at the first position or the second position.

  A recording apparatus according to a fifth aspect of the present invention includes, in any one of the first to fourth aspects, a drive source that displaces the paper discharge receiver and a control unit that controls the drive source. It is characterized by this.

  According to this aspect, the switching between the first position and the second position in the paper discharge receiver can be automatically performed.

  A recording apparatus according to a sixth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in the fifth aspect, the control unit controls the drive source based on a setting of a printer driver.

  According to this aspect, the paper discharge receiver can be quickly moved to a desired position by setting of the printer driver.

  The recording apparatus according to a seventh aspect of the present invention is the recording apparatus according to the first or second aspect, wherein the paper discharge receiver includes a locking portion that is locked to a locked portion that is provided on the apparatus main body side. The apparatus main body includes two locked portions to which the locking portions can be locked respectively, and when the one locked portion and the locking portion are locked, the discharge receiver The discharge receptacle is configured to take the second position when the first position is taken and the other locked portion and the locking portion are locked. is there.

  According to this aspect, the first position and the second position of the paper discharge receiver can be switched with a simple configuration.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the apparatus main body of the printer according to the embodiment of the invention. FIG. 3 is a side sectional view showing a medium conveyance path of a printer according to an embodiment of the invention. 1 is an enlarged view of a main part of a printer according to an embodiment of the present invention. (A) is a diagram showing a state where the paper discharge receptacle is in the first position, (B) is a diagram showing a state where the paper discharge receptacle is in the second position. 4A is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part of FIG. 4A, and FIG. 4B is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part of FIG. The figure explaining the drive structure which displaces a paper discharge receptacle to the 1st position and the 2nd position. 1 is a block diagram of a printer according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration in which a paper discharge receiver is displaced to a first position and a second position in a printer according to another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 4B is a diagram illustrating a state where the paper discharge receiver is in the second position.

  Hereinafter, a recording apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention is not limited by these.

[Example 1]
As an example of the recording apparatus of this embodiment, an ink jet printer is taken as an example.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating an apparatus main body of a printer according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a side cross-sectional view illustrating the medium conveyance path of the printer according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a main part of the printer according to the embodiment of the present invention. 4A is a diagram illustrating a state in which the paper discharge receiver is in the first position, and FIG. 4B is a diagram illustrating a state in which the paper discharge receiver is in the second position. 5A is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part of FIG. 4A, and FIG. 5B is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part of FIG. 4B.

  In the XYZ coordinate system shown in each figure, the X direction is the scanning direction of the recording head, and the Y direction is the depth direction of the recording apparatus. The Z direction is the direction of gravity. In the description of each drawing, the + Y direction is the front side of the apparatus, and the −Y direction side is the back side of the apparatus. The + X side is the right side when viewed from the front of the apparatus, and the −X side is the left side when viewed from the front of the apparatus. Further, the + Z direction is the upper side of the apparatus, and the −Z direction side is the lower side of the apparatus.

First, an outline of an ink jet printer 10 (hereinafter referred to as a printer 10) according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
The printer 10 shown in FIG. 1 has a horizontal arrangement in which the paper P is conveyed in a substantially horizontal direction when facing the recording head 28 as a recording unit, and the paper P in a substantially vertical direction when facing the recording head 28. It is possible to select the vertical arrangement to be conveyed.
In the following, description will be made taking the case of vertical placement such as wall hanging as an example.

  In the printer 10, the paper P is configured to be conveyed in the −Z direction of FIG. 1, that is, downward in the vertical direction. In the following, the direction in which the medium is conveyed in the printer 10 may be referred to as “downstream”, and the opposite direction may be referred to as “upstream”.

A printer 10 shown in FIG. 1 includes a printer main body 12 and is configured so that an installation surface 13 of the printer main body 12 can be attached so as to face an indoor wall or the like.
On the upper side (+ Z direction side) of the printer main body 12, a feeding device 14 (ASF) capable of setting paper P is provided (FIG. 2), and a hopper 16 constituting the feeding device 14 (FIG. 2). The paper P is stacked on the paper and supported in an inclined posture. On the upstream side (+ Z side) of the hopper 16 in the paper conveyance direction, a paper support 18 is provided as a support member that supports the rear end side of the paper P that is not supported by the hopper 16.

  The hopper 16 shown in FIG. 2 is provided so as to be swingable so that the loading surface 16a of the paper P moves forward and backward with respect to the feeding roller 20, and is attached to the feeding roller 20 side by an urging means (not shown). It is energized. A plurality of sheets P set in the hopper 16 are in contact with the feeding roller 20 and the uppermost sheet P is picked up by the number of units by the rotation of the feeding roller 20 and fed downstream in the conveying direction.

  The paper P sent from the upstream side in the transport direction is transported by the paper transport means 22 to a recording position facing the ink jet recording head 28 (hereinafter, recording head 28). The paper transport unit 22 includes a transport driving roller 24 that is rotationally driven by a motor (not shown), and a transport driven roller 26 that is driven to rotate while sandwiching the paper P between the transport driving roller 24.

  The recording head 28 is provided on the carriage 30. The carriage 30 is mounted with an ink cartridge 32 for supplying ink to the recording head 28 and reciprocates in the width direction (X-axis direction) of the paper P by receiving power from a motor (not shown).

  A platen 34 that defines a gap between the ink ejection surface of the recording head 28 and the paper P is provided on the side facing the recording head 28 (FIG. 2) (the −Y side of the recording head 28). Recording is performed between the recording head 28 and the platen 34 by ejecting ink from the recording head 28 onto a medium such as paper P.

On the downstream side of the recording head 28 in the transport direction, a discharge unit 36 that discharges the paper P after recording is provided. In the present embodiment, the discharge means 36 includes a discharge drive roller 38 and a discharge driven roller 40 that is driven to rotate with the paper P sandwiched between the discharge drive roller 38. When the printer 10 is placed vertically, the paper P is discharged from the discharge means 36 substantially downward in the vertical direction (−Z direction).
On the downstream side (-Z direction side) of the discharge means 36, a paper discharge receiver 42 (FIG. 1) for receiving and placing the paper P discharged from the discharge means 36 is provided. The configuration of the paper discharge receiver 42 will be described in detail later.

  The above is the outline of the printer 10 and the medium conveyance path when the printer 10 is arranged vertically. In the case of the horizontal placement in which the installation surface 13 of the printer 10 is placed on a horizontal surface such as a desk, the paper P is recorded through the same transport path and discharged from the discharge means 36.

Next, the paper discharge receptacle 42 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 3 to 5.
The paper discharge receiver 42 is a plate-like body as shown in FIG. 1 and is attached to a paper discharge receiving support portion 44 provided on the apparatus main body 12 side. A stopper 50 that restricts the downstream movement of the paper P placed on the paper discharge receiver 42 is provided at the downstream end of the paper discharge receiver 42.

  44 includes an engaging portion 48 that engages with the swing shaft 46 of the paper discharge receiver 42 (see FIG. 3). The paper discharge receiver 42 swings around the swing shaft 46 as a fulcrum, and FIG. ) And a second position shown in FIG. 4B can be switched.

When the paper discharge receptacle 42 is in the first position [FIG. 4A], the surface indicated by reference numeral 58a becomes the medium placement surface 58a [FIG. 5A], and the medium placement surface 58a is discharged. The paper P is placed so as to face the recording surface (the surface on the + Y side in each figure).
When the paper discharge receptacle 42 is in the second position [FIG. 4B], the surface indicated by reference numeral 58b becomes the medium placement surface 58b [FIG. 5B], and the medium placement surface 58b is discharged. The sheet P is placed so as to face the surface opposite to the recording surface of the sheet P (the surface on the −Y side in each drawing).

  In other words, the paper discharge receptacle 42 provided so that the posture can be changed includes the first medium placement surface 58a on which the paper P is placed, and the paper P, which is the surface opposite to the first medium placement surface 58a. A second medium placement surface 58b to be placed, and a first position [FIGS. 4A, 5A] and a second position where the first medium placement surface 58a faces upward by changing the posture. It is configured to switch between the second position [FIG. 4B, FIG. 5B] in which the medium placement surface 58b faces upward.

  When the sheet discharge receptacle 42 is set to the first position where the first medium placement surface 58a faces upward, as shown in FIG. 5A, the recording surface (the surface on the + Y side) of the paper P is the first medium placement surface. Since the paper P can be placed in a so-called face-down direction facing the 58a side (lower side), the paper P is stacked in the recording order without performing software processing such as “reverse order recording” by the setting of the printer driver. Can do.

  Further, by setting the paper discharge receptacle 42 to the second position where the first medium placement surface 58b faces upward, the recording surface (the surface on the + Y side) of the paper P faces upward, that is, the paper P is face-up. Placement can also be performed.

The displacement of the paper discharge receptacle 42 can be manually performed by the user. The paper discharge receiver 42 includes a lock portion 56 (see FIG. 3) for holding the posture at the first position or the second position. As the lock portion 56, an engagement means such as a snap fit can be used. In the present embodiment, the engagement portion 52 provided on the discharge receiving portion 42 side and the engaged portion 54 provided on the discharge receiving support portion 44 side are engaged, whereby the discharge receiving portion 42 is moved to the first position or the first position. It is configured to hold in two positions.
The lock portion 56 can reliably hold the paper discharge receptacle 42 configured to be swingable at the first position or the second position.

As described above, according to the paper discharge receiver 42 of the present embodiment, the stacking order of the discharged media can be controlled without depending on software processing only by changing the posture of the paper discharge receiver 42. . Further, the paper P can be discharged in a natural posture.
Accordingly, it is possible to improve the degree of freedom in the stacking order of the discharged paper P while suppressing a decrease in throughput and inappropriate stacking of discharged media.

[Example 2]
In addition to the case where the displacement of the discharge receiver 42 is manually performed as in the first embodiment, the displacement of the discharge receiver 42 can be automatically performed.
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a driving configuration for displacing the paper discharge receiver to the first position and the second position. FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a printer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The printer 60 includes a drive source 62 that displaces the paper discharge receiver 42 and a control unit 64 that controls the drive source 62. By controlling the drive source 62 that displaces the paper discharge receptacle 42 by the control unit 64, the displacement of the paper discharge receptacle 42 can be automatically performed.

  For the displacement of the paper discharge receptacle 42 by the drive source 62, for example, the swing shaft 46 of the paper discharge receptacle 42 is rotated by the power of the drive source 62 such as a motor or a solenoid via a gear 51, a gear 53 or the like ( (See FIG. 6).

As illustrated in FIG. 7, the printer 60 including the control unit 64 grasps the layout setting (vertical placement or horizontal placement) of the printer 60 via the printer driver 66, and the control unit 64 uses the information based on the information. The drive source 62 can be configured to be driven.
Further, for example, a gravity sensor 68 is provided in the printer 60, and it is detected by the gravity sensor 68 whether the printer 60 is placed vertically or horizontally, and the control unit 64 performs control based on the detection. May be.
Furthermore, it is also possible to configure so as to grasp the printer arrangement setting via the printer driver 72 on the computer 70 side connected to the printer 60.

[Example 3]
In the third embodiment, another embodiment of the printer will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a configuration in which the paper discharge receiver is displaced to the first position and the second position in a printer according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. FIG. 5B is a diagram illustrating a state where the paper discharge receiver is in the second position.
In the present embodiment, the same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description of the components is omitted.

  In the printer 80 according to the present embodiment, the paper discharge receiver 82 includes a locking portion 84. 90 on the apparatus main body 12 side includes two locked portions 92a and locked portions 92b to which the locking portions 84 of the paper discharge receiver 82 can be locked. A stopper 88 that restricts the downstream movement of the paper P placed on the paper discharge receiver 82 is provided at the downstream end of the paper discharge receiver 82.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 8A, when one of the locked portions 92a and the locking portion 84 is locked, the paper discharge receiver 82 receives the medium P from which the medium placement surface 86 is discharged. A first position opposite to the recording surface (+ Y side surface) is taken. Further, as shown in FIG. 8B, when the locked portion 92b and the locking portion 84 are locked, the paper discharge receiver 82 is a recording surface of the paper P from which the medium placement surface 86 is discharged. The second position is opposite to the surface on the opposite side (the surface on the -Y side).

  With the above configuration, the first position and the second position of the discharge receiver 82 can be switched with a simple configuration. As a result, as in the first embodiment, it is possible to control the stacking order of discharged media simply by changing the posture of the discharge receiver 42.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible within the scope of the invention described in the claims, and it goes without saying that these are also included in the scope of the present invention. .

10 printer, 12 printer body, 14 feeding device,
16 hopper, 16a mounting surface, 18 paper support,
20 Feed roller, 22 Paper transport means, 24 Transport drive roller,
26 transport driven roller, 28 recording head, 30 carriage,
32 ink cartridge, 34 platen, 36 discharging means,
38 discharge drive roller, 40 discharge driven roller, 42 discharge receiver,
44 discharge receiving support portion, 46 swing shaft, 48 engagement portion, 50 stopper,
52 engaging portion, 54 engaged portion, 56 locking portion,
58a first medium placement surface (medium placement surface), 58b second medium placement surface (medium placement surface),
60 printer, 62 drive source, 64 control unit, 66 printer driver,
68 gravity sensor, 70 computer, 72 printer driver,
80 Printer, 82 Paper discharge receptacle, 84 Locking portion, 86 Medium placement surface,
88 Stopper, 90 Discharge receiving support part, 92a, 92b Locked part P Paper

Claims (7)

A recording unit for recording on a conveyed medium;
Discharging means for discharging the medium recorded by the recording unit in a posture having a vector component vertically downward;
A paper discharge receiver for receiving and placing the medium discharged by the discharge means,
The paper discharge receptacle is
A first position where the medium placement surface faces the recording surface of the discharged medium;
The recording apparatus, wherein the medium mounting surface is configured to be switchable between a second position facing the opposite surface of the recording surface. A recording unit for recording on a conveyed medium;
Discharging means for discharging the medium recorded by the recording unit in a posture having a vector component vertically downward;
A paper discharge receiver for receiving and placing the medium discharged by the discharge means,
The paper discharge receiver includes a first medium placement surface on which a medium is placed, and a second medium placement surface on which a medium is placed, which is a surface opposite to the first medium placement surface. And a posture changeable, and switching between a first position where the first medium placement surface faces upward and a second position where the second medium placement surface faces upward by changing the posture.
A recording apparatus. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
The recording apparatus, wherein the discharge receiver is configured to switch between the first position and the second position by swinging around a fulcrum portion. The recording apparatus according to claim 3,
A recording apparatus comprising: a lock portion that holds the paper discharge receiver at the first position or the second position. In the recording device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
A drive source for displacing the paper discharge receiver;
And a control unit that controls the drive source. The recording apparatus according to claim 5, wherein
The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the drive source based on a setting of a printer driver. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
The paper discharge receiver includes a locking portion that is locked to a locked portion provided on the apparatus main body side,
The apparatus main body includes two locked portions that can be locked by the locking portions,
When one of the locked portions and the locking portion are locked, the paper discharge receiver takes the first position,
The recording apparatus, wherein the discharge receiving portion takes the second position when the other locked portion and the locking portion are locked.

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