JP6562060B2 - Recording apparatus and ejection method in recording apparatus - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a recording apparatus.

When stacking a small-sized recording medium (recording medium) to be ejected after recording, the tray member of the recording medium storage device is placed in a horizontal state, and the extension member is projected forward from the front end of the tray member. On the other hand, when loading a large-sized (long) recording medium to be ejected, the tray member is tilted and the front half and the latter half of the recording medium are held in a folded state at the upper end of the recording medium storage device. A recording apparatus is known (see Patent Document 1).

JP 2012-176819 A

With regard to a configuration for receiving (stacking and stacking) each recording medium after recording with different sizes, it has been required to further improve the user-friendliness and to stabilize the posture of the recording medium. For example, in Document 1, when a small-sized recording medium is stacked, the tray member is placed in a horizontal state, and the extension member is extended forward from the front end of the tray member, so that the recording apparatus is accessed from the front. There is a possibility that inconvenience may occur to the user due to the increased distance between the user and the recording device. Further, in Document 1, since the surface of the tray member and the surface of the extension member are substantially the same continuous surface, each surface is devised to make the posture of the recording medium more stable. Limits are likely to occur.

Further, in Document 1, when a small-sized recording medium is stacked, the recording medium is looped by abutting the leading end of the recording medium against the abutting member, and the trailing end of the recording medium is cut. When this is done, the flexural elastic force of the loop shape is released and loaded on the tray member. However, in the configuration in which the leading end portion of the recording medium is abutted against the abutting member in this way, the position and orientation of the leading end portion of the recording medium are not stable when forming the loop shape, and the recording medium is accurately and each time. It could not be loaded.

The present invention has been made to solve at least one of the above-described problems, and can improve the usability of the user and can further stabilize the movement and posture of the discharged recording medium. I will provide a.

One aspect of the present invention is a recording unit that performs recording on a recording medium, a discharging unit that discharges the recording medium on which the recording has been performed, and a medium receiving unit that receives the discharged recording medium And the medium receiving portion is located at a rear side in the discharge direction away from the first receiving member, the first receiving member having a first receiving surface for receiving the recording medium, A second receiving member having a second receiving surface for receiving a recording medium, wherein the first receiving member is inclined with the leading end facing downward, and the second receiving member has the leading end A first state inclined downward and an angle of the first receiving member with respect to a horizontal plane being smaller than the first state, and an angle of the second receiving member with respect to the horizontal plane being smaller than the first state. It is possible to switch between two states and in the direction of the discharge When the first recording medium having the first length longer than the predetermined length is ejected, the ejection direction so as to receive the first recording medium in the first state When the second recording medium having a second length shorter than the predetermined length is discharged, the second recording medium is received in the second state. Yes.

According to the present invention, since the first state and the second state can be switched only by changing the angles of the first receiving member and the second receiving member, the size of the recording medium (the first length, the first length, 2), the operation of the user who performs the switching becomes easy. Further, in the second state, the first receiving surface of the first receiving member, which is at a relatively horizontal angle, is located farther rearward in the discharge direction than the first receiving member, and is at a relatively horizontal angle. The second recording medium is received by the second receiving surface of the second receiving member. Therefore, the usability by the extension member projecting forward as in Document 1 is improved.

One aspect of the present invention is that the second receiving member in the second state is the second discharged member.
A recess that abuts on the leading end of the recording medium may be formed.
According to this configuration, the position of the leading end portion of the second recording medium is reliably regulated by contacting the concave portion formed by the second receiving member in the second state. Therefore, the posture and position when the second recording medium is stacked on the medium receiving portion are stabilized.

In one aspect of the present invention, the recess includes a part of the second receiving surface and a part of the surface on the gravity direction side of the housing including the recording unit and the discharge unit. It is good.
According to the said structure, a recessed part can be formed easily and reliably.

As one aspect of the present invention, in the second state, the medium receiving portion is located between the first receiving surface and the second receiving surface, and the first receiving surface and the second receiving surface. It is good also as having the protrusion part protruded to the gravity direction reverse side rather than the receiving surface.
According to this configuration, the second recording medium includes the first receiving surface, the second receiving surface located farther in the discharge direction than the first receiving member, and the first receiving surface and the second receiving surface. And is received by the protrusion between. Therefore, the position near the center of the medium is pushed up by the protruding portion, and the posture at the time of loading is more stable (the effect of preventing the drop from the medium receiving portion is further increased).

As one aspect of the present invention, the first receiving surface is supported by the protruding portion in a state where it is not fixed to the protruding portion, one end is fixed to the tip end portion of the first receiving member, and the other end May be constituted by at least a part of a flexible sheet member fixed on the gravity direction side of the second receiving member.
According to this configuration, the first receiving surface is realized by (a part of) the sheet member. Further, the sheet member can change the portion that comes into contact with the protruding portion according to the position, angle, gravity, and the like of the first receiving member. For this reason, it is possible to avoid the inconvenience such as a portion located closer to the recording device than the protruding portion contacts the recording device.

As one aspect of the present invention, in the second state, the first receiving surface is a flexible sheet member supported by the tip portion of the first receiving member and the protruding portion, It is good also as hanging down between the said front-end | tip part of the said 1st receiving member, and the said protrusion part.
According to this configuration, in the process of being discharged from the discharge portion, the second recording medium in which a partial range including the tip portion is temporarily received by the second receiving surface is caused by the weight of the sheet member that is drooped by its own weight. Fall inside. Therefore, when the second recording medium is discharged, the second recording medium discharged first can always be in a state where it does not exist on the second receiving surface.

Further, in consideration of the above-described problems, a recording unit that performs recording on a recording medium, a discharging unit that discharges the recording medium on which the recording has been performed, and a receiver for receiving the discharged recording medium. A medium receiving portion having a surface, wherein the medium receiving portion receives a first recording medium having a first length that is longer than a predetermined length in the discharge direction; It is possible to switch between a second state of receiving a second recording medium having a second length shorter than the predetermined length in the discharge direction, and in the second state, the discharged A recording apparatus that forms a recess that abuts on the tip of the second recording medium can be grasped as one invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the appearance of a recording apparatus. FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating a recording apparatus having a medium receiving portion in a first state. FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating a recording apparatus having a medium receiving portion in a second state. The top view which illustrates the guide member and the 2nd receiving member in the 1st state. FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating a state in which a medium receiving unit in a first state stacks recording media. The longitudinal cross-sectional view which illustrates a mode that the medium receiving part of a 2nd state stacks a recording medium. The longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the modification of a 2nd state. The longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the modification of a 1st state.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a simplified appearance of a large-sized printer as an example of the recording apparatus 1 to some extent. The term “large” as used herein means that printing is possible on a medium having a relatively large size (for example, a sheet having a size such as A0 or A1). 2 and 3 are simplified views of the longitudinal section of the recording apparatus 1. FIG. 2 illustrates a case where the medium receiving unit 30 having a receiving surface for receiving the discharged recording medium is in the “first state LS”, and FIG. 3 illustrates that the medium receiving unit 30 is in the “second state SS”. ”Is illustrated. In FIG. 1, the medium receiving unit 30 is “first
State LS ".

The first state LS is the attitude of the medium receiving unit 30 for receiving such a large-sized recording medium when a relatively large recording medium of a predetermined size is discharged from the discharging unit 17. In the state SS, a recording medium having a predetermined size smaller than the large size is discharged from the discharge unit 17.
This is the attitude of the medium receiving portion 30 for receiving such a small-sized recording medium when the recording medium is discharged from the recording medium. In the following, A0 and A1 are given as examples of the large-sized recording medium.
Assume size paper. The A0 or A1 size paper has a first length in which the length in the discharge direction (the length of the long side; hereinafter, simply “length”) is longer than a predetermined length. Is an example. As an example of the small-sized recording medium, A2 size paper is assumed. The A2 size sheet is an example of a “second recording medium” whose length is a second length shorter than the predetermined length. The predetermined length can be regarded as a threshold value for a length necessary for proper stacking on the medium receiving unit 30 in the first state LS. When a recording medium having a length less than the predetermined length is discharged to the medium receiving portion 30 in the first state LS, the space T formed by the medium receiving portion 30 (refer to the description relating to FIG. 5 for details) .) Almost all of the recording medium enters, and it cannot be said that the recording medium is properly stacked.

In the figure, reference sign D1 indicates the front-rear direction of the recording apparatus 1, and the direction of reference sign D2 is the front and the direction of reference sign D3 is the rear. From the discharge unit 17, the recording medium is discharged in the forward direction D2. The arrow indicated by reference sign D4 points to the opposite side (upward direction) of the gravity direction. Reference sign D5 indicates the width direction of the recording apparatus 1 orthogonal to the front-rear direction D1 and the upward direction D4. 2 and 3 are views of the recording apparatus 1 as seen from the viewpoint in the width direction D5. Note that the drawings may not be consistent for easy understanding.

In the recording apparatus 1, the housing 10 is supported at a certain height from the installation surface by a pair of legs 80 standing on the installation surface on both sides in the width direction D5. The recording apparatus 1 includes a housing 10 and a housing 1
0 and a continuous paper feed unit 19 on the upper rear side of the apparatus, and printing (recording) on roll paper R1 (FIGS. 1 and 2) and roll paper R2 (FIG. 3) supported by the paper feed unit 19 I do. The roll papers R1 and R2 are continuous papers obtained by winding paper in a roll shape. When the roll paper R1 is cut by the cutter 18 after recording is performed, a portion that is cut and separated from the roll paper R1 (also referred to as a recorded medium P1; see FIG. 5) is referred to as “first covered paper”. It is a roll paper of a size to be “recording medium”. When the roll paper R2 is cut by the cutter 18 after recording is performed, a portion that is cut and separated from the roll paper R2 (also referred to as a recorded medium P2; see FIG. 6) is referred to as “second covered object”. It is a roll paper of a size to be “recording medium”. The paper feeding unit 19 has a feeding mechanism 21 for feeding the roll paper R1 and R2 while supporting it. Hereinafter, when there is no need to distinguish between the roll papers R1 and R2, they are simply referred to as roll paper.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the housing 10 includes a control unit 11, a recording unit 12, a transport roller pair (15, 16), a discharge unit 17, a cutter 18, a roll paper medium path 20, and the like. I have. The control unit 11 includes a central processing unit (CPU) and a read only memory (ROM).
y), having a RAM (Random Access Memory), etc., receiving a recording output command from an external host device, and controlling the operation of each part of the recording device 1 such as printing on roll paper as a recording medium. .

The recording unit 12 is a mechanism that performs recording by an inkjet method, for example, and includes a recording head 13 and a platen 14. The recording head 13 is disposed on the upper side facing the platen 14 and can record by ejecting ink from a nozzle (not shown) onto the roll paper. The platen 14 supports the roll paper and maintains a predetermined distance between the roll paper and the recording head 13. The pair of transport rollers (15, 16) is provided upstream of the recording unit 12 in the transport direction of the roll paper, and includes a drive roller 15 and a driven roller 16. The driven roller 16 can be separated from the driving roller 15 and sandwiches the sheet with the driving roller 15 when approaching.

A pair of paper feed rollers (22, 23), driven rollers 24, 25, and the like are disposed in the medium path 20. The pair of feed rollers (22, 23) includes a drive roller 22 and a driven roller 2.
3. The driven roller 23 can be separated from the driving roller 22 and sandwiches the roll paper with the driving roller 22 when approaching. When a new roll paper loaded in the feeding mechanism 21 is fed, the user first places the leading end of the roll paper between the pair of paper feed rollers (22, 23). Thereafter, under the control of the control unit 11, the feeding mechanism 21 feeds the roll paper, and the pair of transport rollers (1) while the paper feed roller pair (22, 23) sandwiches the fed roll paper.
5, 16) and the pair of transport rollers (15, 16) sandwich the roll paper.

The pair of transport rollers (15, 16) transports the sandwiched roll paper onto the platen 14, and the recording head 13 performs recording by discharging ink onto the roll paper on the platen 14. Roll paper that passes through the recording unit 12 and is discharged forward from the discharge unit 17 is cut by a cutter 18. The portion that has been cut and separated from the roll paper R1 (recorded medium P1) and the portion that has been cut and separated from the roll paper R2 (recorded medium P2) are released from the holding of the pair of transport rollers (15, 16). It falls and is stacked on the medium receiver 30.

Next, the medium receiving unit 30 will be described. The medium receiving unit 30 includes a receiving member 40 for receiving the recording medium, and a receiving member 70 for receiving the recording medium, which is located behind the receiving member 40 and away from the receiving member 40. The receiving member 40 is “
It is an example of a “first receiving member”, and the receiving member 70 is an example of a “second receiving member” in the claims.

Each of the pair of leg portions 80 has a support portion 8 that protrudes forward below the housing 10.
1 The receiving member 40 is, for example, a rotating shaft 84 with respect to the front end 81 </ b> A of the support portion 81.
Is an arm-like member that is pivotally supported by the rotary shaft 84 and is rotatable about the rotary shaft 84. That is, the medium receiving portion 30 includes two receiving members 40 (a pair of receiving members 40) provided on both sides in the width direction D5.

The pair of receiving members 40 holds a support bar 43 facing the width direction D5 between them. The support bar 43 is held at least between the distal end portions 41 of the receiving member 40.
In the present embodiment, the pair of receiving members 40 further hold the support bar 43 facing the width direction D5 between them at a predetermined position closer to the support portion 81 than the tip end portion 41. In the first state LS, the receiving member 40 is inclined with the distal end portion 41 facing downward. In the example of FIG. 2, the distal end portion 41 of the receiving member 40 faces a direction substantially perpendicular to the horizontal plane H.
On the other hand, in the second state SS, the receiving member 40 has an angle with respect to the horizontal plane H in the first state LS.
Smaller posture. In the example of FIG. 3, the distal end portion 41 of the receiving member 40 faces in a direction relatively close to the horizontal direction.

In the following, for the sake of convenience, the position of the receiving member 40 shown in FIGS.
The position of the receiving member 40 shown in FIG. Switching between the tilting position and the rising position is performed by the user's hand. In each of the tilt position and the rising position, the receiving member 40 is engaged with the support portion 81 (the front end portion 81A of the support portion 81) by an engagement structure (not shown), and the position at that time is maintained. The user can switch between the tilt position and the rising position by releasing such engagement. Specific contents of the engagement structure include, for example, a convex portion and a concave portion formed on one and the other of the configurations that engage with each other.
Anything can be used. However, the receiving member 40 in the tilted position may be in a state of simply hanging from the front end 81A according to gravity.

An arm member 50 is further connected to the front end 81 </ b> A of the support portion 81. The arm member 50 is an arm-like member whose overall length is shorter than the receiving member 40. That is, the medium receiving portion 30 includes two arm members 50 (a pair of arm members 50 provided on both sides in the width direction D5).
). A pair of arm members 50 hold | maintain the support bar 52 which faced the width direction D5 between each other. The support bar 52 is held between the distal end portions 51 of the arm member 50. In the present embodiment, the arm member 50 has the tip portion 51 facing upward from the horizontal plane H in both the first state LS and the second state SS.

The medium receiving unit 30 further includes a guide member 60. As illustrated, the guide member 60 is disposed behind the receiving member 40 and the arm member 50. The guide member 60 is an arm-shaped member that extends forward and upward from a position close to the installation surface of the leg 80,
As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality are provided at intervals in the width direction D5. Guide member 6
Reference numeral 0 denotes a member for restricting (guiding) the posture of the recording medium discharged from the discharge unit 17 in the first state LS. In the following, for convenience, the position of the guide member 60 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is referred to as a “restricted position”, and the position of the guide member 60 shown in FIG. 3 is referred to as a “retracted position”.

The guide member 60 is pivotally supported by the rotation shaft 65 with respect to the fixed portion 66 in the lower portion. The fixed portion 66 is a member fixed directly or indirectly to the leg portion 80, and a plurality of the fixed portions 66 are provided at intervals in the width direction D5 corresponding to each guide member 60. The fixing part 66 is fixed to, for example, a beam 82 spanned between the pair of leg parts 80. The guide member 60 can move between the restriction position and the retracted position by rotating around the rotation shaft 65. The guide member 60 includes an urging member (coil spring or the like) and a stopper (
Both are biased so as to maintain the restricted position, and the restricted position is maintained unless any force is received from the surroundings (refer to paragraph 0050 of Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2013-240891 as appropriate).

Reference numeral 61 denotes a tip portion of the guide member 60. The distal end portion 61 is an end portion of the guide member 60 that is closest to (or is in contact with) the housing 10 when the guide member 60 is in the restriction position. Reference numeral 62 indicates a step formed near the tip 61. Code 6
3 indicates a surface (front surface) facing the front of the guide member 60, and 64 indicates a surface (back surface) facing the rear of the guide member 60. The stepped portion 62 is formed by recessing a part of the back surface 64 near the front end portion 61 toward the front surface 63 side.

As shown in FIG. 2, the receiving member 70 is disposed behind the guide member 60 in the restricting position. The receiving member 70 is a schematic, long and plate-like member, and a plurality of receiving members 70 are provided at intervals in the width direction D5 as shown in FIG. Each position of the receiving member 70 in the width direction D5 corresponds to each width in the width direction D5 of the recording medium that can be used by the recording apparatus 1. A support portion 26 for supporting the receiving member 70 is provided at a predetermined position on the lower surface 27 of the housing 10 behind the guide member 60 at the restriction position. The receiving member 70 is pivotally supported with respect to the support portion 26 by, for example, a rotating shaft 74 and is rotatable about the rotating shaft 74.

In the first state LS, the receiving member 70 is inclined with the distal end portion 72 facing downward. In the example of FIG. 2, the distal end portion 72 of the receiving member 70 faces a direction that is nearly perpendicular to the horizontal plane H. On the other hand, in the second state SS, the receiving member 70 has the first angle with respect to the horizontal plane H.
The posture is smaller than the state LS. In the example of FIG. 3, the distal end portion 72 of the receiving member 70 faces in a direction relatively close to the horizontal direction. In the following, for the sake of convenience, the position of the receiving member 70 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is referred to as “accommodating position”, and the position of the receiving member 40 shown in FIG. 3 is referred to as “use position”.

That is, in the first state LS of the medium receiving unit 30, the receiving member 40 is in the tilted position,
The guide member 60 is a restriction position, and the receiving member 70 is a storage position. Further, the medium receiving unit 3
In the second state SS of 0, the receiving member 40 is in the raised position, the guide member 60 is in the retracted position, and the receiving member 70 is in the use position. Reference numeral 71 indicates a surface (front surface) facing the front of the receiving member 70 in the storage position, and reference numeral 73 projects on the surface (back surface) facing the rear of the receiving member 70 in the storage position, away from the front surface 71. A protruding piece is shown. The surface 71 of the receiving member 70 is an example of a receiving surface that the medium receiving unit 30 has, and is also an example of a “second receiving surface” in the claims.

2 and 3, the leg portion 80, the support portion 81, the receiving member 40, and the arm member 5 are shown.
Reference numeral 0 denotes a leg 80, a support 81, a receiving member 40, and an arm member 50 that are located on the left side when viewed from the front of the recording apparatus 1. Similarly, the guide member 60 and the receiving member 70 shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 are the guide member 60 and the receiving member 70 that are located on the leftmost side when viewed from the front.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the guide member 60 (the guide member 60 at the restricting position) and the receiving member 70 (the receiving member 70 at the receiving position) in the first state LS when viewed from the front. In FIG.
The guide member 60 and the receiving member 70 positioned on the leftmost side when viewed from the front, and the guide member 60 and the receiving member 70 positioned on the rightmost when viewed from the front are illustrated. All the receiving members 70 including the left and right receiving members 70 are connected to a common handle 76 on the back surface. The handle 76 can be rotated by the same rotation axis (rotation axis 74) as the receiving member 70. That is, the user can rotate all the receiving members 70 in the same manner by grasping the handle 76 and rotating the handle 76. Note that the guide member 60 and the handle 76 do not contact each other. Moreover, the handle | steering-wheel 76 is abbreviate | omitted in drawings other than FIG.

Here, the protruding piece 73 protrudes also in the width direction D5. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, in the first state LS, the protruding piece 73 of the leftmost receiving member 70 has a part protruding further to the left, so that the leftmost is located on the left side. It is located behind the guide member 60. Similarly, in the first state LS, the protruding piece 73 of the rightmost receiving member 70 has a part protruding further to the right side, so that it is positioned behind the rightmost guide member 60 located on the right side. To do.

In such a configuration, the guide member 60 moves as the receiving member 70 moves. Specifically, the user who has grasped the handle 76 from the front of the recording apparatus 1 rotates (moves) the receiving member 70 from the storage position to the use position by rotating the handle 76 forward (forward and upward). In the process of moving the receiving member 70, the receiving member 70 makes the protruding piece 73 abut on the back surface 64 of the guide member 60 that forms a pair. “Paired guide member 60” means a guide member 60 to be pushed by the protruding piece 73, and each pair is determined in advance from the positional relationship between each guide member 60 and each receiving member 70. That is, the guide members 60 other than the guide member 60 shown in FIG. 4 also form a pair with any one of the receiving members 70 located closest in the width direction D5.

Therefore, as the receiving member 70 moves from the housing position to the use position, the back surface 64 of the guide member 60 is pushed forward by the protruding piece 73, so that all the guide members 60 move from the restricting position to the retracted position. (Fall down). The protruding piece 73 of the receiving member 70 fits in a stepped portion 62 near the distal end portion 61 of the guide member 60 that forms a pair. In other words, the posture in which the protruding piece 73 is accommodated in the stepped portion 62 is a state in which the guide member 60 is in the retracted position and the receiving member 70 is in the use position. As the user turns the handle 76 rearward and downward to move the receiving member 70 from the use position to the accommodation position, the guide member 60 moves from the retracted position to the restricting position. As described above, since the guide member 60 is urged so as to maintain the restriction position, if the contact with the protruding piece 73 is lost, the guide member 60 automatically returns to the restriction position.

As shown in FIG. 3, in the second state SS, the receiving member 70 forms a recess (gap) 75. Specifically, the receiving member 70 forms a recess 75 by a part of the surface 71, a part of the lower surface 27 of the housing 10 facing the part of the surface 71, and the front surface of the support part 26. . The concave portion 75 is an example of “a concave portion that comes into contact with the leading end portion of the second recording medium to be discharged”. Such a recess 75 is, as can be seen from FIG. 2, in the first state LS, the distal end portion 6 of the guide member 60.
It is blocked by 1 and is not formed (does not appear).

Further, the medium receiving unit 30 has a sheet member 90. The sheet member 90 is formed of a flexible material (fiber) such as cloth. 2 and 3, the sheet member 90 is indicated by a two-dot chain line. One end of the sheet member 90 is fixed to the support bar 43 held between the front end portions 41 of the receiving member 40. On the other hand, the other end of the sheet member 90 is fixed below the receiving member 70. In the example of FIGS. 2 and 3, the other end of the sheet member 90 is fixed to a predetermined portion 85 of the leg portion 80 below the guide member 60 by an arbitrary method (for example, by tying). Regardless of the fixing method between the one end and the other end of the sheet member 90 and the portion to which they are fixed, it is possible to withstand the weight of the recorded media P1, P2 when the recorded media P1, P2 are stacked. It only has to be fixed at the strength of.

In the example of FIGS. 2 and 3, the sheet member 90 is fixed to each of the plurality of support bars 43 held by the pair of receiving members 40. Further, the sheet member 90 is supported from below by a support bar 52 that is held by the pair of arm members 50 between the front end portions 51. However,
The sheet member 90 is not fixed to the support bar 52, and simply covers the support bar 52.

With this configuration, a part of the sheet member 90 including the range supported by the receiving member 40 (the range indicated by reference numeral 90A in FIGS. 2 and 3) is a receiving surface of the medium receiving unit 30. And an example of “first receiving surface” in the claims. Further, as can be seen from FIG. 3, in the second state SS, the tip 51 of the arm member 50 is located between the first receiving surface (receiving surface 90A) and the second receiving surface (surface 71), and And protrudes upward from the first receiving surface and the second receiving surface, and corresponds to an example of a “protruding portion” in the claims. In the second state SS, it can be said that the first receiving surface (receiving surface 90A) is a sheet member supported by the distal end portion 41 of the receiving member 40 and the protruding portion.

FIG. 5 is a longitudinal section of the recording apparatus 1 from the same viewpoint as that in FIG. 2, but shows a part of the configuration shown in FIG. In FIG. 5, a recorded medium P1 (or a bundle of recorded media P1) stacked on the medium receiving unit 30 is illustrated by a bold line. Further, a part of the roll paper R1 in which recording is performed and the leading end side is discharged from the discharge unit 17 is illustrated by a chain line as a reference BP1 (recording medium BP1). In FIG. 5 (and FIGS. 6 to 8 described later), some symbols shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 are omitted for easy viewing. As shown in FIG. 5, the discharged recording medium BP1 has a curl because it was wound in a roll shape. Therefore, the leading end of the recording medium BP1 exits forward from the discharge portion 17 due to the curl and then moves backward while descending. At this time, since the medium receiving portion 30 is set to the first state LS, the leading end portion of the recording medium BP1 comes into contact with the surface 63 of the guide member 60 at the restriction position. Or later,
As the length of the recording medium BP1 discharged from the discharge portion 17 increases, the leading end of the recording medium BP1 descends along the surface 63 of the guide member 60 and hits the lowermost portion of the space T.

The space T is a space sandwiched between the surface 63 (and the fixing portion 66) of the guide member 60 and the sheet member 90. In this state, when the recording medium BP1 is cut by the cutter 18 (see FIG. 2), it becomes the recorded medium P1, and the rear end portion (end portion cut by the cutter 18) of the recorded medium P1 is an arm. It falls forward beyond the tip 51 of the member 50. As a result, the recorded medium P1 is stacked in a state in which a part of the range including the front end is accommodated in the space T and the other range including the rear end passes over the front end 51 of the arm member 50 and hangs forward. Is done.

FIG. 6 is a longitudinal section of the recording apparatus 1 from the same viewpoint as that in FIG. 3, but shows a part of the configuration shown in FIG. In FIG. 6, the recorded medium P2 (or a bundle of recorded media P2) stacked on the medium receiving unit 30 is illustrated by a bold line. Further, a part of the roll paper R2 on which the recording is performed and the leading end side is discharged from the discharge unit 17 is illustrated by a chain line as a code BP2 (recording medium BP2). Similar to the recording medium BP1, the recording medium BP
2 also has a leading edge that exits forward from the discharge portion 17 due to curl and then moves backward while descending. At this time, by setting the medium receiving portion 30 to the second state SS, the leading end portion of the recording medium BP2 comes into contact with the surface 71 of the receiving member 70 at the use position. Thereafter, as the length of the recording medium BP2 ejected from the ejection section 17 increases, the leading end of the recording medium BP2 becomes the surface 7 of the receiving member 70.
1 is guided into the recess 75. That is, in the second state SS, since the receiving member 70 blocks the entrance of the space T, the recording medium BP2 is not accommodated in the space T.

The position and movement of the tip of the recording medium BP2 that has entered the recess 75 are reliably regulated by the recess 75. In this state, when the recording medium BP2 is cut by the cutter 18 (see FIG. 3), it becomes the recorded medium P2, and the rear end portion (end portion cut by the cutter 18) of the recorded medium P2 is an arm. It falls forward beyond the tip 51 of the member 50. At this time, the receiving member 40 is in the rising position. Therefore, in the recorded medium P2, a part of the range including the front end is received by the surface 71 of the receiving member 70, and the other range including the rear end is the arm member 50.
Is stacked in a state of being received by the receiving surface 90A of the receiving member 40.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, since the medium receiving unit 30 can switch between the first state LS and the second state SS, a relatively long recorded medium P such as the A0 size or the A1 size.
1 can be received in the first state LS, and a recorded medium P2 that is shorter than the long recorded medium P1, such as A2 size, can be received in the second state SS. If the relatively short size such as the recorded medium P2 is to be received in the first state LS, the rear end side cannot get over the arm member 50 when the front end side is guided to the space T, Everything is accommodated in the space T. Therefore, the user has recorded media P that has fallen to the bottom of space T.
I had to pick up two. According to the present embodiment, the recorded medium P2 is received by the surface 71 of the receiving member 70 at the use position, the distal end portion 51 (support bar 52) of the arm member 50, and the receiving surface 90A of the receiving member 40 at the rising position. The user can collect the recorded medium P2 very easily.

Further, in the present embodiment, when the medium receiving portion 30 is set to the second state SS, the concave portion 75 that opens forward including a part of the surface 71 of the receiving member 70 is formed. Therefore, in the process until the recorded medium P2 is stacked, the position of the leading end of the recorded medium P2 is reliably regulated by the concave portion 75, and the recorded medium P2 has a stable movement and posture every time. 3
Stacked to zero.

In the present embodiment, the tip of the arm member 50 positioned between the first receiving surface (receiving surface 90A) and the second receiving surface (surface 71) when the medium receiving portion 30 is in the second state SS. The part 51 protrudes above the first receiving surface and the second receiving surface. Therefore, the recorded medium P2
Are stacked in a posture in which the central portion is pushed up from below, and the position and posture at the time of stacking are more stable. As can be seen from FIGS. 3 and 6, the receiving members 40, 7 in the second state SS.
0 holds the posture in which the respective tip portions 41 and 72 face slightly upward from the horizontal direction. Therefore, the recorded medium P2 received by the receiving members 40 and 70 is prevented from falling forward.

Further, in the present embodiment, the front end portion 41 of the receiving member 40 that is in the raised position is not further extended forward to secure an area for receiving the recording medium. Therefore, the user's inconvenience as described in the document 1 does not occur. Moreover, this embodiment produces a great feature by making the receiving members 40 and 70 apart from each other and independent members. That is, in the second state, by adjusting the angles of the receiving members 40 and 70 separately, for example, the angle is optimized to receive the recorded medium P2 according to the length of the recorded medium P2 and the characteristics of the material. Each surface (surface 71, receiving surface 90A) can be formed.

In the present embodiment, the sheet member 90 is not fixed to the support bar 52 that the arm member 50 holds between the front end portions 51. Therefore, the sheet member 90 freely changes the portion that contacts the distal end portion 51 (support bar 52) in accordance with the position, angle, gravity, and the like of the receiving member 40. Therefore, as can be seen from the comparison between FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 (or comparison between FIG. 5 and FIG. 6), the receiving member 40 moves from the tilted position to the rising position, and the distal end portion 41 of the receiving member 40 and the distal end of the arm member 50 As the distance from the portion 51 decreases, a larger range of the sheet member 90 comes to be located on the rear side of the front end portion 51 (a portion forming the space T of the sheet member 90 is greatly loosened). Further, for example, the front end portion 81A of the support portion 81 to which the receiving member 40 and the arm member 50 are fixed is configured to be movable around the support portion 81, and the front end portion 81A is configured to be the support portion 81.
When rotating around and upward, the portion forming the space T of the sheet member 90 is further loosened along with the movement. Therefore, there is no inconvenience that the part forming the space T of the sheet member 90 contacts the recording apparatus 1 side (guide member 60 side) with the movement.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be carried out in various modes without departing from the gist thereof. For example, the following modifications can be adopted. A configuration in which each embodiment or modification example is appropriately combined also falls within the disclosure scope of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a longitudinal section of the recording apparatus 1 from the same viewpoint as in FIG. 6 and shows a modification in the second state SS. In FIG. 7, the distal end portion 41 of the receiving member 40 of the sheet member 90.
And the distal end portion 51 of the arm member 50 (the receiving surface 90A) hangs according to gravity, and a space U is formed by the hanged range. Specifically, by removing the support bar 43 held between the pair of receiving members 40 other than the support bar 43 held between the distal end portions 41 of the receiving member 40 from the receiving member 40, The receiving surface 90A is suspended. The space U may be called a basket or the like. Support bar 43 removed from receiving member 40
May be removed from the sheet member 90 or may remain fixed to the sheet member 90 as shown in FIG. However, as shown in FIG. 7, if the support bar 43 removed from the receiving member 40 remains fixed to the sheet member 90, the space U is easily maintained by the weight of the support bar 43. In the modification, the sheet member 90 may be fixed to the distal end portion 51 (support bar 52) of the arm member 50. The fixing here is a fixing for maintaining the space U, and is a temporary fixing, and the fixing method is not particularly limited.

By forming the space U by dropping the receiving surface 90 </ b> A, the recorded medium P <b> 2 whose rear end has fallen forward from the arm member 50 in a state where the front end is in the recess 75 is entirely in the space U. It falls down and is accommodated in the space U as shown in FIG. Therefore, according to the modification shown in FIG. 7, whenever a new recording medium BP2 is ejected, there is always no other recorded medium P2 on the surface 71 of the receiving member 70, and the surface Paper jam on 71 can be prevented.

FIG. 8 is a longitudinal section of the recording apparatus 1 from the same viewpoint as in FIG. 5 and shows a modification in the first state LS. The guide member 60 may have a second guide member 67 inside. The second guide member 67 housed in the guide member 60 (the second guide member 67 illustrated with a chain line in FIG. 8) is drawn forward from the surface 63 of the guide member 60. The second guide member 67 has a recess 67A that opens upward. The bottom of the recessed portion 67A of the drawn-out second guide member 67 (second guide member 67 illustrated by a solid line in FIG. 8) is at a position higher than the lowermost portion of the space T. That is, the pulled-out second guide member 67 can raise the depth of the space T. The recorded medium P1 stacked in FIG. 8 is shorter in length than the recorded medium P1 shown in FIG. For example, when the recorded medium P1 shown in FIG. 5 is assumed to be A0 size, the recorded medium P1 shown in FIG. 8 is assumed to be A1 size. That is, the second guide member 67 is used to stack a relatively short medium in the recorded state P1 in the first state LS.

In FIG. 8, the leading end portion of the discharged recording medium BP1 exits forward from the discharging portion 17 and then moves backward while descending due to curl. Thereafter, the leading end of the recording medium BP1 is further lowered while being in contact with the surface 63 of the guide member 60 at the restricting position, and hits the bottom of the recessed portion 67A of the second guide member 67 that has been drawn out. In such a state, the recording medium BP
1 is cut by a cutter 18 (see FIG. 2), it becomes a recorded medium P1, and the recorded medium P
The rear end portion of 1 falls forward beyond the front end portion 51 of the arm member 50. That is, the space T
By using the second guide member 67 in the inside, even if the medium is a relatively short medium (for example, an A1 size medium) among the recorded mediums P1, the arm member 50 reliably includes a certain range including the rear end. It is stacked in a state where it hangs forward beyond the front end portion 51.

In the above description, the A0 and A1 sizes are given as examples of the recorded medium P1, and the A2 size is given as an example of the recorded medium P2. However, the technical idea of the present invention is not limited to the sizes of such examples. The first state and the second state can be switched and applied to a medium having a size. In addition, the roll paper has been described as an example of the recording medium so far, but in addition to the roll paper, it is possible to use wound sheets made of various materials such as cloth, plastic sheet, leather, and the like. it can. The recording unit 12 may adopt a recording method other than the ink jet method,
As an example, it is possible to employ a laser printing method or the like in which toner is transferred to a sheet for recording.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Recording device, 10 ... Housing | casing, 12 ... Recording part, 17 ... Discharge part, 19 ... Paper feed unit, 30 ...
Medium receiving portion, 40 ... receiving member (first receiving member), 50 ... arm member, 60 ... guide member,
70 ... receiving member (second receiving member), 71 ... surface (second receiving surface), 90 ... sheet member, 90
A: receiving surface (first receiving surface), D1: longitudinal direction, D5: width direction, LS: first state, SS: second state, R1, R2: roll paper

Claims (8)

A recording unit for recording on a recording medium;
A discharge unit for discharging the recording medium on which the recording has been performed;
A medium receiving portion for receiving the discharged recording medium,
The medium receiving portion has a first receiving member having a first receiving surface for receiving the recording medium, and a second receiving member having a second receiving surface for receiving the recording medium,
The first receiving member has a first position and a second position in which the distal end portion of the first receiving member in the horizontal direction is farther from the discharge portion than the distal end portion of the first receiving member in the first position. , Switched to
The second receiving member is
A first state in which a leading end portion of the recording medium discharged from the discharge portion can move vertically downward from the second receiving surface;
A part of the recording medium that is capable of contacting the leading end of the recording medium and in which the leading end of the recording medium is in contact with the second receiving surface is the first receiving member in the second position. A recording apparatus, wherein the recording apparatus is switched to a second state in which the first receiving surface can be contacted.
When the second receiving member is in the second state, an abutting portion is formed on a side farther from the first receiving member in the horizontal direction among the second receiving members,
2. The recording according to claim 1, wherein a part of the recording medium moves toward the first receiving member at the second position in a state in which a leading end portion of the recording medium is in contact with the abutting portion. apparatus.
The first receiving surface located between the first receiving surface of the first receiving member in the second position and the second receiving surface of the second receiving member in the second state. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a protruding portion protruding upward in a vertical direction from the second receiving surface.
The first receiving surface is supported by the projecting portion in a state where the first receiving surface is not fixed to the projecting portion, one end is fixed to the tip portion of the first receiving member, and the other end is perpendicular to the second receiving member. The recording apparatus according to claim 3, comprising at least a part of a flexible sheet member fixed on a lower side in the direction.
In the discharge unit, the recording medium is discharged in a first direction,
The front end portion of the first receiving member is provided with a support bar that extends in a vertical direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction and to which one end of the sheet member is fixed,
The recording apparatus according to claim 4, wherein a part of the support bar is not covered by the sheet member.
The first receiving surface of the first receiving member in the second position is a flexible sheet member supported by the tip portion and the protruding portion of the first receiving member, The recording apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the recording apparatus hangs downward in the vertical direction between the distal end portion of the receiving member and the protruding portion.
A recording section for recording on a recording medium; a discharging section for discharging the recording medium on which the recording has been performed; a first receiving member having a first receiving surface for receiving the recording medium; A second receiving member having a second receiving surface for receiving the recording medium, and a method of discharging the recording medium in a recording apparatus comprising:
The first receiving member has a first position and a second position in which the tip of the first receiving member in the horizontal direction is farther from the discharge part than the tip of the first receiving member in the first position. , Switch to
The second receiving member;
A first state in which a leading end portion of the recording medium discharged from the discharge portion can move vertically downward from the second receiving surface;
A part of the recording medium that is capable of contacting the leading end of the recording medium and in which the leading end of the recording medium is in contact with the second receiving surface is the first receiving member in the second position. Switch to the second state that can contact the first receiving surface,
When the second receiving member is in the first state, the recording medium having a length in the discharging direction longer than a predetermined length is discharged,
A discharge method of discharging the recording medium having a length in the discharge direction shorter than the predetermined length when the second receiving member is in the second state.
The second receiving member is switched to the second state, and an abutting portion is formed on a side farther from the first receiving member in the horizontal direction among the second receiving members,
With the leading end portion of the recording medium in contact with the abutting portion, the trailing end portion of the recording medium is discharged from the discharging portion, and a part of the recording medium is in the second position. The discharge method according to claim 7, wherein the discharge method is moved to the first receiving member side.

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