JP7056233B2 - Recording device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention includes a mounting unit on which a medium such as paper is placed, a recording unit that records (prints) on a medium supplied from the mounting unit, and a receiving unit such as a stacker that receives the medium discharged after recording. With respect to a recording device equipped with.

Patent Document 1 discloses a recording apparatus (image forming apparatus) including a cassette for accommodating a medium such as paper and a manual insertion portion (an example of the mounting portion) on which the medium can be placed (set). .. The cassette is detachably attached to the lower part of the main body (housing) of the recording device from the front. Further, the manual insertion portion is provided on the bottom surface of the recess recessed between the cassette and the image reading portion in the main body of the apparatus. The medium is horizontally fed from both the cassette and the manual feed section, and the medium after recording by the recording section is discharged to a stacker (an example of the receiving section) extending outward from one side surface of the apparatus main body. Therefore, the medium supplied horizontally from the cassette and the manual feed unit toward the recording unit can be horizontally discharged to the stacker as it is after being recorded by the recording unit. Further, the manual feed portion is provided with a paper edge restricting surface (edge guide) for positioning the medium in the width direction.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2004-25588

However, in the recording device described in Patent Document 1, since the stacker extends to the outside of the device main body, it is necessary to secure a space for the stacker to extend to the outside when installing the recording device. There is a problem that the occupied space including the space required when installing the recording device becomes relatively large.

An object of the present invention is to provide a recording device in which an occupied space can be kept small in a configuration including a mounting portion and a receiving portion.

Hereinafter, means for solving the above problems and their actions and effects will be described.
A recording device that solves the above problems has a mounting surface on which a medium can be mounted, and one side of the mounting surface in a direction intersecting the supply direction of the medium and an upstream side in the supply direction of the medium. A mounting unit in which at least one of the above is open, a medium accommodating unit for accommodating a medium, a first supply unit for supplying a medium mounted on the above-mentioned imposing unit in the supply direction, and the medium accommodating unit. A second supply unit for supplying the medium accommodated in the medium, a recording unit for recording on the supplied medium, and a receiving unit for receiving the medium after recording are provided, and the medium accommodating unit, the above-mentioned storage unit, and the receiving unit are provided. The portions are arranged so as to overlap in the vertical direction.

According to this configuration, the mounting portion on which the medium can be mounted, the medium accommodating portion for accommodating the medium, and the receiving portion for receiving the medium discharged from the discharge port are arranged so as to overlap each other in the vertical direction. , The size of the recording device in the direction intersecting the vertical direction can be kept relatively small. Therefore, in a configuration including a mounting portion and a receiving portion, the space occupied by the recording device can be kept small.

In the above-mentioned recording device, a reverse transfer transfer path for transporting a recorded medium with inversion, and a reverse transfer path.
It is preferable to provide a discharge portion for discharging the inverted medium from the discharge port to the receiving portion.

According to this configuration, the medium supplied from the mounting unit or the medium accommodating unit is recorded by the recording unit, then inverted through the inverted transport path, and discharged from the discharge port to the receiving unit. Therefore, since the mounting portion and the receiving portion can be arranged on the same side with respect to the recording portion, it is easy to secure a relatively large amount of overlap between the mounting portion and the receiving portion that overlap in the vertical direction. As a result, the size of the recording device in the direction intersecting the vertical direction can be reduced, whereby the space occupied by the recording device can be kept small.

In the recording device, when viewed horizontally from the front, the front-described mounting portion and the receiving portion have the projection area of the receiving portion when the receiving portion is projected in the vertical direction with respect to the front-described mounting portion. It is preferable that they are arranged in a positional relationship included in the unit.

According to this configuration, the mounting portion and the receiving portion overlap in the vertical direction with the mounting portion including the projection area of the receiving portion when the recording device is viewed horizontally from the front. Since a large amount of overlap between the mounting portion and the receiving portion can be secured, the lateral size of the recording device when viewed horizontally from the front can be suppressed to a small size, and thereby the occupied space of the recording device can be suppressed to a small size.

In the recording device, it is preferable that the receiving portion covers the upper part of the above-mentioned placement portion.
According to this configuration, since the upper part of the mounting portion is covered by the receiving portion, dust is unlikely to accumulate on the medium even if the medium is left on the mounting portion.

In the above-mentioned recording device, when the scanner is provided and viewed horizontally from the front, the front-described mounting portion and the scanner have a projection area of the mounting portion when the front-described mounting portion is projected in the vertical direction with respect to the scanner. It is preferable that they are arranged in a positional relationship included in the scanner.

According to this configuration, the scanner and the mounting portion are vertically overlapped with the scanner including the projection area of the mounting portion when the recording device is viewed horizontally from the front. Since a large amount of overlap between the mounting portion and the scanner can be secured, the lateral size of the recording device when viewed horizontally from the front can be suppressed to a small size, and thereby the occupied space of the recording device can be suppressed to a small size.

In the recording device, it is preferable that the above-mentioned mounting portion is tilted so that the downstream end in the supply direction of the mounted medium is below the upstream end in the vertical direction.
According to this configuration, since the downstream end side of the supply direction (feeding direction) of the medium on which the mounting portion is mounted is tilted in a lower direction, the tip (downstream end) of the medium is aligned on the mounting portion. In addition to being easy to place in a aligned state, it is not necessary to provide a rear end edge guide for guiding the rear end (upstream end) of the medium. By tilting the posture of the mounting portion, the length of the mounting portion in the supply direction can be relatively shortened for the length of the medium to be mounted, as compared with the case where the mounting portion is not tilted (for example, when the mounting portion is in a horizontal posture). Therefore, the size of the recording device in the supply direction can be kept small, and thus the occupied space of the recording device can be kept small.

In the recording device, when viewed from the vertical direction, the downstream end position of the medium accommodated in the medium accommodating portion in the supply direction is from the downstream end position of the medium placed in the above-mentioned accommodating portion in the supply direction. Also, the first supply unit and the second supply unit are located on the recording unit side in the supply direction, and at least a part of each other is arranged at the same height in the vertical direction. Is preferable.

According to this configuration, since at least a part of the first supply unit and the second supply unit are arranged at the same height in the vertical direction, they are arranged at the same height in the vertical direction. The vertical size (height size) of the recording device can be kept relatively small as compared with the configuration in which there is no part. Therefore, the occupied space in the height direction of the recording device can be kept small.

In the recording apparatus, the above-mentioned mounting portion includes an edge guide capable of guiding the medium in the width direction intersecting the supply direction, and the edge guide is a guide arranged when the medium is guided in the width direction. It is preferable that the position is movable to a retracted position by rotating or displacing downward from the guide position.

According to this configuration, by moving the edge guide from the guide position to the retracted position, it becomes easy to mount the medium on the mounting portion. By moving the edge guide to the guide position after mounting the medium, the medium mounted on the mounting portion can be positioned at an appropriate supply position in the width direction. Therefore, the edge guide does not get in the way even from the front side of the recording device (the side intersecting the supply direction), and it is easy to set the medium on the mounting portion. Therefore, it is not necessary for the user to avoid the edge guide and wrap around from the side of the housing (rear end side in the supply direction) to set the medium, and a work space for setting the medium is provided on the side of the housing. Since it is not necessary to secure it, it contributes to the reduction of the occupied space of the recording device.

In the recording device, it is preferable to have a holding mechanism for holding the edge guide in the retracted position.
According to this configuration, since the edge guide can be held in the retracted position by the holding mechanism, the edge guide does not get in the way when the medium is placed on the mounting portion. Then, after the medium is placed on the mounting portion, the holding of the holding mechanism is released, and the edge guide is returned from the retracted position to the guide position, so that the medium on the mounting portion can be positioned in the width direction by the edge guide. ..

In the recording device, the edge guide can rotate between the guide position and the retracted position with the lower end side of the edge guide or one end side in the supply direction as a rotation axis, and the edge guide can be used. It is preferable to have a holding mechanism for holding the guide position.

According to this configuration, since the edge guide can be held at the guide position, it is possible to prevent the edge guide at the guide position from rotating due to its own weight or a small external force. Therefore, the medium can be reliably guided in the width direction by the edge guide.

In the recording device, the edge guide can be rotated between the guide position and the retracted position with the lower end side of the edge guide or one end side in the supply direction as a rotation axis, and the above-mentioned placing portion. It is preferable that the upper surface portion and the bottom surface portion of the edge guide are formed with irregularities that can be meshed with the edge guide in the guide position.

According to this configuration, when the edge guide is rotated from the retracted position to the guide position after the medium is placed on the mounting portion, the gap between the bottom surface portion of the edge guide and the upper surface portion of the mounting portion is uneven. Since it is uneven due to the meshing of the medium, it is possible to prevent the medium from entering the gap.

In the recording device, the previously described placing portion moves the medium placed on the previously described placing portion to a feeding position where the medium is placed in contact with the roller constituting the first supply unit and a standby position where the medium is separated from the roller. When the edge guide moves from the guide position to the retracted position while the hopper is in the feeding position, it is preferable to move the hopper from the feeding position to the standby position.

According to this configuration, when the edge guide is moved from the guide position to the retracted position, if the hopper is in the feeding position at that time, the hopper moves from the feeding position to the standby position and separates from the roller, so that the hopper moves. It is easier to place (set) the medium on the mounting unit than when it is in the feeding position.

The schematic perspective view of the recording apparatus composed of the multifunction device in 1st Embodiment. Schematic side sectional view showing a recording device. Schematic perspective view showing a supply tray with the edge guide in the guide position. Schematic perspective view showing a supply tray with the edge guide in the retracted position. The schematic perspective view which shows the structure of the supply tray. Schematic plan view showing the configuration of the supply tray. The perspective view which shows the moving mechanism of an edge guide. Front view showing a heart cam. Schematic side view when the edge guide is in the guide position. Schematic side view when the edge guide is in the retracted position. Schematic side view when the edge guide is locked in the retracted position. Schematic side view when the lock at the retracted position of the edge guide is released. The schematic perspective view which shows the supply tray in the state which the edge guide is in a guide position in 2nd Embodiment. Schematic perspective view showing a supply tray with the edge guide in the retracted position. Schematic rear view showing the supply tray with the edge guide of the comparative example in the guide position. Schematic perspective view when the edge guide is in the guide position. Schematic perspective view when the edge guide is in the retracted position. Schematic rear view showing the supply tray with the edge guide of the embodiment in the guide position. The schematic perspective view which shows the supply tray in the state which the edge guide is in a guide position in 3rd Embodiment. A schematic perspective view showing a state in which the lock at the guide position of the edge guide is released. A schematic perspective view showing a state in which the edge guide is rotated to the retracted position. An exploded perspective view showing an edge guide. Schematic rear view showing an edge guide. The schematic perspective view which shows the supply tray in the state which the edge guide is in a guide position in 4th Embodiment. Schematic perspective view showing a supply tray with the edge guide in the retracted position. Schematic side sectional view with the edge guide in the guide position. Schematic side sectional view in a state where the lock at the guide position of the edge guide is released.

(First Embodiment)
Hereinafter, the first embodiment of the recording device will be described with reference to the drawings. The recording device 11 of the present embodiment shown in FIG. 1 is a multifunction device having a scanning function, a copying function, and the like in addition to a printing function. As shown in FIG. 1, the recording device 11 includes a printing device 20 that records (prints) on the medium M, and an image reading device 30 as an example of a scanner that reads (scans) documents and the like. The recording device 11 is configured by stacking the printing device 20 and the image reading device 30 in the vertical direction Z. That is, the image reading device 30 is arranged on the upper side of the printing device 20. The recording device 11 includes a housing 12 having the main body 31 of the image reading device 30 at the upper part. The housing 12 has a recess 13 that opens on two sides, the front side on the front side and the side surface on the right side in FIG. The recess 13 has a first opening 131 that opens on the front surface of the housing 12, and a second opening 132 that opens on one side of the housing 12 (on the right side in the example of FIG. 1). In this example, the first opening 131 and the second opening 132 are continuously opened.

The recess 13 is closed in the inner portion facing the first opening 131 on the front surface, and the portion facing the second opening 132 on the right side is the wall surface of the square columnar printing function portion 21 constituting the printing device 20. It is blocked by (right wall). Further, the upper inner wall surface of the recess 13 is formed by the bottom surface of a substantially square plate-shaped main body 31 constituting the image reading device 30. That is, the upper part of the recess 13 is covered with a part of the main body 31. In the following, the main body 31 is also referred to as a “scanner main body 31”.

The printing apparatus 20 has the above-mentioned square columnar printing function unit 21 in a portion next to (next to the left) the recess 13 in the housing 12. A cassette 22 as an example of a medium accommodating portion capable of accommodating a plurality of media M (for example, paper) in a laminated state is detachably inserted in the lower portion of the housing 12. The recess 13 is located above the vertical direction Z of the cassette 22. The cassette 22 is arranged at a position below the printing function unit 21 and the recess 13 in the housing 12. The cassette 22 has a grip portion 22A on the front surface thereof. The user can operate the cassette 22 to be attached to and detached from the housing 12 by using the grip portion 22A, and the cassette 22 is replenished with the medium M by pulling out the cassette 22 toward the front. Further, an operation panel 14 as an example of the operation unit is arranged at a position in front of the upper side of the print function unit 21 in the recording device 11. A cover 21A that is opened and closed when the ink accommodating portion 59 (see FIG. 3), which will be described later, is attached / detached is provided in a portion of the printing function unit 21 below the operation panel 14. The recording device 11 can have one or a plurality of cassettes 22 added to the lower side of the cassette 22.

As shown in FIG. 1, a supply tray 23 as an example of a mounting portion on which the medium M is mounted is arranged in a portion of the housing 12 corresponding to the bottom surface of the recess 13. The supply tray 23 has a mounting surface 23A on which a plurality of media M to be supplied can be placed in a stacked state, and is in a direction (for example, orthogonal) intersecting (for example, orthogonal to) the supply direction of the medium M on the mounting surface 23A (depth direction). ) Is opened by the first opening 131, and the upstream side of the medium M on the mounting surface 23A in the supply direction is opened by the second opening 132. Therefore, the user can place the medium M on the mounting surface 23A of the supply tray 23 located on the bottom surface of the recess 13 through the openings 131 and 132. Further, at a height position above the supply tray 23 in the recess 13, a medium that has been printed (recorded) in the printing function unit 21 and then discharged from the discharge port 29 (hereinafter, also referred to as “recording medium M1”). A stacker 24 (discharge stacker) is provided as an example of the receiving portion for receiving the). In the present specification, the supply direction in which the medium M on the mounting surface 23A is supplied is referred to as a feeding direction Y (left direction in FIGS. 1 and 2), and a direction intersecting (for example, orthogonal to) the feeding direction Y is referred to as a feeding direction Y. It is called the width direction X. In this way, the housing 12 is opened by the first opening 131 on both sides of the width direction X on both sides of the front side by the recess 13, and is opened by the second opening 132 on the upstream side in the feeding direction Y. The supply tray 23 is provided on one side of the width direction X with respect to a space on which the medium M can be placed in a stacked state on the mounting surface 23A, that is, a space between the mounting surface 23A and the bottom surface of the stacker 24. The front side) is opened by the first opening 131, and the upstream side in the feeding direction Y is opened by the second opening 132.

As shown in FIG. 1, the supply tray 23 is a pair of edge guides 25 that guide the medium M on the mounting surface 23A in the width direction X (depth direction) intersecting (for example, orthogonal to) the feeding direction Y to which the medium M is supplied. , 26 and. The pair of edge guides 25 and 26 are operated by the user when positioning the medium M mounted on the mounting surface 23A in the width direction X.

The pair of edge guides 25 and 26 project upward from the mounting surface 23A and are configured to be movable in the width direction X of the medium M in conjunction with each other. The pair of edge guides 25 and 26 have a function of positioning the medium M on the mounting surface 23A in the width direction X. The pair of edge guides 25 and 26 in the present embodiment move in conjunction with each other at a position symmetrical to the width center line of the medium M on the supply tray 23 in the width direction X, and the center of the width feeds the medium M. A center feeding method that can be positioned at a position corresponding to the center of the width of the mouth 27 is adopted. The pair of edge guides 25 and 26 is configured to replace the center feeding system with one edge guide fixed and the other edge guide movable, and the other edge guide is used as a reference with the fixed side edge guide as a reference. By moving the medium M, the medium M may be positioned closer to one end in the width direction X.

In the example of the recording device 11 shown in FIG. 1, the medium supplied from the supply tray 23 to the pair of edge guides 25 and 26 into the printing function unit 21 via the feeding port 27 in a state of being positioned in the width direction X. After printing in the printing function unit 21, M is discharged to the stacker 24 through the discharge port 29 and loaded on the receiving surface 24A thereof.

In the recording device 11 shown in FIG. 1, a first opening 131 is opened in front of the space above the supply tray 23 on which the medium M is placed and the space above the stacker 24 on which the recording medium M1 is loaded. The second opening 132 that opens on the upstream side surface in the feeding direction Y is continuously opened. Therefore, even if the supply tray 23 and the stacker 24 are arranged in the recess 13 of the housing 12, the user can set the medium M in the supply tray 23 through the openings 131 and 132 and the stacker 24. The recording medium M1 can be easily taken out from the screen. That is, since the front surface and the right side surface of the recess 13 are continuously opened by the two openings 131 and 132, the user can easily access the supply tray 23 and the stacker 24 from the front surface of the recording device 11. It is possible.

As shown in FIG. 1, the image reading device 30 includes an automatic feeding device 32 that automatically feeds a document on the upper side of the scanner main body 31. Further, the image reading device 30 includes a reading unit (not shown) that reads images such as characters and photographs recorded on the original document fed by the automatic feeding device 32. The automatic feeding device 32 has a tray 33 on which documents can be placed in a stacked state, and feeds the documents placed on the tray 33 one by one. The image reading device 30 reads the document fed from the tray 33 by the scanning unit, and the scanned document is ejected to the ejected portion 34 provided on the lower side of the tray 33. The automatic feeding device 32 is rotatable with respect to the scanner main body 31, and the lower portion thereof also serves as a document base cover for the image reading device 30. When the automatic feeder 32 is rotated from the closed state to the open state shown in FIG. 1 by the user, the document table (glass surface) (not shown) arranged on the upper surface of the scanner main body 31 is exposed. The scanner main body 31 is assembled with, for example, a reading unit for reading a document and a component including a moving mechanism for moving the scanning unit in the scanning direction, and a glass plate for accommodating these components and on which the document is placed. The upper surface portion is composed of a housing portion forming a platen.

The operation panel 14 used for various operations for giving instructions to the recording device 11 is arranged on the front side of the image reading device 30. The operation panel 14 includes an operation unit 15 and a display unit 16. The display unit 16 is configured by, for example, a touch panel, and the operation unit 15 is configured by a touch operation input function of the touch panel. Further, the recording device 11 is provided with a control unit 100 that collectively controls the recording device 11. The operation unit 15 may be configured by an operation switch or the like.

Further, in the recording device 11, one side of the four sides on which the operation panel 14 is arranged is the front side. Further, in the recording device 11, one side surface of the four side surfaces on which a part including the grip portion 22A of the cassette 22 housed in the housing 12 is exposed is the front surface. In FIG. 1, the front surface of the recording device 11 is the front surface.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the upper surface of the supply tray 23 is a mounting surface 23A on which the medium M before recording can be mounted, and the feeding direction Y of the medium M on the mounting surface 23A. The downstream end side of the above is arranged in an obliquely inclined posture which is the lower side in the gravity direction (vertical direction Z) from the upstream end side. Therefore, when placed on the supply tray 23, the medium M moves toward the feeding direction Y side due to its own weight, and the front end of the medium M hits the wall surface of the printing function unit 21 so that the media M is aligned in a aligned state. Therefore, the rear end edge guide for guiding the rear end of the feed direction Y of the medium M becomes unnecessary. Further, by taking the posture in which the supply tray 23 is tilted, the medium M having a predetermined length can be mounted on the mounting surface 23A as compared with the case where the supply tray 23 is in a non-tilting posture (for example, a horizontal posture). The required length dimension of the feeding direction Y can be relatively shortened. That is, the length dimension of the supply tray 23 in the feeding direction Y can be shortened for the length of the medium M to be placed. Further, by tilting the posture of the supply tray 23, when a relatively long medium M is placed on the supply tray 23, the rear end portion of the medium M does not protrude from the recess 13 to the outside, or the amount of protrusion is small. can.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the upper surface of the stacker 24 is a receiving surface 24A for receiving the medium M1 after recording, and the upstream end side of the discharge direction −Y of the medium M1 on the receiving surface 24A is the downstream end. It is arranged in an obliquely inclined posture, which is below the gravity direction (vertical direction Z) from the side. That is, the supply tray 23 and the stacker 24 are tilted in the same direction. When the medium M1 is discharged onto the stacker 24, the medium M1 moves in the direction opposite to the discharge direction −Y due to its own weight, and the rear end of the medium M1 hits the wall surface of the printing function unit 21 so that the rear ends are aligned on the receiving surface 24A. Align with. Therefore, a front end edge guide for guiding the front end of the medium M1 in the discharge direction −Y becomes unnecessary. Further, it is necessary for the stacker 24 to allow the medium M1 having a predetermined length to be placed on the receiving surface 24A as compared with the case where the stacker 24 is tilted and does not tilt (for example, when the stacker 24 is in a horizontal posture). The length dimension of the discharge direction −Y can be relatively shortened. Therefore, the length dimension of the stacker 24 in the discharge direction −Y can be shortened for the length of the medium M1 that the stacker 24 can receive. The discharge direction −Y is the direction opposite to the feeding direction Y.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the recess 13 is divided into a first space 133 and a second space 134 in the vertical direction Z by a stacker 24 arranged above the supply tray 23. The first space 133 is used as a loading space in which the medium M is loaded on the supply tray 23, and the second space 134 is used as a loading space in which the recording medium M1 discharged from the discharge port 29 is loaded on the stacker 24. Used.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the supply tray 23 and the stacker 24 are arranged in the recess 13 at a position where at least a part thereof overlaps in the vertical direction Z. As shown in FIG. 2, when the recording device 11 is viewed horizontally from the front, the supply tray 23 and the stacker 24 project the receiving surface 24A of the stacker 24 in the vertical direction Z with respect to the mounting surface 23A of the supply tray 23. In this case, the projection region PA1 of the receiving surface 24A is in a positional relationship included in the mounting surface 23A of the supply tray 23 (that is, the placement region TA of the mounting surface 23A). That is, when the recording device 11 is viewed horizontally from the front, the supply tray 23 and the stacker 24 overlap in the vertical direction Z in a positional relationship in which the projection region PA1 of the receiving surface 24A is included in the arrangement region TA of the mounting surface 23A. are doing.

In this example shown in FIG. 1, both the supply tray 23 and the stacker 24 are all arranged in the recess 13, and the ratio of the amount of overlap in which one overlaps the other in the vertical direction Z is 80% or more. Specifically, when one of the supply tray 23 and the stacker 24 is projected in the vertical direction Z from one to the other, the dimensional ratio of one projected portion to the other in the length of the feeding direction Y is, for example, 80% or more. It has become. Further, the supply tray 23 and the stacker 24 not only do not project outward (right side in FIG. 1) from the second opening 132 on the right side surface of the housing 12, but also outside the first opening 131 on the front surface (FIG. 1). It does not protrude to the front side in 1.). Further, even in the projected area projected from one of the supply tray 23 and the stacker 24 to the other in the vertical direction Z, one occupies, for example, 80% or more of the other. In the example of FIG. 1, one is a stacker 24 and the other is a supply tray 23. It should be noted that one may be the supply tray 23 and the other may be the stacker 24.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, in the recording device 11, the supply tray 23 and the stacker 24 are arranged in the recess 13 recessed above the cassette 22 in the housing 12. That is, the cassette 22 is housed in the housing 12 below the supply tray 23 and at a position where the supply tray 23 and the stacker 24 overlap each other in the vertical direction Z. In this way, the cassette 22, the supply tray 23, and the stacker 24 are arranged at positions where they overlap each other in the vertical direction Z. This not only reduces the installation space required for the recording device 11, but also sets the medium M for the cassette 22 and the supply tray 23 by the user, and takes out the recording medium M1 for the stacker 24. It is possible to unify the handling position for performing the work to the front of the recording device 11 when the user operates the operation panel 14. Therefore, the user can perform each work such as the operation of the operation panel 14, the setting of the medium M, and the removal of the recording medium M1 in front of the recording device 11, and the usability when the user performs each work is improved. It's getting better. Further, the space for the user to perform each work can be concentrated in the front of the recording device 11, and it is not necessary to secure the working space on both sides of the recording device 11, so that the space occupied by the recording device 11 is also from this point. Contributes to the reduction of.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the bottom surface 31A of the scanner main body 31 forms the top surface (upper inner wall surface) of the recess 13. The main body 31, the supply tray 23, and the stacker 24 overlap each other in the vertical direction Z. As shown in FIG. 2, the projection area of the mounting surface 23A when the mounting surface 23A of the supply tray 23 is projected in the vertical direction Z with respect to the bottom surface 31A (virtual plane including the bottom surface 31A) of the scanner main body 31. Let it be PA2. When the recording device 11 is viewed horizontally from the front, the supply tray 23 and the scanner main body 31 are positioned so that the projection area PA2 of the mounting surface 23A is included in the bottom surface 31A of the scanner body 31 (that is, the arrangement area SA of the bottom surface 31A). There is a relationship. That is, when the recording device 11 is viewed horizontally from the front, the supply tray 23 and the scanner main body 31 have a positional relationship in which the projection area PA2 of the mounting surface 23A is included in the bottom surface 31A (that is, the arrangement area SA) of the scanner main body 31. , Overlapping in the vertical direction Z. Further, when the recording device 11 is viewed horizontally from the front, the projection area of the receiving surface 24A when the receiving surface 24A of the stacker 24 is projected in the vertical direction Z with respect to the bottom surface 31A of the scanner main body 31 is defined as PA3. When the recording device 11 is viewed horizontally from the front, the supply tray 23, the stacker 24, and the scanner main body 31 include the projection area PA2 of the mounting surface 23A and the projection area PA3 of the receiving surface 24A in which the arrangement area SA of the bottom surface 31A is included. It overlaps in the vertical direction Z due to the positional relationship. Further, when the recording device 11 is viewed horizontally from the front, the cassette 22 and the scanner main body 31 project the projection area of the cassette 22 in the vertical direction Z with respect to the bottom surface 31A of the scanner main body 31 (not shown). Also overlaps in the vertical direction Z in the positional relationship included in the bottom surface 31A (that is, the arrangement region SA of the bottom surface 31A).

The total length of the feeding direction Y of the supply tray 23 and the stacker 24 is set to be the same as or slightly longer than the longitudinal dimension (vertical dimension) of the maximum size medium M assumed by the recording device 11. In a model in which the maximum size of the medium M assumed by the recording device 11 is, for example, A4 size, is the length of the supply tray 23 and the stacker 24 in the feeding direction Y the same as the vertical dimension (297 mm) of the medium M of A4 size? It's a little longer than that. Further, in a model in which the maximum size of the medium M assumed by the recording device 11 is, for example, A3 size, the length of the supply tray 23 and the stacker 24 in the feeding direction Y is the vertical dimension (420 mm) of the medium M of A3 size. Same or slightly longer.

Therefore, the medium M on the supply tray 23 and the recording medium M1 on the stacker 24 do not protrude outward from the recording device 11, and it is not necessary to expand the medium loading surface unlike the telescopic tray or the openable tray. Therefore, it is not necessary to secure a space for the protruding portions of the media M and M1 and a deployment space for the telescopic tray or the openable tray on the right side of the housing 12. Further, since the supply tray 23 and the stacker 24 are arranged in the recess 13 and are in a state where the loaded medium M and the recording medium M1 can be placed regardless of whether they are used or not, they are telescopic trays or open / close type. It does not require the deployment work required for trays during use.

Further, even if the medium M is left set in the supply tray 23, the upper portion thereof is covered with the stacker 24, so that it is difficult for dust to accumulate on the medium M on the supply tray 23. However, since the upper part of the supply tray 23 is covered with the image reading device 30 even if the stacker 24 does not exist, there is a certain effect of preventing dust accumulation. However, the presence of the plate-shaped stacker 24 in the space between the supply tray 23 and the image reading device 30 further enhances the dust accumulation prevention effect as compared with the configuration covered only by the image reading device 30.

By the way, when the user accesses the supply tray 23 from the front of the recording device 11 through the openings 131 and 132, the edge guide 25 standing on the front side of the mounting surface 23A on the supply tray 23 becomes an obstacle. Therefore, the edge guide 25 is configured to be able to move not only in the width direction X for guiding the medium M but also to a retracting position that does not interfere with the setting work for mounting the medium M on the mounting surface 23A. That is, the edge guide 25 has a guide position shown in FIG. 3 in which the medium M can be guided in the width direction X intersecting the supply direction, and a retracted position in which the protrusion amount of the edge guide 25 in the first opening 131 is smaller than the guide position. It is configured to be movable to and. In the present embodiment, the edge guide 25 is configured to be movable in a direction (vertical direction) intersecting the mounting surface 23A, and its arrangement position is set at the guide position shown in FIG. 3 and the retracted position shown in FIG. Switching is possible. If the user retracts the edge guide 25 from the guide position (FIG. 3) to the retracted position (FIG. 4) when setting the medium M, the medium M is placed from the front of the recording device 11 through the first opening 131. A wider work passage is secured when setting on the surface 23A. The detailed configuration of the evacuation mechanism 70 (see FIG. 7) for moving the edge guide 25 from the guide position to the evacuation position will be described later.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, a feeding port 27 is opened on the wall surface (right side surface) facing the recess 13 in the printing function unit 21. The supply tray 23 is arranged slightly below the feeding port 27, and has a plate-shaped hopper 28 on its upper surface capable of pushing up the medium M set on the mounting surface 23A. As shown in FIG. 1, the hopper 28 has a substantially H-shaped plate material, and can move up and down around a rotation shaft 28A (see FIG. 5) located at the upstream end of the feeding direction Y. There is. The hopper 28 is urged upward by the elastic force of the spring 69 (see FIG. 7) and is powered by the feed motor 410 (see FIG. 5) or a dedicated electric motor via an elevating mechanism (not shown). The medium M on the hopper 28 is moved up and down between the standby position shown in 3 and the feeding position (raising position) where the medium M on the hopper 28 can abut on the pickup roller 41 of the first feeding unit 40.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, at a position in the vicinity of the supply port 27 in the housing 12, the first supply unit that supplies the medium M on the supply tray 23 from the supply port 27 into the printing function unit 21 A first feeding unit 40 is provided as an example. The first feeding unit 40 is next to the pickup roller 41 to which the medium M on the hopper 28 is pressed when the hopper 28 rises to the feeding position, and the downstream side of the feeding direction Y with respect to the pickup roller 41. It has a separated mechanism 42 that is located. In the example shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the separation mechanism 42 has a feeding roller 43 and a separation roller 44 (retard roller). The separation mechanism may be a bank separation method instead of the roller separation method described above. The separation mechanism of the bank separation method includes a separation portion (bank portion) having an oblique friction surface erected at a predetermined inclination angle with respect to the feeding direction Y, and the medium M is provided along the oblique friction surface. By feeding, one medium M to be fed is separated from the other medium by utilizing the friction and the angle of the separating portion.

When the holding mechanism of the elevating mechanism is released by the power of the power source, the hopper 28 shown in FIGS. 2 and 5 rises from the standby position by the urging force of the spring 69 (FIG. 7), and the medium M on the supply tray 23 rises. Is pressed against the pickup roller 41 and descends from the supply position against the urging force of the spring 69 by the power of the power source, and returns to the standby position shown in FIG. At the start of printing, the hopper 28 rises, the medium M on the supply tray 23 is pressed against the pickup roller 41 from below, and the pickup roller 41 is rotationally driven in this state to drive the medium M on the supply tray 23. The top one will be sent. Even if a plurality of media M sent out by the pickup roller 41 are fed (double-fed), they are separated into one by utilizing the difference in frictional force between the two rollers 43 and 44 constituting the separation mechanism 42. ..

As shown in FIG. 3, the pickup roller 41 and the feed roller 43 can transmit power to the feed motor 410 via a power transmission mechanism 400 including gears 401 provided on the rotating shafts 41A and 43A, respectively. Is linked to. Further, when the operation unit 25A provided at the upper end of the edge guide 25 is pushed, the edge guide 25 can be moved in the width direction X, and when the pushing operation of the operation unit 25A is released, the edge guide 25 is released. 25 is locked in that position.

As shown in FIG. 1, on the wall surface of the printing function unit 21 facing the recess 13, the discharge port 29 is opened in the vertical direction Z at a position different from that of the supply port 27 (upper position in the example of FIG. 1). ing. The stacker 24 is arranged at a height position lower than the position of the discharge port 29 (specifically, the nip position of the discharge roller pair 57 in FIG. 3) by a predetermined distance.

As shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of media M housed in the cassette 22 are supplied one by one in order from the highest one to the position near the upper side of the downstream end portion of the cassette 22 in the feeding direction Y. A second feeding unit 45 is arranged as an example of the second supply unit. The second feeding unit 45 has the same configuration as the first feeding unit 40, and includes a pickup roller 46 that feeds the medium M, and a separation mechanism 47 that is located next to the pickup roller 46 on the Y side in the feeding direction. have. In the example shown in FIG. 2, the separation mechanism 47 has a feed roller 48 and a separation roller 49 (retard roller) in a roller separation system. The separation mechanism 47 may be a bank separation method.

As shown in FIG. 2, the medium M in the cassette 22 is mounted on the mounting plate 22B, and the mounting plate 22B is urged to the upper side in the vertical direction Z, so that the medium M on the mounting plate 22B becomes. It is pressed against the pickup roller 46. At the start of printing, when the pickup roller 46 and the feeding roller 48 are rotationally driven by the power of the power source of the second feeding unit 45, the media M in the cassette 22 is fed one by one in order from the highest one. .. The medium M sent out by the pickup roller 46 is separated into one sheet by using the frictional force by the two rollers 48 and 49 constituting the separation mechanism 47, and is fed into the printing function unit 21. The power sources of the two feeding units 40 and 45 are the feeding motor 410 (see FIG. 5), but instead of this, a transport motor (not shown) which is the power source of the transport unit 51 described later is used. However, the transport unit 51 and the supply units 40 and 45 may have a common power source.

As shown in FIG. 2, the printing function unit 21 houses a printing mechanism 50 that transports the medium M and prints (records) on the medium M. The printing mechanism 50 includes a transport unit 51 that transports the medium M fed from the cassette 22 and the supply tray 23 from the feed port 27 to the discharge port 29 along the transport passage 52 shown in FIG. The transport unit 51 has a plurality of roller pairs 53.

A recording unit 54 for printing (recording) on the supplied medium M is provided at a position in the middle of the transport passage 52. The recording unit 54 has a line head capable of ejecting ink in the width direction X of the medium M. The recording unit 54 is not limited to the line recording method in which the width of one line is recorded at one time by the line head, and the recording head is provided on the carriage that can move in the width direction X to record the width of one line. A serial recording method may be used in which ink is ejected from the recording head in the process of moving the carriage. Further, the position and the arrangement angle of the recording unit 54 are not limited to the example of FIG. 2, and may be changed as appropriate.

As shown in FIG. 2, a support base 55 for supporting the medium M is arranged at a position opposite to the recording unit 54 with the transport passage 52 in between. The support base 55 holds the medium M at a position separated from the recording unit 54 by a predetermined gap (gap). The plurality of roller pairs 53 constituting the transport unit 51 include a set of transport roller pairs 56 that transport the medium M at positions on both sides (upstream side and downstream side) sandwiching the recording unit 54 in the transport direction Y. Further, the plurality of roller pairs 53 include a discharge roller pair 57 that discharges the recording medium M1 after recording from the discharge port 29. Further, in the example shown in FIG. 2, the feeding direction Y in which the feeding units 40 and 45 send out the medium M and the transport direction of the portion of the medium M transported on the support base 55 facing the recording unit 54. Are the same. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the transport direction of the medium M in the recording process in the recording unit 54 may be referred to as “transport direction Y”.

The transport passage 52 has a supply passage 521 that feeds the medium M from the supply tray 23 to the recording position facing the recording unit 54, and a supply passage 522 that feeds the medium M from the cassette 22 to the recording position facing the recording unit 54. And have. Further, the transport passage 52 has a reverse transport passage 523, which is an example of a reverse transport path in which the recording medium M1 after recording by the recording unit 54 is reversed and transported toward the discharge port 29. Further, in the case of double-sided recording, the transport passage 52 is a reverse passage 524 which is a path for reversely transporting the medium M which has finished recording on one side, reversing it, returning it to the upstream side of the recording unit 54, and refeeding it to the recording unit 54. including. The transport unit 51 may include, for example, a transport belt that transports the medium M. In this case, it is preferable that the transport belt is configured to circulate while holding the medium M on its outer peripheral surface by electrostatic adsorption.

As shown in FIG. 2, the position of the downstream end position of the medium M mounted on the supply tray 23 in the feeding direction Y is higher than the position of the downstream end position of the medium M housed in the cassette 22 in the feeding direction Y. It is located upstream in the direction Y. That is, when viewed vertically from above the vertical direction Z, the position of the downstream end position of the medium M housed in the cassette 22 in the feeding direction Y is the downstream end position of the medium M mounted on the supply tray 23 in the feeding direction Y. It is located closer to the recording unit 54 than the position. Therefore, the second feeding section 45 for the cassette 22 is located closer to the recording section 54 in the feeding direction Y than the first feeding section 40 for the supply tray 23. The first feeding unit 40 and the second feeding unit 45 are arranged in a state where at least a part of each other is located at the same height in the vertical direction Z. In the example shown in FIG. 2, the separation roller 44 constituting the first feeding unit 40 and the feeding roller 48 constituting the second feeding unit 45 are partially flush with each other in the vertical direction Z. It is located in the state of being located in. That is, the first feeding section 40 and the second feeding section 45 partially overlap in the horizontal direction, and the cassette 22 and the supply tray 23 are arranged so as to be relatively close to the vertical direction Z due to the overlapping. ing. As a result, the height of the recording device 11 is kept relatively low. As shown in FIG. 2, in the feeding direction Y, the pickup roller 41 that feeds the medium M on the supply tray 23 is located downstream of the discharge port 29 in the feeding direction Y. That is, when viewed vertically, the pickup roller 41 is closer to the recording unit 54 in the pickup roller 41 and the discharge port 29.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, in the recording device 11, the supply tray 23 and the cassette 22 are supplied to the recording unit 54 through the supply passages 521 and 522, respectively, without inverting the medium M, and recording is performed on the upper surface thereof. The recording medium M1 (see FIG. 1) is inverted in the inverted transport passage 523 and discharged from the discharge port 29 to the stacker 24 with the recording surface facing downward. Therefore, the supply tray 23 and the cassette 22 have the same orientation of the recording surface when the medium M is set (upward in this example), so that the front and back of the medium M are mistaken when the medium M is set. Can be reduced. That is, if the user is aware that recording is always performed on the same surface (upper surface in this example) of the medium M with respect to the set orientation, it is difficult to make a mistake in the front and back orientations in which the medium M is set. Therefore, a recording error in which the recording surface is mistaken due to an error in the direction in which the medium M of this type is set is reduced. For example, it is possible to reduce misprinting on an erroneous surface when printing on a medium M such as a postcard or preprinted paper for trial printing.

As shown in FIG. 2, an ink accommodating unit 58 is provided at a position in the housing 12 between the inverted transfer passage 523 and the image reading device 30. A plurality (four in the example of FIG. 2) of ink accommodating portions 59 (for example, an ink cartridge or an ink tank) accommodating ink are attached to the ink accommodating unit 58 in a detachable state. The plurality of ink accommodating portions 59 accommodate inks of different colors. The ink accommodating portion 59 accommodates one color each of a plurality of colors of ink including, for example, black (K), cyan (C), magenta (M), and yellow (Y). In the example of FIG. 2, four ink accommodating portions 59 corresponding to four colors (KCMY) are shown, but they correspond to other colors such as light cyan, light magenta, light yellow, gray, green, and violet. An ink accommodating portion 59 may be added.

As shown in FIG. 2, of the transport passages 52 in the housing 12, the recording medium M1 after recording on the medium M supplied from the supply port 27 is inside the path to be transported while being inverted to the discharge port 29. In the area, the ink supply unit 35 and the maintenance device 36 are arranged side by side in the vertical direction Z. The ink supply unit 35 is interposed in the middle of an ink tube (not shown) connecting each ink storage unit 59 and the recording unit 54, and has a function of supplying ink from each ink storage unit 59 to the recording unit 54. The recording unit 54 ejects ink of each color supplied from each ink accommodating unit 59 through an ink tube (not shown) by the ink supply unit 35 and records the ink on the medium M. The maintenance device 36 performs maintenance such as cleaning the nozzles for the purpose of preventing or eliminating clogging of the ink ejection nozzles of the recording unit 54.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the supply tray 23 includes a mounting mechanism 60 that slidably supports the pair of edge guides 25 and 26 in the width direction X. The mounting mechanism 60 is arranged below the hopper 28 and has a square plate-shaped support plate 61 that movably supports the pair of edge guides 25 and 26 in the width direction X. The hopper 28 is formed with a pair of notched recesses 28B that avoid interference with the edge guides 25 and 26 over the movable range of the pair of edge guides 25 and 26. The pair of edge guides 25 and 26 extend vertically upward from the upper surface of the pair of base portions 62 that can slide on the support plate 61. The pair of base portions 62 movably support the edge guides 25 and 26 in the width direction X, and a part of the medium M guided by the pair of edge guides 25 and 26 is placed on a part of the upper surface thereof. To. The pair of base portions 62 are guided along a guide groove 61A extending long in the width direction X opening in the support plate 61, and have a width via a slide mechanism 63 shown in FIG. 6 assembled on the back surface side of the support plate 61. It is provided so as to be movable in the direction X. Therefore, the pair of edge guides 25 and 26 supported by the pair of base portions 62 can move in the width direction X via the slide mechanism 63.

As shown in FIG. 6, the slide mechanism 63 includes a pair of racks 64 extending from each of the pair of edge guides 25 and 26 in directions facing each other, and teeth formed on the pair of racks 64 in their respective longitudinal directions. The portions have one pinion 65 that meshes in common. The pair of racks 64 mesh with the teeth on the outer periphery of the pinion 65 so as to sandwich the pinion 65 from both sides. When one of the pair of edge guides 25 and 26 is moved in the direction of shortening the distance between the two, the pair of edge guides 25 and 26 are interlocked with each other through the meshing of the rack 64 and the pinion 65 so as to approach each other. Move the same distance. Further, when one of the pair of edge guides 25 and 26 is moved in the direction of increasing the distance between the two, the pair of edge guides 25 and 26 are interlocked and separated from each other through the engagement between the rack 64 and the pinion 65. Move the same distance in the direction. Therefore, the pair of edge guides 25 and 26 positions the medium M on the supply tray 23 at a center position whose width center coincides with the center of the supply tray 23 regardless of its size.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a concave-convex locked portion 61B having a constant pitch is provided in a predetermined region on the upper surface of the support plate 61 near the edge guide 25, and the base portion of the edge guide 25 is provided. A movable locking portion (not shown) that interlocks with the operating portion 25A is provided on the bottom surface of the 62. By operating the operation unit 25A, the locking portion and the locked portion 61B are released, and after adjusting the widths of the pair of edge guides 25 and 26, when the operation of the operation unit 25A is stopped, the locking portion is locked. The portion and the locked portion 61B are locked, and the pair of edge guides 25 and 26 are locked at that position.

As described above, when the medium M is set in the supply tray 23 and the stacker 24 in the recess 13 from the front surface of the recording device 11, the edge guide 25 on the front side when viewed from the first opening 131 becomes an obstacle. In the present embodiment, the edge guide 25 is configured to be retractable to improve the operability from the front of the recording device 11. Hereinafter, an example of the configuration of the retracting mechanism 70 of the edge guide 25 will be described.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the support plate 61 constituting the supply tray 23 is a pair of rotating shafts protruding in directions facing each other at both ends of the width direction X at the downstream end of the feeding direction Y. It has 61C. The support plate 61 is rotatably supported by a pair of rotating shafts 61C at a portion located slightly below the feeding port 27 of the housing 12, so that the support plate 61 is designated around the pair of rotating shafts 61C. It can rotate within the range of the angle.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 9, the support plate 61 is moved upward by a spring 66 interposed between the upstream end portion in the feeding direction Y and the support surface 122 located on the back surface side (lower side) thereof. It is in a state of being urged. Therefore, the support plate 61 is urged so that the upstream end thereof is displaced upward with the rotation shaft 61C (see FIG. 6) at the downstream end in the feeding direction Y as the center. The pair of edge guides 25 and 26 supported by the support plate 61 by the urging force of the spring 66 project upward from the upper surface of the hopper 28 by a required amount so that the medium M can be positioned in the width direction X. 3. It has risen to the guide position shown in FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, an operating lever 67 extends outward in the horizontal direction at the upstream end portion in the feeding direction Y on the front side surface of the support plate 61. Further, the cam shaft 68 projects in the direction in which the axis of the support plate 61 is parallel to the rotation shaft 28A of the hopper 28 at the upstream end portion located on the upstream side of the feeding direction Y from the operation lever 67. ing.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the operation lever 67 is arranged at a position near the lower side of the edge guide 25 in front of the portion of the housing 12 that is lower than the recess 13. The operation lever 67 can be moved up and down (vertical direction Z) along a guide recess 121 recessed vertically along the vertical direction Z in the housing 12.

The operation lever 67 is operated by the user to move the edge guide 25 to the guide position and the retracted position. The user can move the edge guide 25 to a retracted position where the edge guide 25 is partially immersed in the mounting surface 23A by pushing the operation lever 67 on the front surface of the recording device 11 downward. That is, by pushing the operation lever 67 downward, the edge guide 25 moves to a retracted position where the portion protruding upward from the mounting surface 23A is smaller than the guide position.

Here, in the state where the edge guide 25 is in the guide position shown in FIG. 3, the portion of the edge guide 25 projecting upward from the mounting surface 23A is projected in the width direction X with respect to the virtual surface orthogonal to the width direction X. Let the projected area be the first area. Further, in the state where the edge guide 25 is in the retracted position shown in FIG. 4, the projected area in which the portion of the edge guide 25 projecting upward from the mounting surface 23A is projected onto the virtual surface in the width direction X is the second projection area. The area. The second area, which is the projected area when the edge guide 25 is in the retracted position, is smaller than the first area, which is the projected area when the edge guide 25 is in the guide position (first area> second area). .. The projected area at this time is the opening area of the opening 131 that can be used when the user places (sets) the medium M on the mounting surface 23A of the supply tray 23 from the front side of the recording device 11 via the opening 131. Of these, it corresponds to the occupied area occupied by the edge guide 25 that cannot be used as a work passage for the user to set the medium M. Therefore, by displacing the edge guide 25 downward from the guide position where the projected area is the first area and switching to the retracted position where the second area is smaller than the first area, the medium M is moved from the front surface of the recess 13. A wide work passage that is not obstructed by the edge guide 25 when setting is secured.

As shown in FIG. 7, the retracting mechanism 70 includes a holding mechanism (locking mechanism) capable of holding (locking) the edge guide 25 at the retracted position. In this example, the heart cam mechanism 71 is adopted as an example of the holding mechanism. When the edge guide 25 is pushed down by the heart cam mechanism 71 using the operation lever 67, the edge guide 25 is held (locked) in the retracted position.

The medium M is fed by a spring 69 interposed between the support surface 122 of the housing 12 shown in FIG. 7 and the support plate 61, a feed motor 410 (see FIG. 5), or a hopper driven by a motor (not shown). This is performed by raising the 28 and switching and controlling the medium M on the hopper 28 from a position separated from the pickup roller 41 to a position in contact with the pickup roller 41. Here, even if the user operates the operation lever 67 to retract the edge guide 25 to the retracted position, if the hopper 28 is raised, it becomes difficult to set the medium M on the hopper 28. Therefore, the control unit 100 detects the changing position by the retracting mechanism 70 of the edge guide 25 by a sensor (not shown), and controls the position of the hopper 28 according to the operation of the edge guide 25 based on the detection result. When the user retracts the edge guide 25 to the evacuation position, if this is detected and the hopper 28 is in the feeding position, the hopper 28 is moved to the standby position and the user sets the medium M. Make it easier. Specifically, the control unit 100 separates the hopper 28 from the pickup roller 41 in response to the retracting operation of moving the edge guide 25 from the guide position to the retracted position, and then returns the retracted edge guide 25 to the original guide position. Depending on the situation, the hopper 28 is raised to the feeding position or waits until the printing start command. Here, the reason for waiting until the latter printing start command is that if the medium M on the hopper 28 is in contact with the pickup roller 41 for a long time in the standby state, there is a problem such as bleeding.

As shown in FIG. 7, the retracting mechanism 70 has a cam shaft 68 provided at the upstream end of the support plate 61 in the feeding direction Y, and a heart cam 72 that engages with the cam shaft 68. The camshaft 68 extends from a position near the operating lever 67 on the support plate 61 to the upstream side in the feeding direction Y, and a columnar shaft portion protruding inward in the width direction X from the tip end portion (rear end portion) thereof. Consists of. In the heart cam 72, a cam groove 74 into which the cam shaft 68 is engaged is formed over the entire circumference along the peripheral edge of the heart cam 72. The cam shaft 68 engaged in the cam groove 74 moves one turn counterclockwise in FIG. 7 along the cam groove 74 in the process of retracting and returning the edge guide 25, and moves one turn thereof. It is arranged at the cam position that holds the edge guide 25 in the retracted position at the lock position near the lower end on the way.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the heart cam mechanism 71 has a heart cam 72 and a spring 73 that urges the heart cam 72 from the back surface side to one side in the width direction X. Since the heart cam 72 is pressed to one side of the width direction X by the elastic force of the spring 73, the cam shaft 68 can move along the cam groove 74 while being pressed against the bottom surface of the cam groove 74. In the process of operating the operating lever 67 up and down, the edge guide 25 is displaced up and down between the guide position and the retracted position, and the cam shaft 68 is guided along the cam groove 74 of the heart cam 72 accordingly. At this time, the edge guide 25 is locked by arranging the cam shaft 68 at the locked position at the retracted position of the edge guide 25.

Next, the configuration of the heart cam 72 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, the heart cam 72 is urged toward the cam shaft 68 in the width direction X by a spring 73 extrapolated to the shaft portion 72A projecting from the central portion of the back surface thereof. The upper end position of the cam groove 74 recessed in the surface opposite to the back surface of the heart cam 72 on the spring 73 side is the starting point of the cam shaft 68. When the edge guide 25 is in the guide position, the camshaft 68 is located at the starting point. In the heart cam 72, a cam groove 74 is formed by a path that makes one round along the peripheral edge of the heart cam 72 in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 8 from the starting point. The cam groove 74 has a first groove portion 74A extending downward from the starting point of the heart cam 72 in a counterclockwise direction, and a second groove portion 74B and a third groove portion 74C forming a mountain-shaped path along the lower end portion of the heart cam 72. are doing. Further, the cam groove 74 extends upward from the lower end portion on the opposite side (right side in FIG. 8) sandwiching the second groove portion 74B and the third groove portion 74C with respect to the lower end portion of the first groove portion 74A toward the starting point. It has a fourth groove portion 74D that forms a path that is line-symmetrical with the first groove portion 74A with respect to the width center line of the heart cam 72. The fourth groove portion 74D is connected to the first groove portion 74A at a position slightly closer to the lower end than the starting point of the first groove portion 74A. The cam shaft 68 engaged in the cam groove 74 has a first groove portion from the starting point in FIG. 8 in the process of a descending operation of the edge guide 25 from the guide position to the retracted position and an ascending operation from the retracted position to the guide position. It passes through 74A, the second groove portion 74B, the third groove portion 74C, and the fourth groove portion 74D in this order, and makes one round in the counterclockwise direction in the figure.

In FIG. 8, the depth of the groove is deeper in the second groove portion 74B than in the first groove portion 74A, and the boundary between the first groove portion 74A and the second groove portion 74B is from the second groove portion 74B to the first groove portion. A regulatory surface 75 is formed to regulate the movement (reverse) of the camshaft 68 to 74A. Further, the bottom surface of the second groove portion 74B is formed on an ascending slope in which the depth of the groove gradually becomes shallower as it approaches the third groove portion 74C, and the bottom surface of the third groove portion 74C increases as it approaches the fourth groove portion 74D. It is formed on a downward slope that gradually deepens. The bottom surface of the fourth groove portion 74D is slightly deeper than the third groove portion 74C at the point where the downstream end portion of the third groove portion 74C is connected, and the boundary between the two is from the fourth groove portion 74D to the third groove portion 74C. A regulation surface 76 that regulates the movement (reverse) of the camshaft 68 is formed. The bottom surface of the fourth groove portion 74D has a climbing slope that gradually becomes shallower as it moves away from the lower end portion, and a depth gradually increases as it approaches the first groove portion 74A from the position (ridge line) where the climbing slope ends. It has a deep downhill slope. The bottom surface of the first groove portion 74A is slightly deeper than the fourth groove portion 74D at the position where the upper end portion of the fourth groove portion 74D is connected, and the boundary between the two is from the first groove portion 74A to the fourth groove portion 74D. A regulatory surface 77 that regulates the movement (reverse) of the camshaft 68 is formed.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 9, when the edge guide 25 is in the guide position, the operation lever 67 is in the first operation position shown in the figure, and the camshaft 68 engaged in the cam groove 74 at this time is a heart cam. It is located at the starting point of the upper end portion of 72 (starting point position P1 in FIG. 8). When the user pushes the operation lever 67 downward from the first operation position and moves it to the second operation position, the edge guide 25 is pushed down and arranged in the retracted position from the guide position as shown in FIG. At this time, the cam shaft 68 reaches the second groove portion 74B at the lower end along the first groove portion 74A from the starting point (position P2 in FIG. 8), and in this process, the heart cam 72 is slightly on the edge guide 25 side (as shown in FIG. 10). Tilt to the left). When the user releases the operating lever 67, the edge guide 25 tries to move upward by the urging force of the spring 66, but the reversal is restricted by the restricting surface 75 shown in FIG. Ascend a little distance to the lock position P3. The camshaft 68 is held at the lock position P3 (see FIG. 8) in a mountain-shaped recess at the boundary between the second groove portion 74B and the third groove portion 74C, and further upward movement is restricted. As a result, as shown in FIG. 11, the edge guide 25 is locked to the retracted position.

Then, the user retracts the edge guide 25 to the retracted position and sets the medium M on the supply tray 23 via the work passage secured in the first opening 131. At this time, since the edge guide 25 is held (locked) in the retracted position, it is not necessary to manually press and hold the edge guide 25 or the operation lever 67 in the retracted position. Therefore, the user can perform the setting work of setting the medium M in the supply tray 23 by using both hands as needed.

When the user who has finished setting the medium M pushes the operation lever 67 again, the cam shaft 68 reaches from the lock position P3 to the lower end of the fourth groove portion 74D (position P4 in FIG. 8) along the third groove portion 74C. This unlocks the edge guide 25 at the retracted position. In this process, as shown in FIG. 12, the heart cam 72 tilts to the side opposite to the edge guide 25 (on the right side in FIG. 12). Next, when the operation lever 67 pushed in by the user is released, the camshaft 68 rises along the fourth groove 74D while the regulation surface 76 regulates the reversion from the fourth groove 74D to the third groove 74C, and the first Upon reaching the groove 74A, the camshaft 68 rises along the first groove 74A to the upper end thereof and returns to the starting position P1 of the heart cam 72 as shown in FIGS. 7 and 9. In this process, the edge guide 25 returns from the retracted position to the guide position.

Next, the operation of the recording device 11 will be described.
When printing on the recording device 11, the user sets the medium M of a desired size in the cassette 22 or the supply tray 23. The cassette 22 contains a medium M of a frequently used type and size. For example, when it is desired to print on a medium M having a type or size different from that of the medium M in the cassette 22, the user sets the medium M in the supply tray 23. First, the user pushes down the operation lever 67 from the guide position shown in FIG. 3 in front of the recording device 11 and arranges the operating lever 67 at the retracted position shown in FIG. At this time, when the operating lever 67 is pushed down to the lower end, the retracting mechanism 70 (heart cam mechanism 71) operates from the position state shown in FIG. 9 to the position state shown in FIG. 10 in conjunction with the pushing down operation, and the edge guide 25 is operated. Is held (locked) in the retracted position.

The movement of the edge guide 25 from the guide position to the retracted position is detected by a sensor (not shown). When the control unit 100 detects that the edge guide 25 is in the retracted position based on the detection signal from the sensor and detects that the hopper 28 is in the feeding position, the control unit 100 drives the feeding motor 410 to supply the hopper 28. Return from the feed position to the standby position. Therefore, when the user moves the edge guide 25 to the retracted position by operating the operation lever 67, the hopper 28 is in the standby position away from the pickup roller 41, so that the medium is placed on the mounting surface 23A of the supply tray 23. It becomes easier to set M.

The user sets the medium M on the mounting surface 23A of the supply tray 23 with the edge guide 25 held in the retracted position. After setting the medium M, the user pushes the operation lever 67 again and then releases the hand. Then, the lock of the edge guide 25 at the retracted position is released, and the edge guide 25 returns from the retracted position to the guide position. Next, the user adjusts the positions of the pair of edge guides 25 and 26 in the width direction X, and positions the medium M on the supply tray 23 in the width direction X. When the user finishes setting the medium M, the host device instructs the execution of printing, or operates the operation unit 15 of the operation panel 14 to instruct the execution of printing.

The recording device 11 receives print data from, for example, a host device. The print data includes information for designating the delivery source of one of the cassette 22 and the supply tray 23. For example, it is assumed that the supply tray 23 is designated as the delivery source. When the control unit 100 receives the instruction to start printing by receiving the print data, the control unit 100 drives the feed motor 410 and raises the hopper 28 via an elevating mechanism (not shown). As a result, the medium M on the supply tray 23 is pressed against the pickup roller 41. After that, the control unit 100 drives the feed motor 410 and the transfer motor (not shown) to drive the first feed unit 40 and the transfer roller pair 53. The medium M on the supply tray 23 is fed one by one from the highest one by the rotation of the pickup roller 41. At this time, the medium M separated into one by the separation mechanism 42 is fed to the recording unit 54 along the transport passage 52 (particularly, the supply passage 521). An image based on print data is recorded (printed) on the medium M in the process of passing through a position facing the recording unit 54. The recording medium M1 after recording is inverted along the transport passage 52 (particularly, the reverse transport passage 523) and is discharged from the discharge port 29 onto the stacker 24 in the recess 13.

When the medium M is supplied from the cassette 22, the medium M is supplied from the cassette 22 to the recording unit 54 through the supply passage 522, and the recording medium M1 after recording is inverted along the inverted transfer passage 523. Then, it is discharged from the discharge port 29 onto the stacker 24 in the recess 13. When setting the medium M, both the cassette 22 and the supply tray 23 may be set with the recording surface facing upward, so that the recording surface is not mistaken. It is possible to reduce misprints that the user prints on the wrong side when printing on a medium M such as a postcard or preprinted paper.

In the recording device 11, since the cassette 22, the supply tray 23, and the stacker 24 are positioned so as to overlap each other in the vertical direction Z, the dimension of the feeding direction Y of the recording device 11 can be made relatively short, and the installation space of the recording device 11 can be reduced. .. Further, since the cassette 22, the supply tray 23, and the stacker 24 are positioned so as to overlap each other in the vertical direction Z, and the grip portion 22A and the first opening 131 of the cassette 22 are located on the front side of the recording device 11, the user can use the medium M. The set and the recording medium M1 can be taken out from the front of the recording device 11. Therefore, since the user does not have to wrap around to the side of the recording device 11 to set the medium M or take out the recording medium M1, it is not necessary to provide a work space on the side of the recording device 11, and the recording device does not have to be provided. It contributes to the reduction of the occupied space of 11.

Further, since the stacker 24 is arranged above the supply tray 23 so as to cover the upper part of the supply tray 23, even if the medium M is left set on the supply tray 23, dust is unlikely to accumulate on the medium M. .. Therefore, it is unlikely that the dust accumulated on the upper surface of the medium M will enter the feeding unit 40 and the recording unit 54 together with the medium M. As a result, it is possible to prevent a decrease in the friction coefficient of each of the rollers 41, 43, 44 and the like constituting the first feeding unit 40 and clogging due to dust in the nozzle of the recording unit 54 due to the invading dust. Therefore, problems such as double feeding of the medium M, skewing, misalignment of transport position, jam, and printing error due to ejection failure due to nozzle clogging are less likely to occur.

According to the embodiment described in detail above, the following effects can be obtained.
(1) The recording device 11 has a mounting surface 23A on which the medium M can be mounted, and is at least one of one side in a direction intersecting the supply direction of the medium M and the upstream side in the supply direction of the medium M. A supply tray 23 (an example of a mounting portion) in which the space is open and a cassette 22 (an example of a medium accommodating portion) for accommodating the medium M are provided. Further, the recording device 11 supplies the first feeding unit 40 (an example of the first supply unit) that supplies the medium M placed on the supply tray 23 in the supply direction, and the medium M housed in the cassette 22. A second feeding unit 45 (an example of a second supply unit), a recording unit for recording on the supplied medium M, and a stacker 24 (an example of a receiving unit) for receiving the recorded medium M1 discharged from the discharge port 29. And prepare. The cassette 22, the supply tray 23, and the stacker 24 are arranged so as to overlap each other in the vertical direction Z. Therefore, the size of the recording device 11 in the direction intersecting the vertical direction Z can be kept small. Therefore, in the configuration including the supply tray 23 and the stacker 24, the occupied space of the recording device 11 can be kept small.

(2) The recording device 11 includes an inverted transfer passage 523 (an example of an inverted transfer path) that conveys the recorded medium M1 with inversion, and an discharge roller that discharges the inverted medium M1 from the discharge port 29 to the stacker 24. It is provided with a pair 57 (an example of a discharge unit). Therefore, the medium M supplied from the supply tray 23 or the cassette 22 is recorded by the recording unit 54, then inverted through the inverted transfer passage 523, and discharged from the discharge port 29 to the stacker 24. Therefore, the supply tray 23 and the stacker 24 can be arranged on the same side with respect to the recording unit 54. As a result, it becomes easy to secure a large amount of overlap between the supply tray 23 and the stacker 24. Therefore, the size of the recording device 11 in the direction intersecting the vertical direction Z can be reduced, whereby the space occupied by the recording device 11 can be kept small.

(3) When the recording device 11 is viewed horizontally from the front, the supply tray 23 and the stacker 24 have the projection area PA1 of the stacker 24 when the stacker 24 is projected in the vertical direction Z with respect to the supply tray 23 on the supply tray 23. They are arranged in an included positional relationship. Therefore, since a large amount of overlap between the supply tray 23 and the stacker 24 can be secured, the lateral size when viewed horizontally from the front of the recording device 11 can be suppressed to a small size. As a result, the occupied space of the recording device 11 can be kept small.

(4) In the recording device 11, the stacker 24 covers the upper part of the supply tray 23. Therefore, even if the medium M is left on the supply tray 23, dust is unlikely to accumulate on the medium M. For this reason, the medium M is double-fed, skewed, conveyed misaligned and jammed due to a decrease in the friction coefficient of the rollers 41, 43, 44 that entrain the dust, and the nozzle eyes of the recording unit 54 caused by the dust. Clogs can be reduced.

(5) The recording device 11 includes an image reading device 30 (an example of a scanner) having a scanner main body 31. When the recording device 11 is viewed horizontally from the front, the supply tray 23 and the scanner main body 31 have a projection area PA2 of the supply tray 23 when the supply tray 23 is projected in the vertical direction Z with respect to the scanner main body 31. It is arranged in the positional relationship included in. That is, when the recording device 11 is viewed horizontally from the front, the scanner main body 31 and the supply tray 23 overlap in the vertical direction Z with the scanner main body 31 including the projection region PA2 of the supply tray 23. Therefore, a large amount of overlap between the supply tray 23 and the scanner main body 31 can be secured. Therefore, the size of the recording device 11 in the horizontal direction when viewed horizontally from the front can be suppressed to a small size, whereby the occupied space of the recording device 11 can be suppressed to a small size.

(6) The housing 12 is opened above the cassette 22 by the first opening 131 on one side (front side in this example) of the width direction X intersecting the feeding direction Y of the medium M on the supply tray 23. Moreover, it has a recess 13 opened by the second opening 132 on the upstream side of the feed direction Y of the medium M on the supply tray 23. Then, in the recess 13, the supply tray 23 and the stacker 24 overlap each other in the vertical direction Z. Therefore, the user can place the medium M on the supply tray 23 and take out the recording medium M1 from the stacker 24 from the front side of the recording device 11. Therefore, it is easy for the user to access from the front of the recording device 11, and it is easy to use, and the space required to be secured on the side of the housing 12 can be reduced. Therefore, it contributes to the reduction of the occupied space of the recording device 11.

(7) A cassette 22 capable of accommodating the medium M is provided below the supply tray 23, and the downstream end position of the medium M accommodated in the cassette 22 in the feeding direction Y when viewed from the vertical direction Z is the supply tray. The medium M placed on the 23 is located closer to the recording unit 54 in the feeding direction Y than the downstream end position in the feeding direction Y. The first feeding section 40 and the second feeding section 45 are arranged in a state where at least a part of them is located at the same height in the vertical direction Z. Therefore, the size (height size) of the recording device 11 in the vertical direction Z is compared with the configuration in which the first feeding unit 40 and the second feeding unit 45 are not arranged at the same height in the vertical direction Z. Can be kept relatively small (low). Therefore, the occupied space in the height direction of the recording device 11 can be kept small.

(8) The supply tray 23 is arranged so as to be tilted so that the downstream end of the medium M on the mounting surface 23A in the feeding direction Y is lower than the upstream end in the vertical direction Z. Therefore, when the medium M is placed on the supply tray 23, the tips are easily aligned and aligned, and it is not necessary to provide a rear end edge guide for guiding the rear end of the medium M. By tilting the posture of the supply tray 23, it is possible to secure a relatively long length of the medium M that can be placed for the horizontal length of the supply tray 23, as compared with the case where the feed tray 23 is not tilted (for example, in the case of taking a horizontal posture). .. Therefore, the size of the recording device 11 in the feeding direction Y can be kept small. As a result, the occupied space of the recording device 11 in the feeding direction Y can be kept small. Further, since the posture of the supply tray 23 is tilted, the amount of the upstream end portion of the supply tray 23 in the feeding direction Y protruding outward from the upstream end portion of the stacker 24 can be reduced to zero or less, so that the supply tray 23 is tentatively provided. Even if the medium M is left on the medium M, dust is unlikely to accumulate on the medium M.

(9) The transfer from the supply tray 23 (an example of the mounting unit) to the recording unit 54 and the transfer from the cassette 22 to the recording unit 54 do not involve inversion of the medium M. Therefore, the user may set the medium M with the printing side facing up, always conscious of printing on one of the front and back sides of the medium M (upper surface in this example). Therefore, it is possible to reduce misprinting on the wrong side by setting the wrong direction when printing on postcards or preprinted paper.

(10) When viewed from the front side of the recording device 11, which is a standing position when the user operates the operation panel 14, the depth direction is the width direction of the medium M and the lateral direction is the feeding direction Y (supply) of the medium M. The supply tray 23 was laid out in the recess 13 in the direction (direction). Therefore, the medium M can be set while being confirmed from the side, and the setting work can be performed reliably and easily. In addition, by adopting an inverted transfer passage 523 that reverses the medium M supplied from the supply tray 23 after recording. , The recording medium M1 can be discharged onto the stacker 24 arranged in the same recess 13 as the supply tray 23.

(11) When setting the medium M on the supply tray 23, the edge guide 25 located on the front front side of the supply tray 23 becomes an obstacle. However, in the present embodiment, the edge guide 25 is configured to be movable between a guide position arranged when the medium M is guided in the width direction X and a retracted position retracted by being displaced downward from the guide position. .. Therefore, when the user sets the medium M from the front surface of the recording device 11 to the supply tray 23 via the first opening 131, the edge guide 25 does not get in the way so much, and the setting work of the medium M is easy. Therefore, it is not necessary for the user to wrap around to the side of the housing 12 (the side of the second opening 132) to secure a work space for setting the medium M, and from this point as well, the occupied space of the recording device 11 is secured. Contributes to the reduction of.

(12) The supply tray 23 has a mounting surface 23A on which the medium M is mounted, a feeding position where the medium M on the mounting surface 23A is brought into contact with the pickup roller 41, and a standby position where the medium M is separated from the pickup roller 41. It is equipped with a hopper 28 that can be moved to. When the user operates to move the edge guide 25 from the guide position to the retracted position while the hopper 28 is in the feeding position, the hopper 28 is fed in conjunction with the control by the control unit 100. It was configured to move from the position to the standby position. Therefore, when the user manually moves the edge guide 25 from the guide position to the retracted position, if the hopper 28 is in the feeding position at that time, the hopper 28 moves from the feeding position to the standby position, and the pickup roller 41 and the hopper Since a space where the medium M can be set is secured between the space and the tray 28, it becomes easy to place (set) the medium M on the supply tray 23.

(13) The retracting mechanism 70 has a heart cam mechanism 71 (an example of a retaining mechanism) having a locking function capable of holding (locking) the edge guide 25 in the retracted position. Therefore, when the medium M is placed on the supply tray 23, the edge guides 25 and 26 can be held in the retracted position by the lock function of the heart cam mechanism 71. Therefore, the user does not need to set the medium M with one hand while pressing the edge guide 25 to the evacuation side with one hand, and can set the medium M with both hands as needed. Then, when the user pushes the operation lever 67 a little, the lock of the heart cam mechanism 71 is released and the edge guides 25 and 26 return from the retracted position to the guide position, so that the edge guides 25 and 26 are adjusted in the width direction X. The medium M on the supply tray 23 can be positioned in the width direction X. Therefore, it is easy to set the medium M on the supply tray 23.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 13 to 18. In the following second to fourth embodiments, only the configuration of the edge guide retracting mechanism 70 is different, and the other configurations of the recording device 11 are the same as those of the first embodiment. Hereinafter, the retracting mechanism 70 of the edge guide 25 will be described in detail.

As shown in FIG. 13, the supply tray 23 includes a retracting mechanism 70 that rotates the edge guide 25 with the lower end side of the edge guide 25 as a rotation axis. The retracting mechanism 70 includes a shaft portion 78 provided at the lower end of the edge guide 25 and a tubular guide portion 79 through which the shaft portion 78 is inserted. The shaft portion 78 is integrally formed with the lower end portion of the edge guide 25 in a state of extending along the feeding direction Y, and the guide portion 79 is projected from the upper surface of the base portion 62 (see FIG. 15). The edge guide 25 rotates about a guide position shown in FIG. 13 and a shaft portion 78 as shown in FIG. 14 so that the medium M can be guided in the width direction X intersecting the feeding direction Y by the retracting mechanism 70. Move to and from the evacuation position where it collapses. By tilting the edge guide 25 toward you from the guide position to the retracted position, the above-mentioned projection when the edge guide 25 is in the retracted position is compared with the above-mentioned first projected area when the edge guide 25 is in the guide position. The second area, which is an area, can be reduced, and a wide passage is secured when the medium M is set in the supply tray 23 from the front surface of the recording device 11 through the opening 131. The first area and the second area are as defined in the first embodiment.

By the way, when the retracting mechanism 70 of the edge guide 25 is of the rotation method shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, for example, as shown in FIG. 15, when the edge guide 25 is in the guide position, the upper surface of the base portion 62 and the edge guide are used. A gap G is formed between the bottom surface of the 25 and the edge guide 25 and the base portion 62 due to component tolerances, backlash, and the like. When the medium M on the mounting surface 23A is positioned in the width direction X by the pair of edge guides 25 and 26, at least one of the media M enters the gap G. In this case, the medium M that has entered the gap G is fed without being positioned in the width direction X, and the printing position shift of the medium M, skew, and jam occur frequently.

If the gap G is made extremely small, it becomes difficult for the medium M to enter, but for that purpose, considerably high processing accuracy and assembly accuracy are required, and the manufacturing cost of the supply tray 23 may increase. Therefore, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 16 and 17, a medium intrusion prevention mechanism 80 for preventing the medium from entering the gap is provided. The medium intrusion prevention mechanism 80 has a comb tooth portion 81 composed of a plurality of convex portions 62A protruding upward while being lined up on the upper surface of the base portion 62 along the feeding direction Y, and the feeding direction from the bottom surface of the edge guide 25. It is composed of a comb tooth portion 82 composed of a plurality of convex portions 25B projecting at positions corresponding to the concave portions between the plurality of convex portions 62A on the base portion 62 side in a state of being lined up along Y.

When the edge guide 25 is rotated around the shaft portion 78 from the retracted position shown in FIG. 17 to the guide position shown in FIG. 16, both comb tooth portions 81 and 82 mesh with each other in the loosely fitted state shown in FIG. A gap G (FIG. 15) extending straight along the feeding direction Y is not formed. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 16, when the edge guide 25 is arranged at the guide position, the gap G1 formed between the upper surface of the base portion 62 and the bottom surface of the edge guide 25 is a comb tooth portion of both. The meshing of 81 and 82 causes unevenness. Therefore, even one medium M cannot penetrate into the uneven gap G1 between the base portion 62 and the edge guide 25. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 18, all of the media M on the mounting surface 23A of the supply tray 23 are positioned in the width direction X by the pair of edge guides 25 and 26. As a result, when the medium M positioned in the width direction X by the pair of edge guides 25 and 26 is fed from the supply tray 23, the frequency of occurrence of print position deviation, skew, and jam is reduced.

According to this second embodiment, the same effects as those of the first embodiment (1) to (12) can be obtained, and the following effects can be obtained.
(14) The edge guide 25 can be moved to a guide position and a retracted position with the lower end side of the edge guide 25 as a rotation axis. Since the retracting mechanism 70 is a rotation method in which the edge guide 25 rotates about the shaft portion 97A at the lower end thereof with respect to the base portion 62, the edge guide 25 can be moved to the guide position and the retracted position with a relatively simple configuration. It can be configured to be movable to and. When the retracting mechanism 70 of the edge guide 25 is of a rotation method, there is a concern that the medium M may enter the gap formed between the edge guide 25 and the base portion 62. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the media intrusion prevention mechanism is provided by providing convex portions 25B and 62A that can be meshed with each other when the edge guide 25 is in the guide position on both the bottom surface of the edge guide 25 and the upper surface of the base portion 62. 80 was provided. Therefore, even when the rotation method in which the edge guide 25 is rotatable with respect to the base portion 62 is adopted, the medium M positioned in the width direction X by the pair of edge guides 25 and 26 engages with the convex portions 25B and 62A. It does not invade the uneven gap G1 created by the above. Therefore, it is possible to prevent problems such as print position shift, skew, and jam caused by the intrusion of the medium into this kind of gap.

(Third Embodiment)
Next, the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 19 to 23. The retracting mechanism 70 of the edge guide 25 of the third embodiment adopts the same rotation method as that of the second embodiment, but has a holding mechanism 90 (locking mechanism) for locking the edge guide 25 to the guide position. There is.

As shown in FIG. 19, the lower end of the edge guide 25 has a pair of shafts and 91 extending along the feeding direction Y, and a pair of shafts 91 at the upper end of the base 62 (see FIG. 22). It has a pair of cylindrical guide portions 92 protruding at positions corresponding to the above. A holding mechanism 90 is provided between two insertion points in which the pair of shaft portions 91 are inserted into the pair of guide portions 92, respectively. The holding mechanism 90 is inserted into one plate-shaped spring receiving portion 94 projecting from the upper surface end portion of the base portion 62 to a position close to one guide portion 92, and the spring receiving portion 94 and the guide portion 92 closer to the spring receiving portion 94. It has a spring 95 made of, for example, a coil spring mounted between the end face of the shaft portion 91. The detailed configuration of the holding mechanism 90 will be described later.

As shown in FIG. 19, when the edge guide 25 is in the guide position, the shaft portion 91 and the guide portion 92 are in the direction opposite to the spring 95 with respect to the guide portion 92 due to the elastic force of the spring 95. They are arranged in the positional relationship shown in the figure, which is moving relative to. At this time, the spring 95 is in an extended state slightly contracted from its natural length. In the state shown in FIG. 19, the edge guide 25 is locked by the holding mechanism 90 and held at a guide position standing upright with respect to the base portion 62 (see FIG. 22).

When the edge guide 25 at the guide position shown in FIG. 19 is manually moved to the upstream side in the feeding direction Y, the shaft portion 91 compresses the spring 95 and the upstream side with respect to the guide portion 92 as shown in FIG. Move to (on the right side in FIG. 20). As a result, the lock of the holding mechanism 90 is released. Therefore, the user can rotate the edge guide 25 from the guide position shown in FIG. 20 to the retracted position shown in FIG. 21.

As shown in FIG. 22, the edge guide 25 has a regulation surface 93 at a position near one end portion in the axial direction of each shaft portion 91. On the other hand, the guide portion 92 in the base portion 62 has a regulation surface 92A formed by cutting out a part thereof at one end portion in the longitudinal direction thereof. The holding mechanism 90 includes the regulation surfaces 92A and 93 in addition to the spring receiving portion 94 and the spring 95 described above.

As shown in FIGS. 19 and 23, when the edge guide 25 is in the guide position, the shaft portion 91 is in a positional relationship of abutting the regulating surfaces 92A and 93 on the guide portion 92 in the feeding direction Y. The edge guide 25 is in a locked state (holding state) in which rotation is restricted by the contact of the regulating surfaces 92A and 93. As shown in FIG. 20, when the edge guide 25 is slid slightly upstream, the shaft portion 91 moves relative to the guide portion 92 in the direction of compressing the spring 95, and both the restricting surfaces 92A and 93 do not abut. It will be in the unlocked state (holding released state). Therefore, the user can rotate the edge guide 25 in the unlocked state between the guide position (FIG. 20) and the retracted position (two-dot chain line in FIGS. 21 and 23). .. Further, as shown in FIG. 22, the convex portion 62A formed on the upper surface of the base portion 62 and the two convex portions 25B formed on the peripheral edge of the bottom surface of the edge guide 25 cause unevenness due to the engagement of the convex portions 25B and 62A. A medium intrusion prevention mechanism 80 capable of forming a shape-like gap is provided.

Therefore, when the user slides the edge guide 25 slightly from the guide position shown in FIG. 19 to the upstream side in the feeding direction Y, the holding mechanism 90 is unlocked (FIG. 20). Under this unlocked state, when the edge guide 25 is rotated toward the front side around the shaft portion 91 at the lower end and tilted, it moves to the retracted position (FIG. 21). When the edge guide 25 is in the retracted position, a wide passage is secured when setting the medium M from the front of the recording device 11, and the edge guide 25 is retracted because the urging force for returning to the guide position is not particularly exerted. Retained in position. Therefore, the user can easily place the medium M on the mounting surface 23A of the supply tray 23.

If the edge guide 25 is rotated from the retracted position to the guide position after the medium M is placed on the supply tray 23, the edge guide 25 returns to the locked position by the urging force of the spring 95 when the edge guide 25 is returned to the guide position. Therefore, the edge guide 25 is held (locked) at the guide position. When the edge guide 25 is in the guide position, an uneven gap is formed between the bottom surface of the edge guide 25 and the upper surface of the base portion 62 due to the meshing of the convex portions 62A and 25B. Therefore, even one medium M cannot penetrate into the gap between the base portion 62 and the edge guide 25. Therefore, all of the media M on the mounting surface 23A of the supply tray 23 are positioned in the width direction X by the pair of edge guides 25 and 26. As a result, when the medium M is fed from the supply tray 23, the frequency of occurrence of print position shift, skew, and jam is reduced.

According to this third embodiment, the same effects as the effects (1) to (12) of the first embodiment and the effects (14) of the second embodiment can be obtained, and the following effects can be obtained.
(15) When the retracting mechanism 70 for retracting the edge guide 25 is a rotation type, there is a concern that the edge guide 25 may rotate due to its own weight or a small external force, but a holding mechanism 90 capable of holding the edge guide 25 at the guide position is provided. Provided. Therefore, not only is it easy to set the medium M by retracting the edge guide 25, but also the edge guide 25 at the guide position does not rotate even if it receives its own weight or a small external force, so that the medium M by the edge guide 25 does not rotate. In addition to easy positioning work, the medium can be guided firmly in the width direction X. Further, the medium intrusion prevention mechanism 80 is composed of convex portions 25B and 62A provided on both the bottom surface of the edge guide 25 and the upper surface of the base portion 62 so as to be meshable when the edge guide 25 is in the guide position. .. Therefore, the medium intrusion prevention mechanism 80 can be relatively easily configured.

(Fourth Embodiment)
Next, the fourth embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 24 to 27. The retracting mechanism 70 of the edge guide 25 of the fourth embodiment is a rotation type, but the rotation direction is different from that of the second and third embodiments. That is, the retracting mechanism 70 is a rotation method that enables the edge guide 25 to rotate with the one end side of the feed direction Y of the edge guide 25 as the rotation axis.

As shown in FIG. 24, the edge guide 25 has a shaft portion extending in the vertical direction Z that supports one end of the feeding direction Y (the downstream end of the feeding direction Y in the example of FIG. 24), which is also the longitudinal direction thereof. It is rotatably provided around 97A. As shown in FIGS. 26 and 27, the shaft portion 97A is substantially perpendicular to one end of the support member 97 fixed to the upper surface of the base portion 62 (see FIGS. 5 and 6) in the longitudinal direction from the upper surface thereof. It has been projected. The edge guide 25 can move between the guide position shown in FIG. 24 and the retracted position shown in FIG. 25 by rotating around the shaft portion 97A that supports one end portion in the longitudinal direction thereof. .. Further, the supply tray 23 is provided with a holding mechanism 90 that locks (holds) the edge guide 25 at the guide position. A recess 123 is formed in the portion of the housing 12 corresponding to the edge guide 25 to avoid interference with the housing 12 when the edge guide 25 rotates.

As shown in FIGS. 26 and 27, an insertion hole 25C through which the shaft portion 97A is inserted is formed at the end of the edge guide 25, and the edge guide 25 is vertically Z with respect to the shaft portion 97A in the insertion hole 25C. A spring 98 made of, for example, a coil spring that urges the lower side is inserted. The spring 98 is inserted in a slightly compressed state between the upper end portion of the shaft portion 97A and the bottom portion of the insertion hole 25C in the edge guide 25. A locking projection 97B is formed on the upper surface of the support member 97 at an end opposite to the shaft portion 97A in the longitudinal direction thereof. On the bottom surface of the edge guide 25, a round hole-shaped locking recess 25D is formed at a position corresponding to the locking projection 97B of the support member 97. A holding mechanism 90 that holds (locks) the edge guide 25 at the guide position is configured by the spring 98, the locking protrusion 97B, and the locking recess 25D.

As shown in FIG. 25, when the edge guide 25 is in the guide position, the edge guide 25 is displaced downward relative to the shaft portion 97A by the urging force of the spring 98, and the locking projection 97B is displaced downward with respect to the shaft portion 97A. It is held (locked) at the guide position by engaging with the 25D. Then, when the edge guide 25 is lifted against the urging force of the spring 98 in the direction indicated by the white arrow in FIG. 26, the edge guide 25 is arranged at the unlocked position shown in FIG. 27. As shown in FIG. 27, when the edge guide 25 is lifted to the unlocked position, the engaging projection 97B and the locking recess 25D are disengaged, and the edge guide 25 is moved between the guide position and the retracted position. It will be possible to move it. It should be noted that both the bottom surface of the edge guide 25 and the upper surface of the support member 97 are formed with convex portions that mesh with each other when the edge guide 25 is moved to the guide position, and are supported by the edge guide 25 when the edge guide 25 is in the guide position. A medium intrusion prevention mechanism capable of forming an uneven gap between the member 97 and the member 97 may be provided.

Therefore, when the user lifts the edge guide 25 at the guide position shown in FIGS. 24 and 26 slightly upward, the holding mechanism 90 is unlocked (FIG. 27). Under this unlocked state, the edge guide 25 is retracted as shown in FIG. 25 by rotating the edge guide 25 toward the front side about the shaft portion 97A whose rotation axis is the downstream end portion in the feeding direction Y of the edge guide 25. Move to position. In the state where the edge guide 25 is in the retracted position, the above-mentioned projected area is the above-mentioned projected area when the edge guide 25 is in the retracted position, as compared with the first area which is the above-mentioned projected area when the edge guide 25 is in the guide position. 2 The area can be reduced. Therefore, if the edge guide 25 is moved from the guide position to the retracted position, a wide passage is secured when the medium M is set in the supply tray 23 from the front of the recording device 11 via the opening 131.

After setting the medium M on the supply tray 23, lift the edge guide 25 slightly to rotate it from the retracted position to the guide position, and then release the edge guide 25 from the finger. It descends and is locked at the guide position by engaging the locking protrusion 97B and the locking recess 25D. Further, when the edge guide 25 is in the guide position, an uneven gap is formed between the bottom surface of the edge guide 25 and the upper surface of the support member 97 by the meshing of the convex portion (not shown) by the medium intrusion prevention mechanism (not shown). Will be done. Therefore, since even one medium M cannot enter the gap between the edge guide 25 and the support member 97, all of the media M on the mounting surface 23A of the supply tray 23 are X in the width direction by the pair of edge guides 25 and 26. Positioned to. As a result, when the medium M is fed from the supply tray 23, the frequency of occurrence of print position shift, skew, and jam is reduced.

According to this fourth embodiment, the same effects as those of the first embodiment (1) to (12) can be obtained, and the following effects can be obtained.
(16) The retracting mechanism 70 of the edge guide 25 has a relatively simple configuration because the edge guide 25 can be rotated around the shaft portion 97A with one end of the feeding direction Y as a rotation shaft. Therefore, the edge guide 25 can be configured to be movable between the guide position and the retracted position. Further, when the retracting mechanism 70 is a rotation type, the edge guide 25 may rotate due to its own weight or a small external force, but a holding mechanism 90 capable of holding the edge guide 25 at the guide position is provided. Therefore, not only is it easy to set the medium M by retracting the edge guide 25, but also the edge guide 25 at the guide position does not rotate even if it receives its own weight or a small external force, so that the medium M by the edge guide 25 does not rotate. Positioning work in the width direction X is easy, and the medium M can be firmly guided in the width direction X.

The above embodiment can be changed to the following embodiment.
-In the second to fourth embodiments, a holding mechanism for holding the edge guide 25 in the retracted position may be provided.

The holding mechanism for holding the edge guide 25 in the retracted position (first embodiment) or the holding mechanism for holding the edge guide 25 in the guide position (third and fourth embodiments) may be configured to be held by the magnetic force of a magnet. .. In the holding mechanism for holding in the retracted position, a magnet is provided on one of the outer side surface of the edge guide 25 and the inner bottom surface (upper surface) of the recess 123 of the housing 12, and a ferromagnetic material (for example, a ferromagnetic metal) is provided on the other side. In the holding mechanism for holding at the guide position, a magnet and a ferromagnet are provided on the facing surfaces of the edge guide 25 and the base portion 62. Further, the holding mechanism may be configured to hold the edge guide at the retracted position or the guide position by a hook or a snap fit.

The evacuation mechanism 70 may be configured not to have a holding mechanism. When the lock mechanism is not provided in the first embodiment, the medium M can be set while the edge guide 25 is manually pressed to the retracted position.

When the retracting mechanism 70 of the edge guide 25 is a rotation type, a return mechanism may be provided in which the edge guide 25 returns to the guide position by the urging force of the spring.
-In the fourth embodiment, the edge guide 25 may be configured to be movable between the guide position and the retracted position by rotating the edge guide 25 with the upstream end portion in the feeding direction Y as a rotation axis.

-In each of the above embodiments, the evacuation mechanism for moving the edge guide from the guide position to the evacuation position may be abolished.
The supply tray 23 (mounting portion) and the stacker 24 (receiving portion) need only partially overlap with each other in the vertical direction Z. In the above embodiment, when the other is projected in the vertical direction Z with respect to one of the mounting portion and the receiving portion overlapping in the vertical direction Z in the front view, the ratio of the other projection area included in the other is 8 It is set to 100% or more and 100% or less, but it may be less than 80%. Further, when the other of the mounting portion and the receiving portion is projected in the vertical direction Z, the ratio of the other projected area included in the one is 80% or more in both the feeding direction Y and the width direction X. But it may be. Further, the projected area in which the other is projected in the vertical direction Z with respect to one of the mounting portion and the receiving portion is set to 80% or more and less than 100% in the ratio of the other to one, but it may be less than 80%. It may be 100%.

-At least one of the mounting portion (supply tray 23) and the receiving portion (stacker 24) may partially protrude outward from at least one of the openings 131 and 132. For example, even if at least one of the mounting portion and the receiving portion partially protrudes from the opening 131 on the front side, it is necessary to originally secure a space for the user to stand on the front side, so that the occupied space of the recording device 11 is increased. Does not lead to. Further, for example, even if at least one of the mounting portion and the receiving portion partially protrudes from the opening 132 on the side surface side, the recording device 11 is compared with a configuration in which at least one of the mounting portion and the receiving portion protrudes almost completely. The occupied space can be kept relatively small.

The supply tray 23, which is an example of the mounting portion, may be opened only on both sides or one side in the direction intersecting the feeding direction Y of the medium M on the mounting surface 23A (for example, the width direction X). In this case, the supply tray 23 may be open only on one side in the width direction X, or may be open on both sides in the width direction X. It is preferable that the front side of the recording device 11 is open. Further, the supply tray 23 may be open only on the upstream side of the feed direction Y of the medium M. Further, the supply tray 23 may be opened both in a direction intersecting the feeding direction Y of the medium M (for example, in the width direction X) and on the upstream side of the feeding direction Y. In this case, in the width direction X, only one side may be opened or both sides may be opened.

-The number of surfaces (side peripheral surfaces) of the housing 12 that are opened by the opening and the positions of the surfaces can be appropriately changed. In each of the above embodiments, the back portion of the recess 13 may also be opened by the opening, and the three side surfaces of the housing 12 may be opened by the opening. Further, when the two side surfaces of the housing 12 are opened by the opening, the two sides of the front surface and the back surface of the housing 12 are opened by the opening, and the two surfaces of the side surface and the back surface of the housing 12 are opened by the opening. You may. Further, the printing function unit 21 may be arranged on the right side of the housing 12 when viewed from the front, and the front surface and the left side surface of the housing 12 may be opened by an opening. Further, only one side surface of the housing 12 may be opened by the opening. For example, only the front surface of the housing 12 may be opened by the opening 131, only the left side surface or the right side surface of the housing 12 may be opened by the opening 132, or only the back surface of the housing 12 may be opened by the opening. It is desirable that the plurality of openings are continuously opened if the surfaces having the openings of the housing 12 are adjacent to each other. Further, it is preferable that at least the front surface of the housing 12 is opened by the opening so that the mounting portion and the receiving portion in the recess can be accessed through the opening on the front surface of the recording device.

The positional relationship between the supply tray 23 and the stacker 24 in the vertical direction Z may be reversed. That is, the supply tray 23 may be located above the stacker 24. Even with this configuration, the space occupied by the recording device 11 can be kept small. Further, even if the medium M is left on the supply tray 23, the image reading device 30 covers the upper part thereof, so that dust is unlikely to accumulate on the medium M on the supply tray 23.

The order of the vertical direction Z between the cassette 22 which is an example of the medium accommodating portion, the supply tray 23 which is an example of the mounting portion, and the stacker 24 which is an example of the receiving portion can be arbitrarily changed. For example, the cassette 22 may be arranged at the top, and the supply tray 23 and the stacker 24 may be arranged below the cassette 22. Further, the cassette 22 may be arranged between the supply tray 23 and the stacker 24 in the vertical direction Z.

The mounting portion may be a manual feed portion (manual feed tray) that does not have a hopper 28 capable of feeding the loaded media M one by one. Even in the manual insertion unit in which the media M are set one by one, the occupied space of the recording device 11 can be kept small.

The supply direction of the medium M from the mounting portion (for example, the supply tray 23) and the discharge direction of the recording medium M1 to the receiving portion (for example, the stacker 24) are not limited to the lateral direction when viewed from the front of the recording device 11. It may be in the depth direction. In this case, it is desirable that the medium accommodating portion (for example, the cassette 22) is arranged so that the grip portion 22A is on the front side of the front side, and the supply direction of the medium M from the medium accommodating portion is also the depth direction. Further, the feeding direction of the medium accommodating portion, the supply direction of the mounting portion, and the discharging direction of the receiving portion may be oblique directions intersecting both the lateral direction and the depth direction in the front view of the recording device 11. Even with these configurations, the medium M can be placed on the mounting portion and the recording medium can be taken out from the receiving portion through the opening 131 on the front surface of the recording device 11. Since the medium accommodating portion (for example, the cassette 22), the mounting portion, and the receiving portion overlap each other in the vertical direction Z, the space occupied by the recording device 11 can be kept small.

The recording device 11 is not limited to an inkjet printer, and may be, for example, a dot impact printer, a thermal transfer printer, or an electrophotographic printer (for example, a laser printer).

The recording device 11 is not limited to the serial recording method and the line recording method, and may be a lateral scanning method in which the recording head constituting the recording unit can move together with the carriage in two directions, the main scanning direction and the sub-scanning direction.

The recording device 11 is not limited to a multifunction device having a plurality of functions including a printing function, and may be a printer having only a printing function without an image reading device. In this case, the recording device 11 may be configured such that the housing 12 includes a member or an extension portion that covers the upper side of the supply tray 23 and the stacker 24 that overlap each other in the vertical direction Z and is arranged on the upper side.

The recording device 11 may be a multifunction device or a printer that does not have a medium storage unit such as a cassette.
The recording device 11 is not limited to a recording device that records an image or the like on a medium such as paper or film, but is used for manufacturing sheet-like articles such as parts, semi-finished products, and products by using printing technology (inkjet technology). It may be an industrial printing device. As an industrial printing device of this type, for example, a material such as an electrode material or a coloring material (pixel material) is used on a sheet-like substrate used for manufacturing a display such as a liquid crystal display, EL (electroluminescence) or surface emission. Examples thereof include a liquid discharge device that discharges a liquid containing liquid. Further, the recording device may be a three-dimensional inkjet printer that discharges a liquid such as a resin liquid to produce a sheet-shaped three-dimensional model.

11 ... Recording device (multifunction device), 12 ... Housing, 13 ... Recessed, 131 ... First opening as an example of opening, 132 ... Second opening as an example of opening, 14 ... Operation panel, 15 ... Operation unit, 16 ... Display unit, 20 ... Recording device, 21 ... Printing function unit, 22 ... Cassette as an example of a medium accommodating unit, 23 ... Supply tray as an example of a mounting unit, 23A ... Mounting surface, 24 ... Receiving unit As an example, a stacker (discharge stacker), 24A ... receiving surface, 25 ... edge guide, 26 ... edge guide, 27 ... feeding port, 28 ... hopper, 29 ... discharging port, 30 ... image reader, 31 ... main body (scanner). Main body), 32 ... Automatic feeding device, 40 ... First feeding section as an example of a supply section and a first supply section, 41 ... Pickup roller which is an example of a roller constituting the supply section, 42 ... Separation mechanism, 43. … Feeding roller, 44… retard roller, 45… second feeding section as an example of the second supply section, 46… pickup roller, 47… separation mechanism, 48… feeding roller, 49… retard roller, 50… printing Mechanism, 51 ... transport unit, 52 ... transport passage as an example of transport route, 523 ... reverse transport passage as an example of reverse transport route, 53 ... roller pair, 54 ... recording unit, 55 ... support base, 56 ... transport roller Pair (roller pair), 57 ... Discharge roller pair as an example of the discharge part, 62 ... Base part constituting the mounting part, 67 ... Operation lever, 70 ... Retract mechanism, 78 ... Shaft part, 79 ... Guide part, 80 ... Medium intrusion prevention mechanism, 90 ... Holding mechanism, 91 ... Shaft, 92 ... Guide, 97A ... Shaft, 100 ... Control, 410 ... Feed motor, 100 ... Control, M ... Medium, M1 ... After recording Recording medium as an example of the medium, X ... width direction as an example of a direction intersecting the supply direction, Y ... feeding direction as an example of the supply direction, Z ... vertical direction, PA1 ... receiving portion with respect to the mounting portion. Projection area of the receiving surface as an example of the projection area, PA2 ... Projection area of the mounting surface as an example of the projection area of the mounting part with respect to the scanner, PA3 ... Projection of the receiving surface as an example of the projection area of the receiving part with respect to the scanner. Area, TA ... Supply tray placement area, SA ... Scanner body placement area, G1 ... Concavo-convex gap.

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It has a mounting surface on which the medium can be mounted, and at least one of the one side in the direction intersecting the supply direction of the medium on the mounting surface and the upstream side in the supply direction of the medium is open. Placement part and
A medium accommodating unit for accommodating media and
The first supply unit that supplies the medium mounted on the above-mentioned storage unit in the supply direction, and
A second supply unit that supplies the medium contained in the medium storage unit,
A recording unit that records on the supplied medium,
The receiving part that receives the recorded medium and
It is provided with an inverting transport path for inverting the recorded medium and resupplying it to a recording position where the recording unit can record .
The medium accommodating portion, the previously described placing portion, and the receiving portion are arranged so as to overlap each other in the vertical direction .
The recording unit is located so as not to overlap the medium accommodating unit in the vertical direction and to be offset to the downstream side in the supply direction.
The recording device is characterized in that the inverted transport path is located below the recording unit and is arranged at a height position where a portion overlapping the projection region projected in the supply direction of the medium accommodating unit is generated . It has a mounting surface on which the medium can be mounted, and at least one of the one side in the direction intersecting the supply direction of the medium on the mounting surface and the upstream side in the supply direction of the medium is open. Placement part and
A medium accommodating unit for accommodating media and
The first supply unit that supplies the medium mounted on the above-mentioned storage unit in the supply direction, and
A second supply unit that supplies the medium contained in the medium storage unit,
A recording unit that records on the supplied medium,
The receiving part that receives the recorded medium and
An edge guide capable of guiding the medium placed on the above-mentioned mounting surface in the width direction intersecting the supply direction is provided.
The medium accommodating portion, the previously described placing portion, and the receiving portion are arranged so as to overlap each other in the vertical direction .
The edge guide moves with respect to the above-mentioned placement portion at a guide position arranged when guiding the medium in the width direction and a retracted position retracted by rotating or displacing downward from the guide position. It is configured to be possible and
A recording device having a locking mechanism that locks the edge guide in a state of being moved to the retracted position with respect to the previously described placing portion . It has a mounting surface on which the medium can be mounted, and at least one of the one side in the direction intersecting the supply direction of the medium on the mounting surface and the upstream side in the supply direction of the medium is open. Placement part and
A medium accommodating unit for accommodating media and
The first supply unit that supplies the medium mounted on the above-mentioned storage unit in the supply direction, and
A second supply unit that supplies the medium contained in the medium storage unit,
A recording unit that records on the supplied medium,
The receiving part that receives the recorded medium and
An edge guide capable of guiding the medium placed on the above-mentioned mounting surface in the width direction intersecting the supply direction is provided.
The medium accommodating portion, the previously described placing portion, and the receiving portion are arranged so as to overlap each other in the vertical direction .
The edge guide moves with respect to the above-mentioned placement portion at a guide position arranged when guiding the medium in the width direction and a retracted position retracted by rotating or displacing downward from the guide position. It is configured to be possible and
The edge guide can rotate between the guide position and the retracted position with the lower end side of the edge guide or the one end side in the supply direction as a rotation axis.
A recording device comprising a locking mechanism for locking the edge guide to the guide position . It has a mounting surface on which the medium can be mounted, and at least one of the one side in the direction intersecting the supply direction of the medium on the mounting surface and the upstream side in the supply direction of the medium is open. Placement part and
A medium accommodating unit for accommodating media and
The first supply unit that supplies the medium mounted on the above-mentioned storage unit in the supply direction, and
A second supply unit that supplies the medium contained in the medium storage unit,
A recording unit that records on the supplied medium,
The receiving part that receives the recorded medium and
An edge guide capable of guiding the medium placed on the above-mentioned mounting surface in the width direction intersecting the supply direction is provided.
The medium accommodating portion, the previously described placing portion, and the receiving portion are arranged so as to overlap each other in the vertical direction .
The edge guide is configured to be movable between a guide position arranged when guiding the medium in the width direction and a retracted position retracted by rotating or displacing downward from the guide position.
The edge guide can rotate between the guide position and the retracted position with respect to the upper surface of the above-mentioned mounting portion with the lower end side of the edge guide or the one end side in the supply direction as a rotation axis.
The uneven portion formed on the upper surface of the above-mentioned mounting portion and the uneven portion formed on the bottom surface portion of the edge guide are characterized in that they can be meshed with each other in a state where the edge guide is in the guide position. Recording device. It has a mounting surface on which the medium can be mounted, and at least one of the one side in the direction intersecting the supply direction of the medium on the mounting surface and the upstream side in the supply direction of the medium is open. Placement part and
A medium accommodating unit for accommodating media and
The first supply unit that supplies the medium mounted on the above-mentioned storage unit in the supply direction, and
A second supply unit that supplies the medium contained in the medium storage unit,
A recording unit that records on the supplied medium,
The receiving part that receives the recorded medium and
An edge guide capable of guiding the medium placed on the above-mentioned mounting surface in the width direction intersecting the supply direction, and an edge guide.
A hopper capable of moving the medium placed on the above-mentioned mounting surface to a feeding position for contacting the roller constituting the first supply unit and a standby position for separating the medium from the roller is provided.
The medium accommodating portion, the previously described placing portion, and the receiving portion are arranged so as to overlap each other in the vertical direction .
The edge guide is configured to be movable between a guide position arranged when guiding the medium in the width direction and a retracted position retracted by rotating or displacing downward from the guide position.
When it is detected that the edge guide has moved from the guide position to the retracted position while the hopper is in the feeding position, the hopper is provided with a control unit for moving the hopper from the feeding position to the standby position . A featured recording device. An inverted transport path that transports the recorded medium with inversion,
The recording device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising a discharge unit for discharging the inverted medium from the discharge port to the receiving unit. When viewed horizontally from the front, the front-described resting portion and the receiving portion include the projection area of the receiving portion when the receiving portion is projected in the vertical direction with respect to the front-described mounting portion. The recording device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the recording devices are arranged in a positional relationship. The recording device according to claim 7 , wherein the receiving portion covers the upper part of the above-mentioned mounting portion. Equipped with a scanner,
When viewed horizontally from the front
The above-mentioned mounting portion and the scanner are characterized in that the projection area of the mounting portion when the previously described mounting portion is projected in the vertical direction with respect to the scanner is arranged in a positional relationship included in the scanner. The recording device according to any one of claims 1 to 8 . One of claims 1 to 9 , wherein the above-mentioned placing portion is inclined so that the downstream end in the supply direction of the placed medium is tilted downward from the upstream end in the vertical direction. The recording device described in the section. The downstream end position in the supply direction of the medium housed in the medium accommodating portion is located closer to the recording unit in the supply direction than the downstream end position in the supply direction of the medium placed in the above-mentioned storage portion.
The recording device according to claim 10 , wherein the first supply unit and the second supply unit are arranged in a state where at least a part of each other is located at the same height in the vertical direction. The above-mentioned mounting portion includes an edge guide capable of guiding the medium in the width direction intersecting the supply direction.
The edge guide is configured to be movable between a guide position arranged when guiding the medium in the width direction and a retracted position retracted by rotating or displacing downward from the guide position. The recording device according to any one of claims 1 to 11 . The recording device according to claim 12 , further comprising a holding mechanism for holding the edge guide in the retracted position. The edge guide can rotate between the guide position and the retracted position with the lower end side of the edge guide or the one end side in the supply direction as a rotation axis.
12. The recording device according to claim 12 , wherein the recording device has a holding mechanism for holding the edge guide at the guide position. The edge guide can rotate between the guide position and the retracted position with the lower end side of the edge guide or the one end side in the supply direction as a rotation axis.
Claims 12 to 14 are characterized in that the upper surface portion of the above-mentioned mounting portion and the bottom surface portion of the edge guide are formed with irregularities that can be meshed with the edge guide in the guide position. The recording device according to any one of the above. The previously described resting portion includes a hopper capable of moving the medium mounted on the previously described resting portion to a feeding position in which the medium is placed in contact with a roller constituting the first supply unit and a standby position in which the medium is separated from the roller. ,
Claim 12 to claim that when the edge guide moves from the guide position to the retracted position while the hopper is in the feeding position, the hopper is moved from the feeding position to the standby position. Item 12. The recording apparatus according to any one of items 15 .

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