JPH0395038A - Paper feeding tray - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To feed even paper of short length measure positively by providing a paper holding plate with an insert lever fitted to perform the slidable operation of the paper holding plate. CONSTITUTION:At the time of performing hand-operated paper feeding, hand- operated paper is placed on the upper face of a paper holding plate 14, and an insert lever 17 is pushed in, thereby moving the paper holding plate 14 along a paper guide plate 12. The paper can be thus inserted into a paper feeding roller part such as a printer. In case the insert lever 17 is formed to be freely taken out/enclosed, the insert lever 17 is taken out from the paper holding plate 14 at the time of its use and enclosed at other times. Even the paper of short length measure can be therefore fed positively.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a paper feed tray, and particularly to a paper feed tray that stores a plurality of sheets of paper therein, and moves the paper to a predetermined printing position by a paper feed roller inside a printer or the like. The present invention relates to a paper feed tray for supplying paper to a paper feed tray.

[Conventional technology]

Generally, when supplying paper for desired printing to a printer, copying machine, etc., a paper feed tray containing multiple sheets of paper is attached to the printer, etc. 5, and the paper in this paper feed tray is fed. The sheets are taken out one by one by a paper feed roller and fed to a predetermined printing position.

FIG. 2 shows a conventional general printer, in which a flat platen 2 is disposed inside a box-shaped case 1, and near the platen 2 inside the case 1. A carriage 3 is disposed so as to be able to reciprocate along the platen 2.

A print head 4 is mounted on the front end of the carriage 3 so as to face the platen 2, and the print head 4 is shaped so that it can move toward and away from the platen 2. Further, the case 1 has a paper opening 5 formed therein, and a paper feed tray 7 containing a plurality of sheets of paper 6 is attached to this opening 5. The paper feed tray 7
A paper feed roller 8 is rotatably disposed at a position corresponding to the tip of the paper feed roller 8, and near the paper feed roller 8, the paper 6 is placed between the platen 2 and the print head 4. A paper guide 9 is provided to guide the paper. Furthermore, a paper ejection roller 10 is rotatably disposed above the platen 2, and the paper ejection roller 10 has a small diameter roller that holds the paper 6 after printing between it and the paper ejection roller 10. A pressure roller 11 is pressed.

In the conventional printer, with the paper feed tray 7 attached to the paper opening 5 of the case 1, the paper feed roller 8 is rotated to take out the paper 6 from the paper feed tray 7 one by one. , move this paper 6 to the paper guide 9
It is conveyed between the platen 2 and the print head 4 via the printer. Then, by pressing the print head 4 against the paper 6 with a predetermined pressure via an ink ribbon (not shown), and driving the carriage 3, the print head 4 is driven at a predetermined print rate. Desired printing is performed on the paper 6. Then, as the printing progresses, the paper 6 after printing is transferred to the pressure roller 11 of the paper ejection roller 10.
When inserted between the
The paper 6 is conveyed upward and is ejected to the outside from the top surface of the case 1.In addition, if you want to print on paper 6 other than the paper stored in the paper feed tray 7, the paper feed By manually inserting the paper 6 from the top surface of the tray 7 and bringing the leading edge of the paper 6 into contact with the paper feed roller 8, the manual feed 16 is conveyed by the paper feed roller 8 and the operation is performed. It is designed to print in the same way as .

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, in the conventional paper feed tray 7, when printing with the manual paper 6, there is no problem if the paper 6 is large, but since the paper feed slot roller 8 is located at the back of the case, If the paper 6 is short in length, such as a postcard or an envelope, the manual paper 6 cannot be inserted up to the paper feed roller 8, and the manual paper 6 cannot be properly fed. Therefore, there is a problem that proper printing on the manual paper 6 cannot be performed.

The present invention has been made in view of these points, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a paper feed tray that can appropriately manually feed even short sheets of paper.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the paper feed tray according to the present invention stores a plurality of sheets of paper therein, and prints the paper one by one inside the printer using a paper feed roller disposed inside the printer or the like. In the paper feed tray for feeding the paper into the tray, a manual paper guide plate is attached to the top surface of the paper feed tray, and a paper holding plate that holds the edge of the manual paper is attached to the top surface of the manual paper guide plate in the front and rear direction of the paper feed tray. It is characterized in that the paper holding plate is slidably disposed on the paper holding plate, and an insertion lever for slidingly operating the paper holding plate is attached to the paper holding plate. Also, remove the insertion lever from the paper holding plate,
It is installed so that it can be stored.

[For production]

According to the present invention, when manually feeding paper, the manual paper is placed on the upper surface of the paper holding plate, and the paper holding plate is moved along the manual paper guide plate by pushing the insertion lever. This allows paper to be inserted into the paper feed slot of a printer or the like. In addition, in the case where the insertion lever can be taken out and stored, the insertion lever is taken out from the paper holding plate when in use, and stored at other times.

Therefore, even sheets of short length can be reliably fed.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, an embodiment of Masaaki Moto will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, in which a manual paper guide plate 12 is attached to the upper surface of the paper feed tray 7, and a cross-sectional shape is provided on both sides of the manual paper guide plate 12. The guide flange 13 is shaped to have a U-shape. A paper holding plate 14 extending in the width direction of the manual paper guide plate 12 is disposed on the upper surface of the manual paper guide plate 12 so as to be slidable in the front and rear directions while being guided by the guide flange 13. The holding plate 14 has a guide plate 15 extending in its width direction.

On the upper surface of the paper holding plate 14, there is a plate having a substantially L-shape.
A pair of paper width holding members 16 are disposed so as to be movable in the width direction of the paper holding plate 14 along the guide grooves 15, and are further provided at approximately the center of the upper surface of the paper holding plate 14 on the rear side. , an insertion lever 17 is attached. In this embodiment, in order to reduce the size of the entire device, the insertion lever 17 is mounted so as to be rotatable between a stored state indicated by a solid line in the figure and an ejected state indicated by a broken line in the figure.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

First, the paper feed tray 7 contains paper (not shown) inside.
is attached to the printer, and by rotationally driving a paper feed roller (not shown), the paper from the paper feed tray 7 is taken out one by one, and the paper is conveyed between the platen and the print head to perform desired printing. It is something.

In addition, when manually feeding paper, by rotating the insertion lever 17 from the storage state shown in FIG. It is made to protrude to the rear of the plate 14. Then, by moving the sheet width holding member 16 of the set holding plate 14 along the guide groove 15, the width of the sheet to be manually printed can be adjusted.

Next, the manual paper is placed on the upper surface of the paper holding plate 14 between the respective paper width holding members 16, and by pushing the insertion lever 17, the paper holding plate 14 is moved to the guide flange 13. , and the manual paper is moved along the upper surface of the paper feed tray 7. Thereby, the paper is inserted into the paper feed roller portion, and by rotationally driving the paper feed roller, the paper is conveyed and desired printing is performed.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the insertion lever 17
i) By moving the paper holding plate 14 described in a), manual paper can be inserted into the tip of the paper feed tray 7, so even paper with short length dimensions can be reliably fed. This allows for proper printing on manual paper.

This insertion lever does not need to be fixed to the holding plate 14 so that it can be stored as long as the installation of the lever does not cause space problems, such as when the entire device is small. No problem.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments,
Various changes can be made as necessary.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, the paper feed tray according to the present invention has a paper holding plate on which an insertion lever is attached to the top surface of the manual paper guide plate on the top surface of the paper feed tray, and manually feed paper is placed on this paper holding plate. By pressing the insertion lever and moving the paper holding plate in the ti state, manual paper can be inserted into the tip of the paper feed tray, so even if the paper is short in length, it can be inserted reliably. Paper can be fed,
This provides effects such as being able to perform proper printing on manual paper.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a paper feed tray according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a conventional general printer. 7...Paper feed tray, 12...Manual paper guide plate, 1
3... Guide flange, 14... Paper holding plate, 15
...Guide groove, 16...Paper width holding member, 17...
・Insertion lever

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1) A plurality of sheets of paper are stored inside, and the paper is fed into one sheet by a paper feed roller disposed inside the printer or the like.
In a paper feed tray that feeds sheets one by one to the printing section inside the printer, a manual paper guide plate is attached to the top of the paper feed tray, and a paper holding plate that holds the edge of the manual paper is attached to the top of this manual paper guide plate. What is claimed is: 1. A paper feed tray, characterized in that the paper feed tray is slidably disposed in the front-back direction of the paper feed tray, and an insertion lever for slidingly operating the paper holding plate is attached to the paper holding plate. 2) The paper feed tray according to claim 1, wherein the insertion lever is attached so that it can be taken out and stored in the paper holding plate.