TW201400300A - Printer out tray - Google Patents

Abstract

A printer out tray is located on a side of the paper exit. The printer out tray includes a base board and a supporting member slanted to the base board. The supporting member is slanted relative to a paper exit direction of the printer. A free end of the supporting member is adjacent to the paper exit. Paper exiting from the paper exit is substantially parallel to the slanted supporting member. This printer out tray can avoid rolling the output paper.

Description

Printer paper tray

The invention relates to a printer, in particular to a printer paper tray.

Printers typically include a paper tray for receiving printed paper. The conventional printer's paper tray is placed in parallel with the paper exit direction. When printing paper, some papers will be curled after being ejected, and the paper edges will contact the paper tray to form a curl stack. Affects paper jams caused by subsequent paper exits.

In view of the above, it is necessary to provide a printer tray that can reduce the occurrence of roll paper.

A printer paper tray, located on one side of a paper exit of a printer, the printer tray includes a substrate and a support member inclined relative to the substrate, and the support member is out of the paper exit The direction is inclined, and one of the support members has a free end near the paper exit of the printer.

In one embodiment, the support member is pivotally connected to the substrate, and an elastic member is disposed between the support member and the substrate, and the elastic member can dynamically adjust the relative relationship between the support member and the substrate according to the weight of the paper received by the support member. angle.

In one embodiment, the substrate includes an upper surface and a lower surface, and the substrate is provided on the lower surface with a pivoting portion for pivotally connecting the support member, the upper surface and the support member for carrying paper.

In one embodiment, the elastic element is a torsion spring.

In one embodiment, the support member includes two support arms disposed in parallel.

In one embodiment, the substrate is provided with two receiving slots corresponding to the two supporting arms.

In one embodiment, each receiving slot extends to the end of the substrate.

In one embodiment, the length of each support arm is greater than the length of each receiving slot.

In one embodiment, the substrate is parallel to the exit direction.

In contrast to conventional techniques, the printer paper tray includes a support member that is inclined with respect to the paper exit direction, and the printed paper front end contacts the support member at a parallel or smaller angle to reduce the occurrence of the paper roll phenomenon.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 4, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a printer paper tray is used to receive a paper printed by a printer. The printer tray includes a substrate 10 and a support member 20 mounted on the substrate 10. The support member 20 includes two support arms 30 disposed in parallel.

Referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 4 , in an embodiment, the substrate 10 includes an upper surface 17 and a lower surface 18 . The substrate 10 has a fixing portion 12 protruding from the lower surface 18. The substrate 10 is provided with a receiving groove 15 for accommodating the support arm 30 on one side of the fixing portion 12. The receiving groove 15 extends to the end of the substrate 10. The length of each support arm 30 is greater than the length of each receiving slot 15.

Each support arm 30 includes a support rod 33 and a pivoting portion 31. The pivoting portion 31 is provided with an annular groove 312. The pivoting portion 31 is pivotally mounted to the fixing portion 12 of the substrate 10 by a pivot shaft 35. The annular groove 312 of the pivoting portion 31 can receive a resilient member 50. In the embodiment, the elastic member 50 is a torsion spring.

Referring to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 , the elastic member 50 and the pivot shaft 35 are respectively mounted on the support arm 30 during assembly. The pivoting portions 31 of the two support arms 30 are respectively attached to the fixing portions 12 of the substrate 10. One end of the elastic member 50 abuts against the substrate 10, and the other end of the elastic member 50 abuts against the support rod 33 of the support arm 30. The elastic member 50 provides an elastic force to support the support arm 30. In the initial state, the support arm 30 passes through the receiving groove 15 on the substrate 10. The support arm 30 is inclined at an angle relative to the substrate 10.

Referring to FIG. 4, in use, the printer paper tray is placed on one side of the paper exit 210 of a printer 200, and the printer 200 can be fed from the paper exit 210 in a paper exit direction F. The paper 100 is printed. The paper exit 210 is disposed at a certain distance from the substrate 10 of the paper tray in the vertical direction. The substrate 10 is placed in a direction substantially perpendicular to the paper discharge direction F. In the un-extracted state, the free end of the support arm 30 is lifted up and close to the paper exit 210. The support arm 30 is inclined with respect to the paper discharge direction F of the printer.

At the time of printing, the paper 100 is removed from the paper exit 210 of the printer, and the front end of the paper 100 naturally hangs down against the support arm 30. Since the support arm 30 is disposed obliquely, the front end of the sheet 100 naturally hangs down substantially parallel to the direction of the support arm 30 or has a small contact angle. This can reduce the occurrence of roll paper. Referring to FIG. 5, when a certain amount of paper 100 is printed, the printed paper 100 is deposited on the support arm 30 and the upper surface 17 of the substrate 10. The support arm 30 is pressed by the weight of the paper 100 and is rotated downward relative to the substrate 10. At this time, the newly printed paper 100 also contacts the paper 100 printed on the upper end of the support arm 30 at a substantially parallel or small angle. Referring to FIG. 6 , when the printed paper 100 exceeds a certain limit, the support arm 30 is completely received in the receiving groove 15 of the substrate 10 , and the paper 100 is placed on the substrate 10 .

In other embodiments, the two support members 20 can also receive the paper 100 by using a flat support plate. The elastic member 50 can also be a tension spring directly connected to the substrate 10 and the support arm 30. The elastic member 50 can be selected for use according to the weight of the load and the degree of deformation.

In summary, the present invention has indeed met the requirements of the invention patent, and has filed a patent application according to law. However, the above-mentioned preferred embodiments of the present invention are intended to be within the scope of the following claims.

10. . . Substrate

12. . . Fixed part

15. . . Storage slot

20. . . supporting item

30. . . Support arm

31. . . Pivot

312. . . Groove

33. . . Support rod

35. . . Pivot axis

50. . . Elastic component

100. . . Paper

200. . . Printer

210. . . Paper exit

1 is an assembled, isometric view of a printer tray in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a partial exploded perspective view of the printer output tray of FIG. 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective enlarged view of the portion III in Figure 1.

4 to 6 are side views showing the state in which the printer tray is in use in the embodiment.

10. . . Substrate

12. . . Fixed part

15. . . Storage slot

30. . . Support arm

31. . . Pivot

312. . . Groove

33. . . Support rod

35. . . Pivot axis

50. . . Elastic component

Claims (9)

A printer paper tray, located on one side of a paper exit of a printer, the printer tray includes a substrate and a support member inclined relative to the substrate, and the support member is out of the paper exit The direction is inclined, and one of the support members has a free end near the paper exit of the printer. The printer tray according to claim 1, wherein the support member is pivotally connected to the substrate, and an elastic member is disposed between the support member and the substrate, and the elastic member can receive the support member according to the support member. The paper weight dynamically adjusts the relative angle between the support and the substrate. The printer tray according to claim 2, wherein the substrate comprises an upper surface and a lower surface, and the substrate is provided on the lower surface with a pivoting portion for pivotally connecting the support member. The surface and the support are used to carry paper. The printer tray according to claim 2, wherein the elastic member is a torsion spring. The printer tray according to claim 1, wherein the support comprises two support arms arranged in parallel. The printer paper tray according to claim 5, wherein the substrate is provided with two receiving slots corresponding to the two supporting arms. The printer tray according to claim 6, wherein each of the receiving slots extends to an end of the substrate. The printer paper tray according to claim 7, wherein the length of each support arm is greater than the length of each storage slot. The printer paper tray of claim 1, wherein the substrate is parallel to the paper exit direction.