Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090269116 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a recording head, a holding tray on which a first recording material is set and which is configured to be advanced and retracted in a linear path between a first position wherein it opposes the recording head and a second position wherein it is retracted from the first position, a reverse transporting portion for transporting a second recording material which is set under the second position while reversing the second recording material in a U shape, and a path forming member for guiding the reversed, another recording material to the linear path after the recording material is bypassed above the second position. | 10-29-2009 |
20090271811 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a transport roller that transports recording materials, a holding tray for setting a first recording material, which is configured to be advanced and retracted between a first position wherein the first recording material can be transported by the transport roller and a second position wherein the holding tray is retracted from the first position, and a path forming member for guiding a second recording material from above or below the second position to a position wherein the recording material can be transported by the transport roller, in which a front end portion of the holding tray being retracted to the second position protrudes to a position located between a guide path formed by the path forming member and the transport roller. | 10-29-2009 |
20090284562 | PRINTING MEDIUM DETECTION SYSTEM, PRINTING MEDIUM DETECTION METHOD, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing medium detection system includes: a dark mark provided in a set portion for setting a printing medium on a retaining tray; a bright mark provided in the set portion for setting the printing medium on the retaining tray; and a reflective sensor that detects the existence of a printing medium by using light individually irradiated to the position of the dark mark and the position of the bright mark and reflected from the positions. | 11-19-2009 |
20090295896 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a recording executing section, a transport driving roller, and an ejection driving roller. The recording executing section can execute recording on both a first recording material and a second recording material set on a first surface of a holding tray in a recording execution area. The transport of the holding tray in the recording execution area is performed by the feeding force of the transport driving roller and the ejection driving roller, and the maintenance of the posture of the holding tray in the recording execution area is performed by the transport driving roller, the ejection driving roller, and a posture maintainer located outside a transit area through which the first recording material passes. | 12-03-2009 |
20090295897 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a holding tray, a transport driving roller that applies a transport force to the other surface of the holding tray, and an ejection driving roller located downstream of the recording unit such that the ejection driving roller is placed on the same side as the transport driving roller. The other surface of the holding tray has an irregular pattern including a protrusion and a recess, the protrusion being come into contact with the outer surface of the transport driving roller, the recess being located so as to face the ejection driving roller. | 12-03-2009 |
20090300664 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a tray in which a recording material is to be set, the tray being reciprocated between a first position where the tray is exposed to allow the recording material to be set therein and a second position shifted from the first position in a first direction, where the tray is stored; a transporting mechanism that applies transportation force for reciprocating the tray; and a transportation-force transmitting member that is connected to the tray to mediate transmission of the transportation force to the tray and is capable of increasing or decreasing a space occupied by the transportation-force transmitting member in the direction of reciprocation. | 12-03-2009 |
20090322844 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a holding tray in which a second recording material can be set and a transportation driving roller that transports a first recording material and the holding tray. A front edge of the holding tray is set back from an outer edge of the second recording material set in the holding tray. | 12-31-2009 |
20100033528 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a recording unit, a discharge roller, a release mechanism, and a controller. The discharge roller is located downstream of the recording unit and includes a discharge driving roller and a discharge driven roller that apply a discharge force to the recording medium in a discharge direction. The release mechanism switches the discharge driven roller between a nip position, at which the discharge driven roller is brought into contact with the discharge driving roller when the recording medium is transported, and a release position, at which the discharge driven roller is spaced from the discharge driving roller when the holding tray is transported. The controller controls the transport roller, the discharge roller, and the release mechanism. The controller controls the discharge driving roller to be rotated a predetermined amount in the discharge direction before moving the discharge driven roller from the release position to the nip position. | 02-11-2010 |
20100033529 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - Provided is a printing apparatus for performing a printing process on a printing surface of a printing medium, the printing apparatus including: a transport device which transports a transport object having the printing medium loaded thereon in a predetermined transport direction; and a transport object locking portion which locks a movement of the transport object at a predetermined position on the upstream side or the downstream side of the transport direction, wherein a skewed posture of the transport object with respect to the transport direction is corrected in the state where the transport object is locked by the transport object locking portion. | 02-11-2010 |
20100050193 | RECORDING DEVICE - Provided is a recording device including: a holding tray which is reciprocally transported to a set position for setting a recordable material and another position; a transport roller which applies transport force to the holding tray; and a wrong insertion preventive member of the recordable material, which is provided so as to advance into or retract from the holding tray in a region facing a surface of the holding tray, on which the recordable material is set, when the holding tray is positioned at the set position. | 02-25-2010 |
20110050783 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes: a carriage mounting print head, executing scanning in a direction perpendicular to a transport direction of a printing medium, and being movable in a vertical direction in accordance with the thickness of the printing medium; an encoder scale having a predetermined pattern and extending in the direction perpendicular to the transport direction; a detection sensor detecting the pattern of the encoder scale and including a slit into which the encoder scale is inserted; and a frame shaft-supporting a transport roller transporting the printing medium. The encoder scale stretches in the frame and a predetermined portion of the encoder scale in the extension direction engages with the frame through an engagement section. | 03-03-2011 |
20110057382 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND DRIVING CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a recording apparatus including: a holding tray which is inserted in a transportation path facing a recording head, and is capable of holding a recording medium on a front surface thereof, the holding tray having a plane area used to horizontally hold the recording medium and a sloped area provided in a rear end in a transportation direction and inclined toward a rear surface thereof as it becomes closer to a rear edge; a driving roller which comes into contact with the rear surface of the holding tray; a driven roller which comes into contact with the front surface of the holding tray and pinches the holding tray between the driving roller and the driven roller; and a control device which controls the driving roller in response to the case of transporting the plane area of the holding tray and the case of transporting the sloped area thereof. | 03-10-2011 |
20120224008 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a recording head, a holding tray on which a first recording material is set and which is configured to be advanced and retracted in a linear path between a first position wherein it opposes the recording head and a second position wherein it is retracted from the first position, a reverse transporting portion for transporting a second recording material which is set under the second position while reversing the second recording material in a U shape, and a path forming member for guiding the reversed, another recording material to the linear path after the recording material is bypassed above the second position. | 09-06-2012 |
20140175734 | RECORDING APPARATUS - There is provided a recording apparatus including: a hopper which is swingably installed on which paper sheets are placed; a feeding roller which is rotatably installed in a downstream side of the hopper in a feeding direction and feeds the recording media; a media guide surface which is opposed to an outer peripheral surface of the feeding roller with a gap therebetween; a separating roller which is installed in a downstream side of the media guide surface in the feeding direction and separates the paper sheets through cooperation with the feeding roller, in which the shortest distance between the outer peripheral surface of the feeding roller and the media guide surface in the gap becomes long along with the rotation of the feeding roller during one rotation of the feeding roller. | 06-26-2014 |
20140319760 | MEDIUM STORAGE CASSETTE AND RECORDING DEVICE - A medium storage cassette includes a medium storage portion that stores a medium; and a medium support tray that is provided in the medium storage portion such that the medium support tray can be displaced with respect to the medium storage portion in a slidable manner, the medium support tray being able to be set in a contained state that is a state in which the medium support tray is slid to an upper portion of the medium storage portion and being able to be set in an extended state that is a state in which a medium supporting surface that supports the medium becomes an inclined surface that is oriented obliquely upwards towards an end portion of the medium support tray and in which the medium supporting surface is extended outside of the medium storage portion. | 10-30-2014 |
20140319761 | MEDIUM RECEIVING CASSETTE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - Provided is a medium receiving cassette that includes a medium receiving portion in which a medium is received, a medium support tray which is pivotally provided on the medium receiving portion and of which a state can be switched, in a pivoting manner, between a received state in which the medium support tray is positioned above the medium receiving portion and a medium support surface for supporting the medium is directed downward and an expanded state in which the medium support surface is directed upward and at least a part of the medium support surface is expanded outside the medium receiving portion, and a drawer portion which is drawn out from the medium receiving portion to extend a length of the medium receiving portion in a medium discharging direction. | 10-30-2014 |
20140319768 | MEDIUM RECEIVING CASSETTE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - Provided is a medium receiving cassette that includes a medium receiving portion in which a medium is received, and a medium support tray which is pivotally provided on the medium receiving portion and of which a state can be switched, in a pivoting manner, between a received state in which the medium support tray is positioned above the medium receiving portion and a medium support surface for supporting the medium is directed downward and an expanded state in which the medium support surface is directed upward and at least a part of the medium support surface is expanded outside the medium receiving portion. | 10-30-2014 |