Tray and recording apparatus

• US 20050052517A1
• Filed: 04/29/2004
• Published: 03/10/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/01/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Miyazaki, Kenichi, Fujioka, Kazuyuki
• Granted Patent: US 7,448,617 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 347/104
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 13/106 for the sheet output section
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2402/30 Supports; Subassemblies; Mountings thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2404/691 Guiding means extensible in material transport direction
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2405/11164 Rear portion extensible in parallel to transport direction
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2405/3322 discharge tray superposed to feed tray
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2511/10 Size; Dimensions
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 31/20 adjustable for different article sizes

Abstract

A discharge tray includes a guide portion that is retractable or extendable, relative to medium stacking portions, in consonance with the form of the recording media that are to be discharged. When the recording media that are to be discharged have a predetermined form, the guide portion at the medium stacking portion is prepared so as to guide a recording medium from a discharge portion to the medium stacking portion. With this arrangement, when recording media are so formed that arranging them on the medium stacking portion is difficult, the recording media can be guided from the discharge portion to the medium stacking portion, where they can be stacked accurately.

Claims

1. A tray on which a discharged recording medium from a discharge portion is stacked comprising:

a medium stacking portion on which the recording medium is stacked;

a guide portion provided on the medium stacking portion at a position to which the recording medium is discharged,

wherein the guide portion is configured to be retractable into or extendable from the medium stacking portion in accordance with a form of the recording medium, and

when the recording medium has a predetermined form, the guide portion is extended from the medium stacking portion and guides the recording medium from the discharged portion to the medium stacking portion.

2. A tray according to claim 1, wherein when the recording medium is flat, the guide portion is retracted into the medium stacking portion, and when the recording medium is curled in the discharge direction, the guide portion is extended at the medium stacking portion.

3. A tray according to claim 1, wherein the guide portion includes a slanted member that guides the recording medium from the discharge portion down to the medium stacking portion.

4. A recording apparatus for the recording of a recording medium comprising:

a tray according to claim 1.

5. A liquid ejection apparatus for ejecting a liquid onto a target ejection medium comprising:

a tray according to claim 1.