RECORDING APPARATUS

• US 20190308429A1
• Filed: 04/01/2019
• Published: 10/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: OTSUKA, Kazuo, OKAZAWA, Yoshiyuki, SHIRAI, Tomoko
• Granted Patent: US 10,759,203 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 11/58 Supply holders for sheets or fan-folded webs, e.g. shelves, tables, scrolls, pile holders
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 13/103 for the sheet feeding section
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 13/106 for the sheet output section
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 29/00 Details of, or accessories for, typewriters or selective printing mechanisms not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 29/02 Framework
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 29/13 Cases or covers

Abstract

A recording apparatus includes: a recording section that performs recording onto a medium; an operation panel which is configured to be tilted to switch between a first position and a second position which is closer to a horizontal position than the first position is; and an open/close structure configured to be opened/closed, and configured to, when open, expose a space around a recording unit under the operation panel which has been tilted at least from the first position into a horizontal direction, and, when closed, close the space around the recording unit. The open/close structure has a pivot center in a lower part of the open/close structure in a closed state, and is configured to open forward relative to the apparatus with an upper part of the open/close structure in the closed state taken as a free end.

Claims

1. A recording apparatus comprising:

a recording section that performs recording onto a medium;

an operation panel which is provided to be tilted on an apparatus front surface, and is configured to be tilted to switch between a first position and a second position which is closer to a horizontal position than the first position is; and

an open/close structure configured to be independently opened/closed, and configured to, when open, expose a space around a recording unit under the operation panel which has been tilted at least from the first position into a horizontal direction, and, when closed, close the space around the recording unit.

2. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the open/close structure has a pivot center in a lower part of the open/close structure in a closed state, and is configured to open forward relative to the apparatus with an upper part of the open/close structure in the closed state taken as a free end.

3. The recording apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the open/close structure is configured to be open further downward from a horizontal plane.

4. The recording apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising:

a medium receiving tray under the open/close structure, the medium receiving tray being configured to receive a medium outputted after recording is performed on the medium, wherein

the free end of the open/close structure which is in an open state is supported by the medium receiving tray.

5. The recording apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising:

a medium receiving tray under the open/close structure, the medium receiving tray being configured to be displaced between a retracted position and a protruded position, which is a position protruded forward relative to the apparatus from the retracted position, and configured to receive a medium outputted after recording is performed on the medium, wherein

the open/close structure in an open state is supported by the medium receiving tray in the retracted position or supported by a frame exposed on the apparatus front surface.

6. The recording apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

the open/close structure in the open state closes an output path for the medium outputted toward the medium receiving tray.

7. The recording apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

an upper unit disposed above the recording unit that includes the recording section, wherein

the free end of the open/close structure in the closed state is located at a position between the upper unit and the operation panel in an apparatus depth direction.

8. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a lock unit that locks the open/close structure in a closed state.

9. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the open/close structure includes a hand grip.