Imaging device

• US 5,006,884 A
• Filed: 06/02/1989
• Issued: 04/09/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Brother Industries Limited)
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Brother Industries Limited)
• Inventors: Eiji, Shibata, Kazuhito, Ishida, Kazumasa, Makino
• Primary Examiner(s): Hix, L. T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dang, Khanh
• Application Number:
  US07/360,601
• Time in Patent Office: 676 Days
• Field of Search: 355/27, 355/28, 355/72, 355/75, 355/76, 355/133, 430/138
• US Class Current: 355/407
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 2227/325 Microcapsule copiers
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 27/32 Projection printing apparatus, e.g. enlarger, copying camera
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 27/588 Supply rolls; Cutting arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G03F 7/003 characterised by storage means for the light sensitive material, e.g. cartridges

Abstract

An imaging device of the type which utilizes a horizontally movable tray for placing an original thereon and a cartridge of a continuous-form recording sheet is provided with a housing into which the cartridge is accommodated. The housing has a cover connected to a mechanism which locks the original tray at a predetermined position when the housing cover is opened.

Claims

1. An imaging device employing a recording medium, said imaging device further comprises:

a tray member horizontally movable for placing an original thereon, said recording medium being exposed in accordance with an image of the original placed on said tray member;

a housing member for accomodating a cartridge containing said recording medium provided below said tray member said housing member having a cover openable when said tray member is located at a predetermined position; and

control means for controlling said tray member to be locked at said predetermined position when said housing member cover is opened, said control means comprises a crank member vertically displaceable in accordance with an operation of said cover and a locking member for locking said tray member at said predetermined position in accordance with an operation of said crank member.

2. The imaging device according to claim 1 wherein said recording medium is coated with a plurality of photo and pressure sensitive microcapsules, said recording medium being pressurized with a developing sheet coated with a developer material to develop a visible image.

3. The imaging device according to claim 1 wherein said locking member comprises a restraint member adapted to be brought into and out of contact with a predetermined portion of said tray member in accordance with an operation of said crank member.

4. The imaging device according to claim 1 wherein said locking member comprises a pinion member with a rack position provided under said tray member and a ratchet member adapted to be brought into engagement with a ratchet wheel provided on said pinion member in case that said cover is opened.

5. The invention in accordance with claim 2 wherein said recording medium comprises a continuous form recording sheet.