The present application is based on, and claims priority from JP Application Serial Number 2023-042916, filed Mar. 17, 2023, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
The present disclosure relates to a medium conveyance apparatus and a recording apparatus.
There is known a medium conveyance apparatus that includes an outer door and an inner door, and in which the medium jam occurred in the conveyance path located inside the inner door can be dealt with by opening the outer door and also the inner door. With the structure including the outer door and inner door, both doors are closed after the medium jam is dealt with. In this case, if the outer door is closed with the inner door open, the outer surface of the inner door and the inner surface of the outer door may rub by coming into contact with each other.
In the outer surface of the inner door and the inner surface of the outer door, medium support conveying members, such as a driving roller and a driven roller paired with the driving roller to convey the medium, making up a conveyance path for conveying the medium are disposed in some cases, for example. More specifically, the driving roller is disposed at one surface, and the driven roller is disposed at the other surface.
In such a structure, one or both of the outer surface of the inner door and the inner surface of the outer door may be damaged due to the “contact” and “rubbing”. Alternatively, when the medium conveyance supporting member such as the driving roller and the driven roller is disposed, one or both thereof may be damaged.
An example of such an apparatus is the apparatus disclosed in JP-A-2021-70556. JP-A-2021-70556 does not describe or suggest the consideration for the damage.
As described above, in the case of the known structures, in the structure including the outer door and the inner door, if the outer door is closed with the inner door open after dealing with the medium jam, the outer surface of the inner door and the inner surface of the outer door may come into contact with each other and rub against each other, and one or both of the outer surface of the inner door and the inner surface of the outer door may be damaged. Alternatively, the medium support conveying member may be damaged when disposed.
To solve the above-mentioned problems, a medium conveyance apparatus according to the present disclosure includes an inner door openable and closable with respect to an apparatus body, an outer door located on an outer side of the inner door and openable and closable with respect to the apparatus body, and a first conveyance path formed in a region between the inner door and the outer door in a state where the inner door and the outer door are closed, the first conveyance path being configured to convey a medium, in which one of the inner door and the outer door includes a contact protruding part, the other of the inner door and the outer door includes a contact target part configured to come into contact with the contact protruding part, and the contact protruding part and the contact target part are disposed forming a gap in the region between the inner door and the outer door in a state where the contact protruding part and the contact target part are in contact with each other when the outer door is rotated in a closing direction with the inner door open.
In addition, a recording apparatus according to the present disclosure includes the medium conveyance apparatus according to any one of first to seventh aspects described later, and a recording unit configured to perform recording on the medium conveyed from the medium conveyance apparatus.
First, the present disclosure is schematically described below.
To solve the above-mentioned problems, a medium conveyance apparatus according to a first aspect of the present disclosure includes an inner door openable and closable with respect to an apparatus body, an outer door located on an outer side of the inner door and openable and closable with respect to the apparatus body, and a first conveyance path formed in a region between the inner door and the outer door in a state where the inner door and the outer door are closed, the first conveyance path being configured to convey a medium, in which one of the inner door and the outer door includes a contact protruding part, the other of the inner door and the outer door includes a contact target part configured to come into contact with the contact protruding part, and the contact protruding part and the contact target part are disposed forming a gap in the region between the inner door and the outer door in a state where the contact protruding part and the contact target part are in contact with each other when the outer door is rotated in a closing direction with the inner door open.
According to this aspect, one of the inner door and the outer door is provided with the contact protruding part, and the other of the inner door and the outer door is provided with the contact target part. Further, when the outer door is rotated in the closing direction with the inner door open, the contact protruding part and the contact target part come into contact with each other first, and a gap is formed in the region between the inner door and the outer door in that contact state. With this gap, the outer surface of the inner door and the inner surface of the outer door do not come into contact with each other and moreover no rubbing occurs, which can reduce the risk of damage to one or both of the outer surface of the inner door and the inner surface of the outer door.
The medium conveyance apparatus according to a second aspect of the present disclosure is an aspect depending on the first aspect, in which the first conveyance path is provided with a medium conveyance supporting member configured to support the medium conveyed.
When the medium conveyance supporting member such as the driving roller, the driven roller with a toothed structure, and a guide rib (not illustrated) for guiding the conveyance of the medium is provided in the first conveyance path, the damage due to the contact and rubbing is large.
It can be said that when this aspect is applied to the medium conveyance apparatus including the first conveyance path with such a structure, the resulting effects are remarkable.
The medium conveyance apparatus according to a third aspect of the present disclosure is an aspect depending on the second aspect, further including a second conveyance path formed between the inner door and the apparatus body in a state where the inner door is closed, the second conveyance path being configured to convey the medium, in which the inner door and the outer door are opened and closed by being horizontally rotated about rotation shafts as rotation fulcrums, respectively. Note that this aspect may also depend on the first aspect.
In addition, in the medium conveyance apparatus including the second conveyance path between the inner door and the apparatus body, the frequency of opening the inner door is likely to be increased. It can be said that when this aspect is applied to the medium conveyance apparatus including the second conveyance path with such a structure, the resulting effects are remarkable.
The medium conveyance apparatus according to a fourth aspect of the present disclosure is an aspect depending on the third aspect, in which the contact target part includes a slide surface located at an upper portion of the outer door and provided extending in a direction intersecting a conveyance direction of the medium, the contact protruding part slides toward a free end of the outer door after coming into contact with the slide surface, and the contact protruding part is located outside a sliding range of the slide surface in the state where the inner door is closed.
According to this aspect, the contact target part includes the slide surface located in an upper portion of the outer door, and the contact protruding part slides toward the free end of the outer door after coming into contact with the slide surface. Specifically, when the outer door is pushed in the closing direction, the contact protruding part comes into contact with the contact target part and the inner door also rotates in the closing direction while maintaining the contact state, thus maintaining the gap. In this manner, the risk of the damage to the outer surface of the inner door and the inner surface of the outer door can be reduced with a simple structure such as the slide surface.
The medium conveyance apparatus according to a fifth aspect of the present disclosure is an aspect depending on the fourth aspect, in which the slide surface includes a first protruding and recessed part constituting a part of the first conveyance path, the contact protruding part has a width greater than a maximum width of first recesses of the first protruding and recessed part, and the contact protruding part sequentially comes into contact with first protrusions of the first protruding and recessed part when sliding.
According to this aspect, since the slide surface serving as the contact target part has the structure using the first protruding and recessed part making up a part of the first conveyance path, the contact target part can be easily provided without increasing the number of components.
In addition, the contact protruding part has a width greater than the maximum width of the first recess of the first protruding and recessed part, and slides by sequentially coming into contact with the first protrusion of the first protruding and recessed part. In this manner, the contact protruding part can stably slide on the slide surface.
The medium conveyance apparatus according to a sixth aspect of the present disclosure is an aspect depending on the fifth aspect, in which the apparatus body includes a second protruding and recessed part constituting the first conveyance path, and in a state where the outer door is closed, a first conveyance path of the outer door and a first conveyance path of the apparatus body are coupled to each other by a first protrusion of the first protrusions of the first protruding and recessed part entering a second recess of the second protruding and recessed part and a first recess of the first recesses of the first protruding and recessed part entering a second protrusion of the second protruding and recessed part. Note that this aspect may also depend on any one of the first to fourth aspects.
According to this aspect, the first recess and the first protrusion of the first protruding and recessed part mutually enter the second protrusion and the second recess of the second protruding and recessed part, and thus the first conveyance path of the outer door and the first conveyance path of the apparatus body are coupled to each other. That is, the first protruding and recessed part in the portion coupling the first conveyance path on the outer door side and the first conveyance path on the apparatus body side is used as the contact target part. In this manner, the effects of reducing the risk of the damage by effectively using existing structures can be achieved.
The medium conveyance apparatus according to a seventh aspect of the present disclosure is an aspect depending on the fifth aspect, in which in a first protrusion of the first protrusions of the first protruding and recessed part, a side farther from the rotation shaft protrudes more than a side closer to the rotation shaft. Note that this aspect may also depend on any one of the third, fourth, or sixth aspects.
According to this aspect, in the first protrusion of the first protruding and recessed part, the side farther from the rotation shaft protrudes more than the side closer to the rotation shaft. In this manner, when the contact protruding part slides by sequentially coming into contact with the first protrusion of the first protruding and recessed part, the risk of being caught by the first recess can be reduced.
A recording apparatus according to an eighth aspect of the present disclosure is a recording apparatus configured to perform recording on a medium conveyed by a medium conveyance apparatus, in which the medium conveyance apparatus is the medium conveyance apparatus according to any one of the first to seventh aspects.
According to this aspect, as a recording apparatus, the effects of the aspects of the medium conveyance apparatus can be achieved.
An embodiment of a medium conveyance apparatus according to the present disclosure and a recording apparatus such as an ink-jet printer including the medium conveyance apparatus are described in detail below with reference to the drawings.
In the following description, three axes orthogonal to each other are the X-axis, the Y-axis, and the Z-axis as illustrated in the drawings. The directions of the arrows of the three axes (X, Y, Z) are the + direction of respective directions, and the direction opposite to the + direction is the − direction. The Z-axis direction is the vertical direction, i.e., the direction in which the gravity acts, the +Z direction indicates the vertically upward direction, and the −Z direction indicates the vertically downward direction. The X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction correspond to horizontal directions. The +Y direction indicates the front direction of the apparatus, and the −Y direction indicates the rear direction of the apparatus. The +X direction indicates the right direction of the apparatus, and the −X direction indicates the left direction of the apparatus.
A recording apparatus 1 of this embodiment is, for example, an ink-jet printer.
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The recording apparatus 1 is provided with an outer door 17 that is openable and closable in a state where the outer door 17 constitutes a part of a housing 34 making up the external appearance of the apparatus. The placement tray 50 is provided at the outer door 17.
The recording operation on the medium 3 at the recording unit and the conveyance operation for the medium 3 at the medium conveyance apparatus 7 are performed by a control unit (not illustrated). Here, the control unit includes a CPU, a flash ROM, and a RAM. The CPU performs various arithmetic processing in accordance with a program stored in the flash ROM, and controls the entire operation of the recording apparatus 1. The flash ROM serving as an example of a storage unit is a readable and rewritable nonvolatile memory. The RAM serving as an example of a storage unit temporarily stores a variety of information.
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In this embodiment, the first conveyance path 6 is provided with a medium conveyance supporting unit that supports the medium 3 conveyed. Here, the medium conveyance supporting unit is the driving roller 13 and the driven roller 14, but may be provided with a guide rib for guiding the conveyance of the medium 3 and the like. The guide rib and the like form the medium conveyance supporting unit.
This embodiment further includes a second conveyance path 15 formed between the inner door 4 and the apparatus body 2 in a state where the inner door 4 is closed, the second conveyance path 15 being configured to convey the medium. The second conveyance path 15 is located at the position indicated by an arrow 15 in
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In this embodiment, the contact target part 10 is located in an upper portion of the outer door 17 as illustrated in
After coming into contact with the slide surface 20, the contact protruding part 9 slides toward a free end 21 (
In this embodiment, the slide surface 20 includes a first protruding and recessed part 22 that makes up a part of the first conveyance path 6 as illustrated in
The contact protruding part 9 is formed to have a width greater than the width of a recessed groove with a maximum width among the plurality of first recesses 23 (
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A case where a jam of the medium 3 occurs in the second conveyance path 15 of the medium conveyance apparatus 7 is described below. First, in the state of
(1) In the former case where the contact protruding part 9 is not provided, the outer door 17 moves in the closing direction with the inner door 4 stopped, and therefore the opposite portions of the inner door 4 and the outer door 17 come into contact with each other as illustrated in the right diagram of
(2) In the latter case where the contact protruding part 9 is provided, i.e., in this embodiment, when the outer door 17 moves in the closing direction with the inner door 4 stopped, the contact protruding part 9 provided in the inner door 4 comes into contact with the contact target part 10 of the outer door 17 side as illustrated in
Further, when the outer door 17 is moved in the closing direction in this state, the contact protruding part 9 slides while being in contact with the contact target part 10, i.e., the contact protruding part 9 slides on the slide surface 20, and moves in the direction of the free end 21 of the outer door 17. During this, the gap 12 is maintained. Then, immediately before the inner door 4 is closed with respect to the apparatus body 2, the contact protruding part 9 reaches the outside of the sliding range of the slide surface 20 to come out of contact with the contact target part 10 (
(1) In this embodiment, the inner door 4 is provided with the contact protruding part 9, and the outer door 17 is provided with the contact target part 10. Further, the contact protruding part 9 and the contact target part 10 are disposed such that when the outer door 17 is rotated in the closing direction with the inner door 4 open, the contact protruding part 9 and the contact target part 10 come into contact with each other first, and the gap 12 is formed in the region 8 between the inner door 4 and the outer door 17 in that contact state. With the gap 12, the outer surface of the inner door 4 and the inner surface of the outer door 17 do not come into contact with each other and moreover no rubbing occurs, which can reduce the risk of damage to one or both of the outer surface of the inner door 4 and the inner surface of the outer door 17.
(2) In addition, when the medium conveyance supporting member (13, 14) such as the driving roller 13, the driven roller 14 with a toothed structure, and a guide rib (not illustrated) for guiding the conveyance of the medium 3 is provided in the first conveyance path 6, the damage due to the contact and rubbing is large.
When this embodiment is applied to the medium conveyance apparatus 7 including the first conveyance path 6 with such a structure, the resulting effects are remarkable.
(3) In addition, in the medium conveyance apparatus 7 including the second conveyance path 15 between the inner door 4 and the apparatus body 2, the frequency of opening the inner door 4 is likely to be increased. When this embodiment is applied to the medium conveyance apparatus 7 including the second conveyance path 15 with such a structure, the resulting effects are remarkable.
(4) In addition, in this embodiment, the contact target part 10 includes the slide surface 20 located in an upper portion of the outer door 17, and the contact protruding part 9 slides toward the free end 21 of the outer door 17 after coming into contact with the slide surface 20. Specifically, when the outer door 17 is pushed in the closing direction, the contact protruding part 9 comes into contact with the contact target part 10 and the inner door 4 also rotates in the closing direction while maintaining the contact state, thus maintaining the gap 12. In this manner, the risk of the damage to the outer surface of the inner door 4 and the inner surface of the outer door 17 can be reduced with a simple structure such as the slide surface 20.
(5) In addition, in this embodiment, since the slide surface 20 serving as the contact target part 10 has the structure using the first protruding and recessed part 22 making up a part of the first conveyance path 6, the contact target part 10 can be easily provided without increasing the number of components.
In addition, the contact protruding part 9 has a width greater than the maximum width of the first recess 23 of the first protruding and recessed part 22, and slides by sequentially coming into contact with the first protrusion 24 of the first protruding and recessed part 22. In this manner, the contact protruding part 9 can stably slide on the slide surface 20.
(6) In addition, in this embodiment, the first recess 23 and the first protrusion 24 of the first protruding and recessed part 22 mutually enter the second protrusion 27 and the second recess 26 of the second protruding and recessed part 25, and thus the first conveyance path 6 of the outer door 17 and the first conveyance path 6 of the apparatus body 2 are coupled to each other. That is, the first protruding and recessed part 22 in the portion coupling the first conveyance path 6 on the outer door 17 side and the first conveyance path 6 on the apparatus body 2 side is used as the contact target part 10. In this manner, the effects of reducing the risk of the damage by effectively using existing structures can be achieved.
(7) In addition, in this embodiment, in the first protrusion 24 of the first protruding and recessed part 22, the side 29 farther from the rotation shaft 19 protrudes more than the side 28 closer to the rotation shaft 19. In this manner, when the contact protruding part 9 slides by sequentially coming into contact with the first protrusion 24 of the first protruding and recessed part 22, the risk of being caught by the first recess 23 can be reduced.
The medium conveyance apparatus 7 and the recording apparatus 1 including the medium conveyance apparatus 7 according to the present disclosure basically have the configuration of the above-described embodiment, but it is of course possible to change or omit any part of the configuration without departing from the gist of the present disclosure.
The ink-jet printer including the medium conveyance apparatus 7 is described in the above-mentioned embodiment, but a configuration other than the printer may also be adopted. Specifically, the present disclosure is also applicable to other apparatuses including the medium conveyance apparatus 7 that conveys the medium 3.
In the above-mentioned embodiment, a case where the inner door 4 is provided with the contact protruding part 9 and the outer door 17 is provided with the contact target part 10 has been described, but the outer door 17 may be provided with the contact protruding part 9 and the inner door 4 may be provided with the contact target part 10.
In addition, the structure in which the contact protruding part 9 and the contact target part 10 are provided at the end portion of the upper portion of the inner door 4 and the outer door 17 is described above, but the arrangement position is not limited to the upper portion, and the arrangement position may be a middle portion or a lower portion.
In addition, while the structure of the slide surface 20 using the first protrusion 24 of the first protruding and recessed part 22 is described in the above-mentioned embodiment, this is not limitative. Naturally, the slide surface 20 may be provided portions other than the first protruding and recessed part 22, and a slide surface with a uniform flat shape may be adopted.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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2023-042916 | Mar 2023 | JP | national |