The present application is based on, and claims priority from JP Application Serial Number 2022-021892, filed Feb. 16, 2022, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
The present disclosure relates to a medium transport device and a recording device.
As an example of the related art of this type of sheet transport device, there is the one described in JP-A-2004-269151. In JP-A-2004-269151, there is disclosed a sheet transport device in which an openable and closable door holds one roller of a pair of transport rollers and a device main body holds the other roller. When the door is opened, one roller is separated from the other roller by a lock mechanism interlocked with the door, so that the press-contact state of the pair of transport rollers is released.
In the sheet transport device of JP-A-2004-269151, a part for holding the one roller moves integrally with the door, so there is a concern that a mechanism on the door side may become complicated, and also that the weight of the door may increase so it is difficult to open and close the door.
In order to solve the above problem, a medium transport device according to the present disclosure includes a first roller configured to transport a medium; a second roller configured to nip the medium together with the first roller; a first rotation shaft configured to rotatably support the first roller; a displacement mechanism configured to displace the first rotation shaft to a first position where the first roller and the second roller can nip the medium and a second position where the first roller is separated from the second roller; a device main body configured to support the displacement mechanism; and a door that is configured to open and close around a second rotation shaft, which is provided as a rotation fulcrum extending in a direction intersecting the first rotation shaft, and that is configured to rotate to an opened position at which the door opens with respect to the device main body and to a closed position at which the door closes with respect to the device main body, wherein the door includes an acting section, the displacement mechanism includes an action receiving section, when the door is at the closed position, the acting section and the action receiving section are in contact with each other and the first rotation shaft is located at the first position, and when the door is at the opened position, the acting section and the action receiving section are separated from each other and the first rotation shaft is positioned at the second position.
Further, a recording device according to the present disclosure includes the medium transport device and a recording section configured to perform recording on the medium transported by the medium transport device.
The present disclosure present disclosure will be briefly described.
To solve the above problem, a medium transport device according to a first aspect of the present disclosure includes a first roller configured to transport a medium; a second roller configured to nip the medium together with the first roller; a first rotation shaft configured to rotatably support the first roller; a displacement mechanism configured to displace the first rotation shaft to a first position where the first roller and the second roller can nip the medium and a second position where the first roller is separated from the second roller; a device main body configured to support the displacement mechanism; and a door that is configured to open and close around a second rotation shaft, which is provided as a rotation fulcrum extending in a direction intersecting the first rotation shaft, and that is configured to rotate to an opened position at which the door opens with respect to the device main body and to a closed position at which the door closes with respect to the device main body.
Further, the door includes an acting section, the displacement mechanism includes an action receiving section, when the door is at the closed position, the acting section is in contact with and presses the action receiving section, and the displacement mechanism is configured so that when the door rotates from the closed position to the opened position and the acting section no longer pushes the action receiving section, the displacement mechanism displaces the first rotation shaft from the first position toward the second position.
According to this aspect, the door includes an acting section, the displacement mechanism includes an action receiving section, when the door is at the closed position, the acting section is in contact with and presses the action receiving section, and the displacement mechanism is configured so that when the door rotates from the closed position to the opened position and the acting section no longer pushes the action receiving section, the displacement mechanism displaces the first rotation shaft from the first position toward the second position. Accordingly, since only the acting section is provided on the door side, the mechanism on the door side is not complicated, weight is hardly increased, and there is little concern that the door is difficult to open and close.
The medium transport device according to a second aspect of the present disclosure according to the first aspect, wherein the displacement mechanism includes a first cam that is provided on one end side of the first rotation shaft and that is configured to rotate around a first shaft, a second cam that is provided on the other end side of the first rotation shaft and that is configured to rotate around a second shaft, a first contact section that is configured to rotate integrally with the first cam around the first shaft and that is configured to contact the one end of the first rotation shaft, and a second contact section that is configured to rotate integrally with the second cam around the second shaft and that is configured to contact the other end of the first rotation shaft.
And, when the acting section no longer pushes the action receiving section, the first cam rotates and the first contact section comes into contact with the one end of the first rotation shaft to move the one end of the first rotation shaft and the second cam rotates and the second contact section comes into contact with the other end of the first rotation shaft to move the other end of the first rotation shaft, thereby displacing the first rotation shaft from the first position to the second position.
According to this aspect, the structure for displacing the entire the first rotation shaft from the first position to the second position is configured by a cam structure including the first cam and the first contact section provided on one end side of the first rotation shaft and the second cam and the second contact section provided on the other end side of the first rotation shaft. Therefore, with a simple structure of a pair of the cam structures, the first roller can be separated from the second roller by displacing the one end and the other end of the first rotation shaft from the first position to the second position.
The medium transport device according to a third aspect of the present disclosure according to the second aspect, wherein the first cam and the second cam are applied with rotational force by a first rotational force applying member and a second rotational force applying member, respectively, and when the acting section no longer pushes the action receiving section, the first cam and the second cam are rotated by the rotational force to displace the first rotation shaft from the first position to the second position.
According to this aspect, when the acting section no longer pushes the action receiving section, the first cam and the second cam are rotated by rotational force to displace the first rotation shaft from the first position to the second position. Thus, when the door is opened, the first roller can be automatically separated from the second roller by rotational force of the rotational force applying members.
The medium transport device according to a fourth aspect of the present disclosure according to the third aspect, wherein the displacement mechanism includes a slide member to which the action receiving section is attached and a first cam acting section configured to rotate the first cam and a second cam acting section configured to rotate the second cam, the first cam acting section and the second cam acting section being provided on the slide member and when the door is closed, by the acting section pushing the action receiving section, the slide member slidably moves, the first cam acting section rotates the first cam against rotational force of the first rotational force applying member, and at the same time, the second cam acting section rotates the second cam against rotational force of the second rotational force applying member so that the first roller is located at the first position.
According to this aspect, when the door is closed, the slide member slidably moves, the first cam acting section rotates the first cam against rotational force of the first rotational force applying member, and the second cam acting section rotates the second cam against rotational force of the second rotational force applying member so that the first roller is located at the first position. Accordingly, the entire the first rotation shaft can be displaced from the second position to the first position with a simple structure in which the slide member is slidably moved. That is, the first roller can be moved to a position at which the medium can be nipped between the first roller and the second roller. Further, since the slide member does not rotate, it is possible to reduce the size as compared with a structure in which the slide member rotates.
The medium transport device according to the fifth aspect of the present disclosure according to the fourth aspect, wherein the slide member has a plate shape and a plate-shaped surface of the slide member extends along a direction in which the first rotation shaft is displaced from the first position to the second position.
According to this aspect, the surface of the plate-shaped slide member is disposed along the direction in which the first rotation shaft is displaced from the first position to the second position. By this, compared to a structure in which the first rotation shaft is not disposed along the displacement direction, it is possible to achieve miniaturization in a direction, which intersects the displacement direction.
The medium transport device according to the sixth aspect of the present disclosure according to the fourth aspect or the fifth aspect, wherein the slide member slidably moves in the axial direction of the first rotation shaft.
According to this aspect, since the slide member slidably moves in the axial direction of the first rotation shaft, it is possible to achieve miniaturization while securing the movement amount of the first rotation shaft.
The medium transport device according to the seventh aspect of the present disclosure according to any one of the third aspect to the sixth aspect, wherein when the first rotation shaft is displaced from the first position to the second position, the first cam rotates in a first rotation, and the second cam rotates in a second rotation, which is in an opposite direction that is opposite to the first direction.
According to this aspect, when the first rotation shaft is displaced from the first position to the second position, the first cam rotates in the first rotation, and at the same time, the second cam rotates in the second rotation opposite direction to the first direction. That is, since one rotates clockwise and the other rotates counterclockwise to displace the first rotation shaft, the directions of rotational forces applied to the first rotation shaft are opposite to each other and offset each other, so that the first rotation shaft can be stably moved in a displacing direction.
The medium transport device according to the eighth aspect of the present disclosure according to the seventh aspect, wherein the first rotation shaft, which has the first roller, the slide member, which has the action receiving section, and the displacement mechanism, which has the first cam, the second cam, the first contact section, and the second contact section, are assembled via a frame to constitute a single unit.
According to this aspect, the first rotation shaft, the slide member, and the displacement mechanism including the first cam, the second cam, the first contact section, and the second contact section are integrally assembled into the unit. As a result, attach to the device main body is facilitated, and miniaturization is facilitated by unitization.
The medium transport device according to the ninth aspect of the present disclosure according to any one of the first aspect to eighth aspect, wherein the door is located on a side surface of the device main body, the second rotation shaft is located at a rear side of the device main body, and a front portion of the door is a free end to be opened and closed, the displacement mechanism is provided to extend in a front-rear direction along the door in the closed state, and the action receiving section is located at the rear side of the device main body.
According to this aspect, since the action receiving section is located on the rear side of the device main body, there is little possibility that the user carelessly touches the action receiving section in a state where the door is opened. Further, it is easy to reduce the size.
A recording device according to the tenth aspect of the present disclosure includes the medium transport device according to any one of the above described aspects and a recording section configured to perform recording on the medium transported by the medium transport device.
According to this aspect, effects similar to those of the above described aspects can be obtained as the recording device.
Hereinafter, a medium transport device 1 according to a first embodiment of the disclosure and a recording device 100 including the medium transport device 1 will be specifically described with reference to
In the following description, three axes orthogonal to each other are referred to as an X-axis, a Y-axis, and a Z-axis, respectively, as shown in the drawings. The Z-axis direction corresponds to a vertical direction, that is, a direction in which gravity acts. The X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction, correspond horizontal directions. In each figure, the direction indicated by arrows of the three axes (X, Y, Z) is a +direction of each direction, and the opposite direction is a −direction. Here, the +Y direction is the front side of the recording device 100, and the −Y direction is a rear side of the recording device 100.
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The medium S accommodated in the medium cassette 2 is transported through the transport path 4 and passes through a recording execution area of the recording section 3 in a device main body 5. The medium S recorded by the recording section 3 is transported through the transport path 4 and is discharged to the discharge section 6. Here, the transport path 4 in the device main body 5 is not shown.
The device main body 5 is provided with a door 7. In this embodiment, the door 7 is located on a right side surface of the device main body 5, that is, a side surface in the −X direction, and has a second rotation shaft 8 (
On the inner surface of the door 7, a path constituent member 12 constituting the transport path 4 is provided. In a state in which the door 7 is closed, the path constituent member 12 faces a path constituent member 14 on the device main body 5 side to configure the transport path 4.
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The door 7 has an acting section 17 (
The displacement mechanism 15 is configured to displace the first rotation shaft 13 from the first position P1 to the second position P2 when the door 7 rotates from the closed position to the opened position and the acting section 17 no longer pushes the action receiving section 19.
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The second roller 11 is supported by a shaft 16 so as to rotate integrally with the shaft 16. The shaft 16 is rotatably attached to the device main body 5.
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The first rotation shaft 13 of the first roller 9 is attached to the device main body 5 so as to be movable in directions approaching and separating from the second roller 11 as a whole. Here, the first rotation shaft 13 is configured to move while being guided by a guide member (not shown) and to be displaced between the first position P1 and the second position P2.
The structure of the displacement mechanism 15 will be described with reference to
In the present embodiment, the displacement mechanism 15 includes a first cam 25, which is provided on the one end 21 of the first rotation shaft 13 and rotates around a first shaft 23, and a second cam 31, which is provided on the other end 27 of the first rotation shaft 13 and rotates around a second shaft 29. Further, the displacement mechanism 15 includes a first contact section 33, which rotates integrally with the first cam 25 around the first shaft 23 and which can be brought into contact with the one end 21 of the first rotation shaft 13, and a second contact section 35, which rotates integrally with the second cam 31 around the second shaft 29 and which can be brought into contact with the other end 27 of the first rotation shaft 13.
In the present embodiment, the first cam 25 and the first contact section 33, and the second cam 31 and the second contact section 35 are integrally molded from a resin material.
In the displacement mechanism 15, when the door 7 is opened and the acting section 17 no longer pushes the action receiving section 19, the first cam 25 rotates and the first contact section 33 is brought into contact with the one end 21 of the first rotation shaft 13 to move the one end 21 of the first rotation shaft 13, and at the same time, the second cam 31 rotates and the second contact section 35 is brought into contact with the other end 27 of the first rotation shaft 13 to move the other end 27 of the first rotation shaft 13.
By this movement, the first rotation shaft 13 is displaced from the first position P1 (
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Here, both the first rotational force applying member 37 and the second rotational force applying member 39 are torsion coil springs.
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Here, the first rotation shaft 13 receives pressing force from a pressing spring (not shown) in a direction in which the first roller 9 moves to the nip position with the second roller 11.
When the door 7 is closed, the acting section 17 pushes the action receiving section 19, so that the slide member 41 slidably moves in the −Y direction. By this movement, the inclined side of the first cam acting section 43 rotates the first cam 25 via the first sliding convex section 26 against rotational force of the first rotational force applying member 37, and at the same time, the inclined side of the second cam acting section 45 rotates the second cam 31 via the second sliding convex section 28 against rotational force of the second rotational force applying member 39. Accordingly, the first roller 9 receives force of the pressing spring and moves to the first position P1, so that the medium S can be nipped between the first roller 9 and the second roller 11.
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In each drawing, reference symbol 30 denotes a frame to which the first cam 25, the second cam 31, and the slide member 41 are attached.
The slide member 41 is provided on the frame 30 so as to slidably move in the axial direction (Y-axis direction) of the first rotation shaft 13.
Instead of the structure in which the slide member 41 slidably moves in the axial direction (Y-axis direction) of the first rotation shaft 13, a structure in which it slidably moves in the X-axis direction, which intersects the axial direction (Y-axis direction) of the first rotation shaft 13 may be employed. In this case, by changing the specific structure of the related members such as the first cam 25, the second cam 31, the first cam acting section 43, and the second cam acting section 45 in accordance with the movement in the X-axis direction, it is possible to exhibit the same function.
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The window frame member 32 is fastened to the frame 30 by screws 36 in a state in which the first roller 9 is exposed from each window 34.
(1) According to the present embodiment, the door 7 including the acting section 17 and the displacement mechanism 15 including the action receiving section 19 are provided, and the acting section 17 is in contact with and presses the action receiving section 19 when the door 7 is at the closed position, and the displacement mechanism 15 is configured to displace the first rotation shaft 13 from the first position P1 to the second position P2 when the door 7 rotates from the closed position to the opened position and the acting section 17 no longer pushes the action receiving section 19. Thus, since only the acting section 17 is provided on the door 7 side, the mechanism on the door 7 side is not complicated, the weight is hardly increased, and there is little possibility that the door 7 is difficult to open and close.
(2) Further, according to the present embodiment, the structure for displacing the entire first rotation shaft 13 from the first position P1 to the second position P2 is configured by a cam structure including the first cam 25 and the first contact section 33 provided on the one end 21 side of the first rotation shaft 13 and the second cam 31 and the second contact section 35 provided on the other end 27 side of the first rotation shaft 13. Therefore, with a simple structure of a pair of the cam structures, the first roller 9 can be separated from the second roller 11 by simultaneously displacing the one end 21 and the other end 27 of the first rotation shaft 13 from the first position P1 to the second position P2.
(3) Further, according to the present embodiment, when the acting section 17 no longer pushes the action receiving section 19, the first cam 25 and the second cam 31 are rotated by rotational force to displace the first rotation shaft 13 from the first position P1 to the second position P2. Accordingly, when the door 7 is opened, the first roller 9 can be automatically separated from the second roller 11 by rotational force of the rotational force applying members 37 and 39.
(4) According to the present embodiment, when the door 7 is closed, the slide member 41 slidably moves, the first cam acting section 43 rotates the first cam 25 against rotational force of the first rotational force applying member 37, and at the same time, the second cam acting section 45 rotates the second cam 31 against rotational force of the second rotational force applying member 39, so that the first roller 9 is located at the first position P1. Accordingly, the entire the first rotation shaft 13 can be displaced from the second position P2 to the first position P1 with a simple structure in which the slide member 41 is slidably moved. In other words, the first roller 9 can be moved to a position where the medium S can be nipped between the first roller 9 and the second roller 11. Further, since the slide member 41 does not rotate, it is possible to reduce the size as compared with a rotating structure.
(5) According to the present embodiment, the surface 47 of the plate-shaped slide member 41 is disposed along a direction in which the first rotation shaft 13 is displaced from the first position P1 to the second position P2. By this, compared to a structure in which the first rotation shaft 13 is not disposed in a direction along the displacement direction, it is possible to achieve miniaturization in a direction intersecting the displacement direction.
(6) Further, according to the present embodiment, since the slide member 41 slidably moves in the axial direction of the first rotation shaft 13, it is possible to achieve miniaturization while securing the amount of movement of the first rotation shaft 13.
(7) Further, according to the present embodiment, when the first rotation shaft 13 is displaced from the first position P1 to the second position P2, the first cam 25 rotates in the first rotation 51, and at the same time, the second cam 31 rotates in the second rotation 53, which is the opposite direction to the first rotation 51. That is, since one rotates clockwise and the other rotates counterclockwise to displace the first rotation shaft 13, the directions of rotational forces applied to the first rotation shaft 13 are opposite to each other and offset each other, so that the first rotation shaft 13 can be stably moved in the displacing direction.
(8) According to the present embodiment, the first rotation shaft 13, the slide member 41, and the displacement mechanism 15 including the first cam 25, the second cam 31, the first contact section 33, and the second contact section 35 are integrally assembled into the unit 55. As a result, attachment to the device main body 5 is facilitated, and miniaturization is facilitated by unitization.
(9) Further, according to the present embodiment, since the action receiving section 19 is located on the rear side of the device main body 5, there is little possibility that the user carelessly touches the action receiving section 19 in a state where the door 7 is opened. Further, it is easy to reduce the size.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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2022-021892 | Feb 2022 | JP | national |