Patent Grant
9475667
1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to a recording apparatus that performs recording on a medium and particularly, a recording apparatus that is capable of performing recording on both surfaces of the medium.
2. Related Art
There is an ink jet printer as an example of a recording apparatus and the ink jet printer has a configuration in which recording is performed on a first surface of a recording sheet as an example of a medium and the recording sheet is inverted, and then recording can be performed on a second surface that is a rear surface of the first surface, that is, the recording can be performed on both surfaces.
An ink jet recording apparatus described in JP-A-2009-083225 is configured such that when performing printing on both surfaces of a sheet, the sheet after one surface (first surface) is printed is discharged on a discharge tray outside of an apparatus body by a discharge roller and then the sheet is on standby on the discharge tray until a standby time elapses according to an ink amount when printing one surface in a state of a printed surface of the sheet facing upward. Then, the sheet is transported to a printing position by an ink jet head after the standby time elapses, the other surface (second surface) is printed, and the sheet is discharged. In this case, image quality of the double-sided printing is stabilized and miniaturization is achieved.
However, since the sheet swells by absorbing the ink, particularly, the sheet on which the recording is performed on the first surface of the sheet tends to be warped making the shape of the first surface thereof convex. Then, when such a sheet is inverted, since the second surface of the sheet is shaped concavely, when printing on the second surface, a leading end of the sheet and a trailing end of the sheet are lifted, there is a concern that the leading end or the trailing end of the sheet is rubbed with a recording head, and then a decrease in recording quality is caused by an inappropriate gap between the head and the sheet.
An advantage of some aspects of the invention is preventing or suppressing a decrease in recording quality when recording is performed on both surfaces, particularly, when recording is performed on a second surface.
According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a recording apparatus including: a medium storage section that stores a medium; a first transport path that is a transport path transporting the medium that is fed from the medium storage section, passes through the recording section performing recording on the medium, and extends on an upstream side and a downstream side of a recording section; a second transport path that is a transport path connected to the first transport path and transports the medium in a reverse direction of a transporting direction by switching back the medium after transporting the medium that has passed through the recording section; a third transport path that is a transport path connected to the second transport path, inverts the medium that is transported in the reverse direction, and makes the medium be confluent with the first transport path at a position on the upstream side of the recording section; and a fourth transport path that is a transport path connected to the first transport path, bends the medium that has passed through the reading section, and discharges the medium by inverting the medium. The second transport path bends the medium by making a first surface facing a recording head configuring the recording section be the inside of the medium that has passed through the first transport path, and the second transport path is formed along the fourth transport path.
In this case, the second transport path transporting the medium in the reverse direction of the feeding direction by switching back the medium after transporting the medium that has passed through the recording section bends the medium by making the first surface facing the recording head configuring the recording section be the inside of the medium that has passed through the first transport path. Thus, the medium is in a state where a second surface side opposite to the first surface is shaped convexly. Therefore, it is possible to suppress lifting of a leading end or a trailing end when recording is performed on the second surface and to prevent or suppress a decrease in recording quality when recording is performed on the second surface. In addition, the second transport path (switchback path) is formed along the fourth transport path that discharges the medium by bending and inverting the medium that has passed through the recording section. Thus, the second transport path (switchback path) and the fourth transport path do not respectively occupy independent regions individually within the recording apparatus and it is possible to achieve further miniaturization of the apparatus.
Furthermore, in the following description, for the sake of convenience, the second transport path may be called “switchback path” or the switchback path may be appended to the second transport path, and the third transport path may call as “invert path” or the invert path may be appended to the third transport path. Furthermore, in the following description, the fourth transport path may call as “face-down discharge path” or the face-down discharge path may be appended to the fourth transport path.
In the recording apparatus, the second transport path and the fourth transport path may be configured such that the medium protruding from the second transport path and the medium discharged from the fourth transport path overlap in a horizontal direction. State where a first medium is discharged from the fourth transport path and a state where a second medium following the first medium protrudes from the second transport path may be controlled so as not to be formed simultaneously.
In this case, since in the second transport path (switchback path), the medium is formed protrudably from an end portion on the downstream side in the transport direction of the medium when transporting the medium that has passed through the recording section, it is possible to cope with a long medium. Then, since the state where the medium protrudes from the second transport path (switchback path) and the state where the medium is discharged from the fourth transport path (face-down discharge path) are controlled so as not to be formed simultaneously, the medium that protrudes from the second transport path (switchback path) and the medium that is discharged from the fourth transport path (face-down discharge path) do not overlap and it is possible to prevent contamination of a recording surface due to overlapping of the medium.
In the recording apparatus, a roller coming into contact with the first surface of the medium in the second transport path may be a serrated roller having a plurality of teeth on an outer periphery.
In this case, since the roller coming into contact with the first surface of the medium in the second transport path (switchback path) is a serrated roller having a plurality of teeth on an outer periphery, it is possible to suppress transcription or white spots in the first surface that is the recording surface.
In the recording apparatus, a first transport mechanism that transports the medium in the first transport path and a second transport mechanism that transports the medium in the second transport path may be independently driven.
In this case, since the first transport mechanism that transports the medium in the first transport path and the second transport mechanism that transports the medium in the second transport path (switchback path) can be independently driven, it is possible to improve a degree of freedom of control in the second transport path (switchback path) and to obtain a good recording result by adjusting a degree of shaping in the second transport path (switchback path).
In the recording apparatus, in the medium directed from the second transport path to the third transport path, the first surface may be bent by making the first surface be the inside of the medium on a downstream side of a pair of rollers provided at the end of the second transport path.
In this case, in the medium directed from the second transport path (switchback path) to the third transport path (invert path), the first surface is bent on a downstream side of the pair of rollers provided at the end of the second transport path (switchback path) by making the first surface be the inside of the medium. Thus, it is possible to perform shaping (second surface side is shaped convexly) of the medium on the downstream side of the pair of rollers provided in the end of the second transport path (switchback path) in addition to the second transport path (switchback path). As a result, it is possible to further reliably suppress lifting of the leading end of the medium or the trailing end of the medium, particularly when recording is performed on the second surface.
In the recording apparatus, a roller coming into contact with the first surface of the medium on an upstream side further than a pair of rollers immediately before being confluent with the first transport path in the third transport path may be a serrated roller having a plurality of teeth on an outer periphery.
In this case, since the roller coming into contact with the first surface of the medium on the upstream side further than the pair of rollers immediately before being confluent with the first transport path in the third transport path (invert path) is the serrated roller having the plurality of teeth on an outer periphery, it is possible to suppress the transcription or the white spots in the recording surface.
In the recording apparatus, the medium may be transported in the third transport path after the transportation of the medium is stopped in the second transport path for a predetermined time.
In this case, since the medium is transported in the third transport path (invert path) after the transportation of the medium is stopped in the second transport path (switchback path) for the predetermined time, it is possible to further reliably suppress lifting of the leading end or the trailing end of the medium by performing longer shaping to the medium (second surface side is shaped convexly) when recording is performed on the second surface.
In the recording apparatus, the second transport path may be formed such that the medium is capable of protruding from the end portion on the downstream side in the transport direction of the medium when transporting the medium that has passed through the recording section, and a state where the medium protrudes from the second transport path and a state where the medium is discharged from the fourth transport path may be controlled so as not to be formed simultaneously.
The recording apparatus may further include: a first flap that switches a downstream side of the first transport path and an upstream side of the second transport path between a connection state and a non-connection state, and a second flap that connects the second transport path and the third transport path when the first flap is switched from the connection state to the non-connection state.
The recording apparatus may further include: a first transport mechanism that transports the medium in the first transport path and a second transport mechanism that transports the medium forwardly and reversely in the second transport path, in which the first transport mechanism and the second transport mechanism may be respectively independently driven.
In the recording apparatus, when the first flap is in the connection state, a trailing end side of the second medium transported from the first transport path to the second transport path in a transport direction may pass through the first flap, thereafter, the first flap may be switched to the non-connection state, and thereafter, the first medium may be transported from the recording section to the fourth transport path and the second medium may be transported to the third transport path by driving the second transport mechanism by connection of the second flap before the first medium is discharged from the fourth transport path.
In the recording apparatus, the second medium that is transported to the second transport path may be on standby for a predetermined time in the second transport path.
In the recording apparatus, when the first flap is in the connection state, a trailing end side of the second medium transported from the first transport path to the second transport path in a transport direction may pass through the first flap and thereafter, the first flap may be switched to the non-connection state, and, thereafter, a third medium following the second medium may be fed from the medium storage section and the second medium may be transported to the third transport path by driving the second transport mechanism by the connection of the second flap before the first flap is connected so that the third medium passes through the recording section and is directed to the second transport path.
In the recording apparatus, the second medium may be transported to the third transport path before the first medium is discharged from the fourth transport path. The recording apparatus may include a second transport path member that has the second transport path, and a fourth transport path member that has the fourth transport path. The second transport path member may have a roller for transporting the medium and the fourth transport path member may have a roller for transporting the medium. The second transport path member and the fourth transport path member may be configured to be displaced between a mounting state in which the second transport path member and the fourth transport path member are adjacent to each other and a separation state in which the second transport path member and the fourth transport path member are separated from each other. In this case, it is possible to easily remove the medium when the medium is jammed.
The invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein like numbers reference like elements.
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the invention will be described based on the drawings, but the invention is not limited to the embodiments described below and may be modified in various ways within the scope of the invention described in the claims. Hereinafter, one embodiment is described assuming that the various modifications are included within the invention.
Hereinafter, an entire configuration of the printer 1 that performs ink jet recording on a recording sheet as an example of a medium will be outlined with reference to
The ink jet printer 1 in
Reference numeral 5 is an operation section for performing various operations of the printer 1, reference numeral 4 is a tray for receiving the recording sheet that is discharged after recording is performed, and more specifically, is a face-down sheet discharge tray for receiving the recording sheet that is discharged by making a recording surface on which the last recording is performed be a lower side. Reference numeral 35 is a feeding unit and the feeding unit 35 can be open and closed with respect to the apparatus body 2A by rotating about a pivot point (not illustrated). Reference numeral 6 is a manual feeding tray provided in the feeding unit 35 and the manual feeding tray 6 is rotated about a rotation shaft 6a illustrated in
Moreover, a side of the printer 1 on which the operation section 5 is disposed is a front side of the apparatus and a side on which the manual feeding tray 6 is provided is a right side of the apparatus. That is, feeding, transport, and discharge of the sheet in the printer 1 are performed along a right-left direction of the apparatus. A face-up discharge tray 7 (
Subsequently, the sheet transport path in the printer 1 will be outlined with reference to
Furthermore, the printer 1 has two sheet discharge methods of a face-up discharge (see a face-up discharge trajectory T1) method in which a recording surface on which the last recording is performed is discharged while the recording surface is facing upward and a face-down discharge (see a face-down discharge trajectory T2) method in which the recording surface on which the last recording is performed is discharged while the recording surface is facing downward.
Furthermore, in
Then, the printer 1 includes five sheet transport paths of a recording transport path R1 as “first transport path”, a switchback path R2 as “second transport path”, an invert path R3 as “third transport path”, a face-down discharge path R4 as “fourth transport path”, and a face-up discharge path R5.
Paths except for the face-up discharge path R5 of the five sheet transport paths are described later with reference to
Reference numeral 33 in
The flap 33 is in a state of being illustrated in the solid line in
Moreover, reference numeral 9 in
Hereinafter, in
The sheet cassette 10A detachably provided in the apparatus body 2A includes a hopper 11. The hopper 11 swings about a shaft 11a and thereby a recording sheet P stored in the sheet cassette 10A comes into contact with or separates from a feeding roller 12 that is driven to rotate by a motor (not illustrated).
The recording sheets fed by the feeding roller 12 from the sheet cassette 10A are separated (double feed prevention) by passing through a nip position by a separation roller pair 13 and reach the transport roller pair 17 by receiving a transporting force from a transport roller pair 14. Similarly, the extension units 2B and 2C (
The recording sheet P supplied through the manual feeding tray 6 reaches the transport roller pair 17 by receiving a feeding force from a feeding roller pair 15.
Hereinafter, the sheet transport path on the downstream side further than the transport roller pair 17 will be described with reference to
First, a roller provided in each sheet transport path is described. In
The rollers G are a driven roller that are driven to rotate by coming into contact with the recording sheet and are provided in a pair with the rollers F having an appropriate interval from each other in the sheet width direction. The roller G is a serrated roller having a plurality of teeth on an outer periphery and controls white spots or transcription of ink of the recording surface on which the recording is performed already by coming into point contact with the recording surface.
In addition, the driven roller G is provided in an appropriate position on the sheet transport path and is, particularly, provided on a side coming into contact with the recording surface on which the recording is performed already in addition to configuring each transport roller pair.
Meanwhile, the transport roller pairs 17, 18, and 29 have configurations different from those of the transport roller pairs 19 to 28. Specifically, the transport roller pair 17 includes a driving roller 17a that is driven to rotate and a driven roller 17b capable of being driven to rotate, and the driven roller 17b is a resin roller having a smooth outer periphery surface. Similarly, the transport roller pair 18 includes a driving roller 18a that is driven to rotate and a driven roller 18b capable of being driven to rotate, and the driven roller 18b is a resin roller having a smooth outer periphery surface. Similarly, the transport roller pair 29 includes a driving roller 29a that is driven to rotate and a driven roller 29b capable of being driven to rotate, and the driven roller 29b is a resin roller having a smooth outer periphery surface.
The recording sheet is guided by upper and lower guiding members between respective rollers described above. In order to avoid complication in
Substantially, each of sheet transport paths (R1 to R4) will be described.
The recording transport path R1 as the first transport path passes through below an ink jet recording head 8 as the recording section in which the recording is performed on the recording sheet and extends to the upstream side and the downstream side thereof. In the embodiment, for the sake of convenience, the recording transport path R1 is substantially from a position M1 to a position M2 of
In addition, the ink jet recording head 8 in the embodiment is a recording head that is provided such that the nozzles ejecting the ink cover an entire region of the sheet in the sheet width direction and is configured of the recording head capable of performing recording on an entirety of the sheet width because of not moving in the sheet width direction.
The switchback path R2 as the second transport path is a transport path connected to the recording transport path R1, is a path to transport the recording sheet in a reverse direction (right direction in
The invert path R3 as the third transport path is a transport path connected to the switchback path R2, inverts the recording sheet transported in the reverse direction (right direction in
The face-down discharge path R4 as the fourth transport path is a transport path connected to the recording transport path R1, bends the recording sheet passing through below the ink jet recording head 8 by making a surface of the recording sheet facing the ink jet recording head 8 be the inside, and is a path for discharging the recording sheet by inverting the recording sheet. In the embodiment, for the sake of convenience, the face-down discharge path R4 is substantially on a left side further than the position M2 in
Next, a connection section of each transport path is provided with a first flap 31 and a second flap 32 as path switching members performing switching the transport path. Hereinafter, the flaps will be described with reference to
The first flap 31 is capable of swing about a swing fulcrum 31a by receiving a driving force from a driving unit (not illustrated). Furthermore, the second flap 32 is engageably provided with the first flap 31 through an engaging section (not illustrated) and swings about a swing fulcrum 32a according to the swing of the first flap 31.
In a state of
In a state of
Substantially, an example of the sheet transport in the sheet transport path of the printer 1 configured as described above will be described with reference to
Reference numeral P1 in
Next, the first recording sheet P1 is transported to the invert path R3 as illustrated in
Next, the recording sheet P1 transported to the invert path R3 is transported below the ink jet recording head 8 again as illustrated in
Next, the first recording sheet P1 on which the recording is performed on the second surface passes through the face-down discharge path R4 as illustrated in
Thereafter, simultaneously, a fourth, fifth, etc. recording sheets are sequentially fed, and a series of processes of the recording and inverting of the first surface, the recording of the second surface, and discharging of the recording sheet are performed.
In addition, the control section 9 of the printer 1 uses the transport roller pair 29 in the invert path R3 and corrects skew of the recording sheet, that is, performs a so-called skew removal by abutting the leading end of the sheet to the transport roller pair 17 in a state where the rotation is stopped.
Since the printer 1 according to the embodiment has the dedicated switchback path R2 as described above, it is possible to feed the recording sheet to the next transport path sequentially and quickly without it being necessary to wait for processing of the preceding recording sheet. As a result, in the printer 1, it is possible to further achieve improvement of a throughput.
Substantially, characteristic configurations of the printer 1 according to the invention configured as described above will be further described.
First, the switchback path R2 in the printer 1 has a form in which the recording sheet that has passed through the recording transport path R1 is bent by making the first surface facing the ink jet recording head 8 be the inside.
Operational effects according to the configuration are as follows. That is, since the recording sheet swells by absorbing the ink, particularly, the recording sheet in which the recording is performed on the first surface tends to warp by making the shape of the first surface side of the sheet be convex. Then, if such a recording sheet is inverted, since the recording sheet is warped by making the shape of the second surface of the sheet be concave, when the second surface is recorded, the leading end of the sheet and the trailing end of the sheet are in a lifted state, the leading end or the trailing end of the sheet is rubbed with the ink jet recording head 8, and a gap between the ink jet recording head 8 and the recording sheet is not appropriate, and thereby the recording quality may be decreased.
However, in the switchback path R2 of the printer 1 according to the invention, since the recording sheet that has passed through the recording transport path R1 is formed in a bent state by making the first surface facing the ink jet recording head 8 be the inside, the recording sheet is in a state where the second surface side opposite to the first surface is shaped convexly. Thus, it is possible to suppress lifting of the leading end or the trailing end when the second surface is recorded and to prevent or suppress the decrease in the recording quality when the second surface is recorded.
Furthermore, since the switchback path R2 bends the recording sheet that has passed through below the ink jet recording head 8 and is formed along the face-down discharge path discharging the recording sheet by inverting the recording sheet, it is possible to achieve miniaturization of the apparatus further without the switchback path R2 and face-down discharge path occupying individual independent regions respectively within the apparatus.
Furthermore, since the driven roller G that is the roller coming into contact with the first surface (surface on which the recording is initially performed) of the recording sheet is the serrated roller having the plurality of teeth on the outer periphery in the switchback path R2, it is possible to suppress the transcription or white spots in the first surface, that is, the recording surface on which the recording is performed already.
Furthermore, if the transport roller pairs 17, 18, and 19 that transport the recording sheet in the recording transport path R1 are the first transport mechanism and the transport roller pair 26 transporting the recording sheet in the switchback path R2 is the second transport mechanism, the first transport mechanism and the second transport mechanism in the embodiment are configured to be independently driven. Thus, a degree of freedom of control in the switchback path R2 is improved and it is possible to obtain good recording effects by adjusting a degree of shaping in the switchback path R2.
Here, adjustment of the degree of shaping in the switchback path R2 can be performed by adjusting a stop time of the transport roller pair 26. The adjustment will be described with reference to
The transport direction of the recording sheet P1 transported to the switchback path R2 is switched (switched back) in a state where the trailing end when the first surface is recorded is nipped by the transport roller pair 26 as illustrated in
Next, the recording sheet P1 is transported to the invert path R3 (step S105:
In addition, the wait time t1 can be adjusted by contents of the first surface recording. For example, if the recording on the first surface is only text printing which is small in an ink ejecting amount, the wait time t1 is short, or may be zero. Of course, if the recording is performed only on the second surface without performing the recording on the first surface, the wait time t1 may be zero. Furthermore, it is also possible to adjust the wait time t1 depending on a recording duty value when recording is performed on the first surface.
Here, the recording duty value is a ratio of covering the ink per unit area of the recording surface. For example, if the recording duty value is 50%, 50% of unit area of the recording surface is covered by the ink.
Thus, for example, if the recording duty value is high, since a degree of swelling due to absorption of the ink, that is, the lifting of the sheet when the recording is performed on the second surface, is remarkable, the wait time t1 is increased. In contrast, if the recording duty value is low, the wait time t1 is decreased (including zero).
Thus, it is possible to effectively suppress lifting of the leading end region or the trailing end region when the recording is performed on the second surface and to prevent or suppress the decrease in the recording quality when the recording is performed on the second surface while suppressing the decrease in the recording throughput to the minimum.
Furthermore, if attention is paid to suppression of the lifting of the leading end region or the trailing end region when the recording is performed on the second surface, the recording duty value described above may be used as the recording duty value of the leading end region of the sheet or the trailing end region of the sheet when the recording is performed on the first surface. Thus, for example, even if a recording duty value of a center region of the sheet is high, if the recording duty value of the leading end region or the trailing end region of the sheet is low, it is possible to decrease the wait time t1 and to achieve both prevention of the decrease in the recording quality and prevention of the decrease in the throughput.
Furthermore, the wait time t1 may be adjusted depending on a type of the sheet. For example, if the recording sheet is thick as a glossy paper, since the degree of the swelling due to the absorption of the ink, that is, the lifting of the sheet when the recording is performed on the second surface, is small, the wait time t1 is shortened or is zero. In contrast, if the degree of the swelling of the recording sheet is remarkable due to the absorption of the ink as the recording sheet is a thin plain paper, the wait time t1 is increased.
As described above, if the wait time t1 is adjusted depending on the type of the sheet, it is possible to further appropriately and reliably suppress the lifting of the leading end region or the trailing end region when the recording is performed on the second surface and to prevent or suppress the decrease in the recording quality when the recording is performed on the second surface.
Furthermore, it is also possible to perform as follows by using the characteristics of the sheet transport paths according to the embodiment. In
A curvature of the bent section A2 is greater than a curvature of the bent section A1 in the switchback path R2 in the embodiment.
Thus, it is possible to perform more powerful shaping (shaping of the second surface side to be convex) in the leading end or the trailing end of the recording sheet on the downstream side of the transport roller pair 26 provided at the end of the switchback path R2 in addition to the switchback path R2. Particularly, if a wait time t2 is provided in a state of being illustrated in
Substantially, the characteristics of the printer 1 according to the invention will be further described. Since the driven roller G coming into contact with the first surface of the recording sheet on the upstream side further than the transport roller pair 29 immediately before being confluent with the recording transport path R1 in the invert path R3 is the serrated roller having the plurality of teeth on the outer periphery, it is possible to suppress the transcription or the white spots in the first surface.
Furthermore, the switchback path R2 in the embodiment is formed such that the recording sheet can be protruded from the end portion on the downstream side in the transport direction when the recording sheet that has passed through (passing through the recording transport path R1) below the ink jet recording head 8 is transported.
Then, in the embodiment, control is performed such that a state where the recording sheet is protruded from the switchback path R2 and a state where the recording sheet is discharged from the face-down discharge path R4 are not generated simultaneously.
Thus, the recording sheet (reference numeral P5 in
In addition, if a paper jam occurs in the switchback path R2 or the face-down discharge path R4, it is possible to easily perform a jam processing operation by a path opening mechanism illustrated in
In addition, the ink jet recording head 8 in the embodiment is the recording head that is provided such that the nozzles ejecting the ink cover an entire region in the sheet width direction and is configured of the recording head capable of performing recording on an entirety of the sheet width because of not moving in the sheet width direction, but the ink jet recording head 8 may be configured as a recording head capable of performing the recording on the entirety in the sheet width with movement in the sheet width direction.
Furthermore, the face-down discharge path R4 (fourth transport path) may not necessarily be formed along the switchback path (second transport path).
The entire disclosure of Japanese Patent Application No.: 2014-065576, filed Mar. 27, 2014 is expressly incorporated by reference herein.
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