Print device and platen unit
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHidekazu Komiya
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Abstract
A print device includes a head, a platen unit, and a platen support portion. The head is configured to discharge a liquid onto a print medium. The platen unit includes a platen, a mount portion, and a connection portion. The platen support portion mounts with the mount portion. The platen support portion is movable between a print position and a set position. The set position is a position in which the print medium is to be removed from the platen. The platen has a surface on which a print medium is to be placed. The connection portion connects the mount portion and the platen such that a position of the platen is changeable between a first position and a second position with respect to the mount portion. The second position is a different position from the first position in a direction along the surface.
Claims22
A print device comprising:
- a head configured to discharge a liquid onto a print medium;
- a platen unit including a platen, a mount portion, and a connection portion;
- and
- a platen support portion supporting the platen unit, the platen support portion mounting with the mount portion, the platen support portion being movable between a print position and a set position, the print position being a position in which printing is to be performed on the print medium by the liquid discharged from the head, and the set position being a position in which the print medium is to be placed onto the platen or to be removed from the platen, and
- wherein
- the platen has a surface on which a print medium is to be placed, and
- the connection portion connects the mount portion and the platen such that a position of the platen is changeable between a first positon and a second position with respect to the mount portion, the second positon being a different position from the first position in a direction along the surface.
A platen unit comprising:
- a platen having a surface on which a print medium is to be placed;
- a mount portion mounted on a platen support portion provided in a print device;
- and
- a connection portion connecting the mount portion and the platen such that a position of the platen is changeable between a first position and a second position with respect to the mount portion, the second position being a different position from the first position in a first direction along the surface, an overall length of the platen unit in the first direction being kept constant at the first position and the second position,
- wherein a first area is contained in a second area, the first area being obtained by projecting the mount portion onto a virtual reference plane parallel to the surface of the platen from a perpendicular direction with respect to the surface of the platen, the second area being obtained by projecting onto the virtual reference plane from the perpendicular direction at least one of the components selected from the group consisting of:
- the platen and the connection portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.