US 11,590,766 B2Granted

Recording apparatus

AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation

InventorsTaiki Hanagami, Makoto Wada, Kazuya Yoshikaie, Hiroyuki Tajima

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Abstract

A battery mount portion includes a recessed portion into which a portion of a battery enters, a coupling terminal provided inside the recessed portion and configured to be electrically coupled to the battery, and a covering portion that covers the coupling terminal and that constitutes a portion of the housing. In a state in which the battery is unmounted, a cover that covers an area in the battery mount portion other than the covering portion is detachably attachable, and a portion where the cover and the housing overlap each other in a depth direction of the recessed portion is located outside a path of a liquid heading towards the coupling terminal after entering the recessed portion through a portion where the cover and the covering portion oppose each other.

Claims5

Dependent claims

A recording apparatus comprising:

a housing including a recording unit that performs recording on a medium;
and
a battery mount portion which is provided in the housing, and to which a battery is detachably attachable, the battery supplying electric power to perform recording on a medium with the recording unit, wherein
the battery mount portion includes
a recessed portion into which a portion of the battery enters,
a coupling terminal provided inside the recessed portion and configured to be electrically coupled to the battery, and
a covering portion that covers the coupling terminal and that constitutes a portion of the housing, the covering portion extending in a first direction towards an opposite end of the recessed portion from an end associated with the coupling terminal, the covering portion extending in the first direction beyond a terminal end of the coupling terminal,
in a state in which the battery is unmounted, a cover that covers an area in the battery mount portion other than the covering portion is detachably attachable, a cut-out portion being formed in a periphery of the cover, the cut-out portion is formed in the periphery of the cover at a position away from the portion where the cover and the covering portion oppose each other, and
a portion where the cover and the housing overlap each other in a depth direction of the recessed portion, and which restricts the cover from rising from the battery mount portion, is located outside a liquid entering path extending toward the coupling terminal from a portion where the cover and the covering portion oppose each other.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/795,867Filed 20 Feb 2020
Priority: JP JP2019-03023922 Feb 2019
Published: US 2020/0269620 A127 Aug 2020
Granted: 28 Feb 2023
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Classification14 codes

B41J 3/36
Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed: for portability , i.e.…
B41J 29/02
Details of, or accessories for, typewriters or selective printing mechanisms not otherwise provided for: framework
B41J 29/13
Guards, shields or dust excluders: cases or covers
B41J 29/393
Drives, motors, controls or automatic cut-off devices for the entire printing mechanism: devices for controlling or analysing the entire machine ;…