Medium-transport apparatus and medium-transport system
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsAkihisa Wanibe, Hironori Matsuoka
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Abstract
A medium-transport apparatus includes: an apparatus main body having the transport path for transporting the medium; and a cover CV provided on the side surface of the apparatus main body and configured to be switched between a first state of exposing the transport path and a second state of covering the transport path. The cover CV is divided into: a first cover that has the rotation shaft along a Z-axis and is rotatable with respect to the apparatus main body; and a second cover that is arranged on a −Z side of the first cover, has the rotation shaft along a Y-axis on the Z-side, and is rotatable with respect to the apparatus main body.
Claims18
A medium-transport apparatus in which a Z-axis orthogonal to an installation surface of the medium-transport apparatus has a +Z side set on a side of the medium-transport apparatus and a −Z side set on an opposite side with respect to the installation surface, and two axes orthogonal to each other in in-plane directions of the installation surface are an X-axis and a Y-axis,
- the apparatus comprising:
- an apparatus main body having a transport path that transports a medium;
- and
- a cover provided on a side surface of the apparatus main body and configured to be switched between a first state for exposing the transport path and a second state for covering the transport path, wherein
- the cover is divided into
- a first cover that has a rotation shaft along the Z-axis and is configured to rotate with respect to the apparatus main body,
- a second cover that is arranged on the −Z side of the first cover, has a rotation shaft along the Y-axis on the −Z side, and is configured to rotate with respect to the apparatus main body,
- the apparatus main body is configured such that the medium is fed from a feeding device which is arranged in an X-axis direction with respect to the apparatus main body, accommodates the medium, and feeds the medium that is accommodated to the transport path, and
- a lower end of the first cover on the −Z side is closer to the +Z side than an upper end of the feeding device on the +Z side.
A medium-transport apparatus in which a Z-axis orthogonal to an installation surface of the medium-transport apparatus has a +Z side set on a side of the medium-transport apparatus and a −Z side set on an opposite side with respect to the installation surface, and two axes orthogonal to each other in in-plane directions of the installation surface are an X-axis and a Y-axis,
- the apparatus comprising:
- an apparatus main body having a transport path that transports a medium;
- and
- a cover provided on a side surface of the apparatus main body and configured to be switched between a first state for exposing the transport path and a second state for covering the transport path, wherein
- the cover is divided into
- a first cover that has a rotation shaft along the Z-axis and is configured to rotate with respect to the apparatus main body,
- a second cover that is arranged on the −Z side of the first cover, has a rotation shaft along the Y-axis on the −Z side, and is configured to rotate with respect to the apparatus main body, and
- a dimension in a Y-axis direction of the first cover is smaller than a dimension in a Z-axis direction of the first cover.
A medium-transport system comprising:
- a medium-transport apparatus;
- and
- a feeding device that feeds a medium to the medium-transport apparatus, wherein
- the medium-transport apparatus in which a Z-axis orthogonal to an installation surface of the medium-transport apparatus has a +Z side set on a side of the medium-transport apparatus and a −Z side set on an opposite side with respect to the installation surface, and two axes orthogonal to each other in in-plane directions of the installation surface are an X-axis and a Y-axis, includes
- an apparatus main body having a transport path that transports a medium and
- a cover provided on a side surface of the apparatus main body and configured to be switched between a first state for exposing the transport path and a second state for covering the transport path,
- the cover is divided into
- a first cover that has a rotation shaft along the Z-axis and is configured to rotate with respect to the apparatus main body, and
- a second cover that is arranged on the −Z side of the first cover, has a rotation shaft along the Y-axis on the −Z side, and is configured to rotate with respect to the apparatus main body,
- the feeding device is arranged in an X-axis direction with respect to the apparatus main body of the medium-transport apparatus, accommodates the medium, and is configured to feed the medium that is accommodated to the transport path,
- the medium-transport apparatus is configured such that the medium is fed from the feeding device, and
- a lower end of the first cover on the −Z side is closer to the +Z side than an upper end of the feeding device on the +Z side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.