Printing apparatus to prevent paper-jamming
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsRyo Takano, Yasuhito Tsubakimoto
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Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a discharge unit and a tray. The discharge unit discharges a recording medium printed by a print unit in a first direction. The tray includes a supporting surface that supports the recording medium discharged from the discharge unit, a protruding portion that forms part of the supporting surface and that protrudes in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a convex portion that is provided on the supporting surface and that protrudes upward from the supporting surface. The convex portion is formed on an inner side of the protruding portion in the second direction and overlaps the protruding portion in the first direction.
Claims7
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a discharge unit configured to discharge a recording medium printed by a print unit in a first direction;
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- a tray including a supporting surface configured to support the recording medium discharged from the discharge unit, a protruding portion that forms part of the supporting surface and that protrudes in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and an inclined portion connected to an upstream side of the protruding portion in the first direction and configured to incline upward toward downstream from upstream in the first direction;
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- a convex portion configured to protrude upward from the inclined portion,
- wherein a downstream part of the convex portion in the first direction is formed on an inner side of the protruding portion in the second direction and overlaps the protruding portion in the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.