Recording medium support device and recording apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsKazuyoshi IWAMA, Mami HASHIZUME, Kenji OSHIMA
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Abstract
A recording medium support device includes the following elements. A feed tray is capable of receiving stacked recording media. A recording medium support is pivotably connected to the feed tray. The support is switchable between a closing position and an opening position by pivoting. An anti-falling section prevents the recording medium support from falling to the closing position by coming into contact with the base of the recording medium support in the opening position.
Claims8
A recording medium support device comprising:
- a feed tray capable of receiving stacked recording media;
- a recording medium support pivotably connected to the feed tray, the support being switchable between a closing position and an opening position by pivoting;
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- an anti-falling section that prevents the recording medium support from falling to the closing position by coming into contact with the base of the recording medium support in the opening position.
A recording medium support device comprising:
- a feed tray capable of receiving stacked recording media;
- a recording medium support pivotably connected to the feed tray, the support being switchable between a closing position and an opening position by pivoting;
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- an anti-falling section that prevents the recording medium support in the opening position from falling to the closing position, wherein
- the anti-falling section includes
- an anti-falling protrusion arranged on the feed tray, and
- an opposite face that is arranged on the recording medium support and faces the anti-falling protrusion, and
- the opposite face and the anti-falling protrusion are constructed so as to provide a sense of click to an operator when an end portion of the opposite face crosses the anti-falling protrusion due to relative elastic deformation after coming into contact with the protrusion while the recording medium support is switched from the closing position to the opening position, and are constructed such that the opposite face is not in contact with the anti-falling protrusion when the recording medium support is in the opening position.
A recording medium support device comprising:
- a feed tray;
- a recording medium support pivotably connected to the feed tray;
- an auxiliary recording-medium support pivotably connected to the recording medium support, the auxiliary recording-medium support being switchable between a first position in which the auxiliary recording-medium support is superimposed on the recording medium support and a second position in which the auxiliary recording-medium support extends from the recording medium support;
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- an anti-falling section that prevents the auxiliary recording-medium support from falling to the first position by coming into contact with the base of the auxiliary recording-medium support in the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.