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US 2016/0096381 A1Published application
Recording apparatus and medium feeding device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsTetsuya TAMURA, Narihiro OKI, Tatsuya SHIRANE
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Abstract
A printer includes a lower tray and an upper tray disposed above the lower tray. An optical sensor which detects the presence or absence of a sheet is disposed above the upper tray. The optical sensor is disposed in a roller support member which supports a feeding roller and serves as a swingable swing member. A distance between the optical sensor and the sheet is adjusted by swing of the roller support member according to the number of sheets.
Claims5
A recording device, comprising:
- a tray that includes a mounting surface that mounts the recording medium and that is detachable from a main body of the recording device;
- a feeding roller that feeds the recording medium from the tray;
- a slope that is provided on the main body of the recording device, that is disposed to face a leading end of the recording medium mounted on the tray which is attached to the main body of the recording device, and that guides the recording medium fed by the feeding roller;
- an inclined portion that is provided on a leading end portion of the tray and that projects upward;
- a swing member that supports the feeding roller and that displaces by swinging about a swing shaft between a first position where the recording medium mounted on the tray is fed and a second position;
- a recording unit that has a recording head which ejects a liquid to the recording medium fed from the tray;
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- an accommodating portion that accommodates the swing member in the second position,
- wherein the inclined portion enters into the main body of the recording device beyond the slope when the tray is attached to the main body of the recording device.
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A recording device, comprising:
- a tray that includes a mounting surface that mounts the recording medium and that is detachable from a main body of the recording device;
- a feeding roller that feeds the recording medium from the tray;
- a guide portion that is provided on the main body of the recording device, that is disposed to face a leading end of the recording medium mounted on the tray which is attached to the main body of the recording device, and that guides the recording medium fed by the feeding roller, and that inclines with respect to the mounting surface;
- a protrusion that is provided on a leading end portion of the tray and that projects upward;
- a swing member that supports the feeding roller and that displaces by swinging about a swing shaft between a first position where the recording medium mounted on the tray is fed and a second position;
- a recording unit that has a recording head which ejects a liquid to the recording medium fed from the tray;
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- an accommodating portion that accommodates the swing member in the second position,
- wherein the inclined portion enters into the main body of the recording device beyond the slope when the tray is attached to the main body of the recording device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.