Medium placement device and recording system
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsShun ITO, Masaki NAMIKI, Haruna TAKAHASHI, Mio YASHITA
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Abstract
A medium placement device includes a placement unit configured to have cut single paper thereon, a cover member configured to have single paper supplied to or discharged from an opening portion thereon, and a movement unit configured to move the cover member between a first position and a second position that is lower than the first position.
Claims8
A medium placement device configured to have, thereon, a first medium discharged from an opening portion of a processing device, a second medium discharged from the opening portion of the processing device, and the second medium supplied to the opening portion of the processing device, the medium placement device comprising:
- a placement unit configured to have the first medium thereon at a position lower than the opening portion of the processing device,
- a cover member configured to cover the placement unit and have the second medium thereon,
- a movement unit configured to move the cover member between a first position and a second position that is lower than the first position, wherein
- the cover member is configured such that
- when the cover member is moved to the first position by the movement unit, a first surface of the cover member which is a surface opposing to the placement unit is at a position higher than the opening portion of the processing device, and the first medium discharged from the opening portion of the processing device is configured to be guided by the first surface to be placed on the placement unit, and
- when the cover member is moved to the second position by the movement unit, a second surface that is opposite to the first surface is at the same position as or at a position lower than the opening portion of the processing device, and the second medium discharged from the opening portion of the processing device and the second medium supplied to the opening portion of the processing device are configured to be placed on the second surface.
A recording system comprising a recording device and a medium placement device, wherein
- the recording device includes
- a storage unit configured to store a first medium,
- a transport unit configured to transport the first medium from the storage unit,
- a recording unit configured to perform recording on the first medium transported by the transport unit,
- a cutting unit configured to cut the first medium on which recording was performed, and
- an opening portion configured to discharge the first medium cut by the cutting unit, and
- the transport unit is configured to transport a second medium supplied from the opening portion to the recording unit, and to transport the second medium on which recording was performed by the recording unit and discharge the second medium from the opening portion, and
- the medium placement device includes
- a placement unit configured to have the first medium thereon at a position lower than the opening portion of the recording device,
- a cover member configured to cover the placement unit and have the second medium thereon, and
- a movement unit configured to move the cover member between a first position and a second position that is lower than the first position, and
- the cover member is configured such that
- when the cover member is moved to the first position by the movement unit, a first surface of the cover member which is a surface opposing to the placement unit is at a position higher than the opening portion of the recording device, and the first medium discharged from the opening portion of the recording device is guided by the first surface to be placed on the placement unit, and
- when the cover member is moved to the second position by the movement unit, a second surface that is opposite to the first surface is at the same position as or at a position lower than the opening portion of the recording device, and the second medium discharged from the opening portion of the recording device or the second medium supplied to the opening portion of the recording device is configured to be placed on the second surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.