Assisting tool and recording device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorKazuhiro NISHIYAMA
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An assisting tool assists a pull-out operation of a cassette configured to be able to advance and retreat in relation to a housing between an accommodated position where the cassette is accommodated in the housing and a pulled-out position where the cassette is pulled out from the housing, and the cassette is formed with a handhold part recessed in a push-in direction opposite to a pull-out direction from a surface intersecting the pull-out direction, and the assisting tool includes a rod part, and a hook part provided at the rod part and engageable with the handhold part.
Claims10
An assisting tool that assists a pull-out operation of a cassette configured to be able to advance and retreat in relation to a housing between an accommodated position where the cassette is accommodated in the housing and a pulled-out position where the cassette is pulled out from the housing,
- the cassette being formed with a handhold part recessed in a direction opposite to a pull-out direction from a surface intersecting the pull-out direction,
- the assisting tool comprising:
- a rod part;
- and
- a hook part provided at the rod part and engageable with the handhold part.
A recording device comprising:
- a housing;
- a cassette configured to be able to advance and retreat in relation to the housing between an accommodated position where the cassette is accommodated in the housing and a pulled-out position where the cassette is pulled out from the housing, the cassette being configured to be able to accommodate a plurality of media;
- a recording unit configured to perform recording on the media conveyed from the cassette;
- and
- an assisting tool configured to assist a pull-out operation of the cassette, wherein
- the cassette is formed with a handhold part recessed in a direction opposite to a pull-out direction from a surface intersecting the pull-out direction, and
- the assisting tool includes
- a rod part, and
- a hook part provided in the rod part and engageable with the handhold part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.