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US 7,641,190 B2Granted
Medium tray and image recording apparatus using the same
AssigneeOki Data Corporation
InventorsShinjiro Hara, Kenichi Egawa, Hidenori Ueda, Moriaki Fukao
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Abstract
A medium tray (101) comprises a medium support (1) connected to a medium feeding section (100) of an image recording apparatus (200) and receiving record medium (P), and a medium guide (5) extending from the medium support (1) and supporting the record medium (P) such that an angle of a rear portion of the record medium (P) is changed. A lengthy record medium (P) having a length greater than the medium support (1) is supported by the medium guide (5) with the rear portion thereof directed at a different angle so that the length record medium (P) is loaded in the medium tray (101) without enlarging an area projecting from the image recording apparatus (200).
Claims23
An image recording apparatus comprising,
- a medium tray;
- and
- a medium outputting section on an upper face of the image recording apparatus,
- said medium tray comprising:
- a depository in which a plurality of record media is loaded such that front and rear portions of said record media have different angles with respect to a feeding direction of said record media when said record media are in said depository, said depository including a medium support for placing the front portions of the record media and a rear guide extending upwardly from a rear end of the medium support for guiding the rear portions of the record media upwardly, said medium support protruding outside of the image recording apparatus from a side of the image recording apparatus to be exposed;
- and
- a folding member provided at a rear portion of said depository for folding the record media so that the rear portions of the record media are folded toward the image recording apparatus with front side surfaces of the record media inward, said folding member being disposed at an upper portion of the rear guide, said folding member including a guide member for guiding the record media toward the image recording apparatus and pressing from above backside surfaces facing upward of the record media thus folded,
- said medium outputting section outputting said record media carrying an image, wherein said guide member is connected to said upper face so that said record media outputted from said medium outputting section is stacked in said guide member.
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An image recording apparatus comprising,
- a medium tray;
- and
- a medium outputting section on an upper face of the image recording apparatus,
- said medium tray comprising:
- a depository in which a plurality of record media is loaded such that front and rear portions of said record media have different angles with respect to a feeding direction of said record media when said record media are in said depository, said depository including a medium support for placing the front portions of the record media and a rear guide extending upwardly from a rear end of the medium support for guiding the rear portions of the record media upwardly and pressing from above backside surfaces facing upward of the record media, said medium support protruding outside of the image recording apparatus from a side of the image recording apparatus to be exposed;
- and
- a folding member provided at a rear portion of said depository such that rear portions of said record media in said depository are folded toward said image recording apparatus with upper surfaces of the record media inward, said folding member being disposed at an upper portion of the rear guide, said folding member being composed of said rear guide and an upper guide extending from a top end of said rear guide toward a main body of said image recording apparatus such that said upper guide covers said rear guide,
- said medium outputting section outputting said record media carrying an image, wherein said upper guide is connected to said upper face so that said record media outputted from said medium outputting section is stacked in said upper guide.
5 more elements
An image recording apparatus comprising,
- a medium tray;
- and
- a medium outputting section on an upper face of the image recording apparatus,
- said medium tray comprising:
- a depository protruding outside of the image recording apparatus to be exposed for depositing a plurality of record media;
- and
- a folding member provided at a rear portion of the depository, said folding member including a guide member for guiding rear portions of the record media to be folded toward the image recording apparatus with front side surfaces of the record media inward and pressing from above backside surfaces of the record media thus folded facing upward,
- said medium outputting section outputting said record media carrying an image, wherein said guide member is connected to said upper face so that said record media outputted from said medium outputting section is stacked in said guide member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.