Recording apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsYosuke Nakano, Satoshi Shimizu
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Abstract
A printer includes a recording unit and a scanner unit configured to open and close the top portion of the recording unit. The recording unit includes a flexible ink tube through which ink from an ink tank is supplied to the head unit, and a control unit that controls the head unit, according to a state of a press-down switch provided on the top portion of the recording unit, so as to perform recording on a medium when a pressed state of the switch is detected and not to perform the recording when an unpressed state of the switch is detected. The switch enters the pressed state when a gap that allows the ink tube to pass therethrough is formed between the recording unit and the scanner unit, the gap having a size that at least prevents an ink flow path in the ink tube from being blocked.
Claims35
A recording apparatus comprising:
- a recording unit including a head unit having a recording head that ejects ink onto a medium, the head unit being mounted inside a main body of the apparatus so as to move in a scanning direction of the recording head;
- and
- an upper structure provided on top of the recording unit so as to open and close the top portion of the recording unit,
- the recording unit further including:
- a flexible ink tube through which the ink from an ink chamber is supplied to the head unit;
- a control unit that controls the head unit, according to a state of a press-down switch provided on the top portion of the recording unit, so as to perform recording on the medium when a pressed state of the switch is detected and not to perform the recording when an unpressed state of the switch is detected;
- a feed unit that delivers the medium from a medium storage unit in which the medium is stored;
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- a medium receiving tray that receives the medium discharged and that can be displaced between a projecting position in which the medium receiving tray sticks out from the recording unit and a retracted position in which the medium receiving tray is accommodated inside the recording unit,
- wherein the medium storage unit includes a medium storage tray located under the medium receiving tray and configured to be removably mounted in the recording unit independent from the medium receiving tray,
- the medium receiving tray includes a cutout formed on an upstream side in a discharge direction of the medium so as to avoid interference with the feed unit so that the feed unit is located inside the cutout when the medium receiving tray is at the retracted position, and
- the switch enters the pressed state when a gap that allows the ink tube to pass therethrough is formed between the recording unit and the upper structure, the gap having a size that at least prevents an ink flow path in the ink tube from being blocked.
A recording apparatus comprising:
- a recording unit including a head unit having a recording head that ejects ink onto a medium, the head unit being configured to move in a scanning direction of the recording head;
- and
- a scanner unit provided on top of the recording unit so as to open and close the top portion of the recording unit,
- the recording unit further including:
- a flexible ink tube through which the ink from an ink chamber is supplied to the head unit;
- and
- a control unit that controls the head unit, according to a state of a press-down switch provided on the top portion of the recording unit, so as to perform recording on the medium when a pressed state of the switch is detected and not to perform the recording when an unpressed state of the switch is detected,
- wherein the switch enters the pressed state when a gap that allows the ink tube to pass therethrough is formed between the recording unit and the scanner unit, the gap having a size that at least prevents an ink flow path in the ink tube from being blocked.
A recording apparatus comprising:
- a recording unit including a head unit,
- a flexible ink tube through which an ink from an ink chamber is supplied to the head unit;
- an open and close member provided on a top of the recording unit so as to open and close a top portion of the recording unit;
- a sensor for detecting the open or closed state of the open and close member provided in the recording unit;
- and
- a control unit which performs recording on the medium by controlling the head unit when the sensor detects the closed state, and which does not perform recording when the sensor detects the opened state,
- wherein the ink tube passes through between the recording unit and the open and close member, wherein when the open and close member is detected in the closed state, the open and close member does not block the ink flow path of the ink tube.
A method for detecting an open and closed state in a recording apparatus that includes a recording unit having a head unit, a flexible ink tube through which an ink from an ink chamber is supplied to the head unit, an open and close member provided on a top of the recording unit so as to open and close the top portion of the recording unit, a sensor for detecting the open or closed state of the open and close member provided in the recording unit, a control unit which performs recording on the medium by controlling the head unit when the sensor detects the closed state, and which does not perform recording when the sensor detects the opened state,
- the method comprising:
- detecting the closed state, wherein the ink tube passes through between the recording unit and the open and close member,
- wherein when the open and close member is detected in the closed state, the open and close member does not block the ink flow path of the ink tube.
A method for manufacturing a recording apparatus that includes a recording unit having a head unit, a flexible ink tube through which an ink from an ink chamber is supplied to the head unit, an open and close member provide on top of the recording unit so as to open and close the top portion of the recording unit, a sensor for detecting the open or closed state of the open and close member provided in the recording unit, a control unit which performs recording on the medium by controlling the head unit when the sensor detects the closed state, and which does not perform recording when it detects the opened state,
- the method comprising:
- detecting the closed state, wherein the ink tube passes through between the recording unit and the open and close member, wherein when the open and close member is detected in the closed state, the open and close member does not block the ink flow path of the ink tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.