Mounted apparatus and system
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsDaiki Anayama, Tetsuo Kikuchi, Masakazu Nagashima, Ryo Harigae
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Abstract
A mounted apparatus includes a base portion and a caster provided to the base portion. The caster moves along an installation surface, whereby the mounted apparatus is detachably attached to a mounting apparatus; in a state where the mounted apparatus is attached to the mounting apparatus, the base portion is disposed in a region where the base portion overlaps with a base portion of the mounting apparatus with respect to an mounting direction; and the base portion of the mounted apparatus is disposed at a position that does not interfere with the base portion of the mounting apparatus in a height direction.
Claims12
A stacking apparatus attachable to a printing apparatus, the stacking apparatus comprising:
- a body;
- a stacking apparatus base portion of the body having casters, the stacking apparatus being movable on an installation surface with the casters,
- a joint portion configured to receive a printed sheet discharged from a discharge portion of the printing apparatus, wherein a height of the discharge portion corresponds to a height of the joint portion in a state where the stacking apparatus is attached to the printing apparatus;
- and
- an adjusting mechanism for adjusting a position of the joint portion in the height direction,
- wherein, in the state where the stacking apparatus is attached to the printing apparatus, the stacking apparatus base portion is disposed in a region where a part of the stacking apparatus base portion overlaps with a printing apparatus base portion of the printing apparatus with respect to an attachment direction, and the part of the stacking apparatus base portion is disposed at a position different from a position of the printing apparatus base portion in the height direction.
A printing apparatus attachable to a stacking apparatus, the printing apparatus comprising:
- a body;
- a printing apparatus base portion of the body having casters, the printing apparatus being movable on an installation surface with the casters;
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- a discharge portion configured to discharge a printed sheet to a joint portion of the stacking apparatus, wherein a height of the discharge portion corresponds to a height of the joint portion in a state where the stacking apparatus is attached to the printing apparatus,
- wherein, in the state where the printing apparatus is attached to the stacking apparatus, the printing apparatus base portion is disposed in a region where a part of the printing apparatus base portion overlaps with a stacking apparatus base portion of the stacking apparatus with respect to an attachment direction, and the part of the printing apparatus base portion is disposed at a position that does not interfere with the stacking apparatus base portion in the height direction.
A system comprising:
- a first apparatus including a first base portion, the first apparatus being movable on an installation surface with casters;
- and
- a second apparatus to which the first apparatus is detachably attached, the second apparatus including a second base portion, wherein,
- in a state where the first apparatus is attached to the second apparatus, the first base portion is disposed in a region where a part of the first base portion overlaps with the second base portion with respect to an attachment direction, and the part of the first base portion which overlaps with the second base portion is disposed at a position different from a position of the second base portion in a height direction,
- in a state where the first apparatus is attached to the second apparatus, the second base portion is provided with a supporting unit having an upper surface that supports the part of the first base portion,
- the first base portion is provided with a contact unit adapted to be brought into contact with the upper surface of the supporting unit,
- the first base portion is positioned on the upper surface of the contact unit, thereby being supported by the supporting unit, and
- a side surface of the supporting unit extending from the upper surface is an inclined surface having a height from the installation surface decreasing with an increase in distance from the upper surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.