# US 9,519,849 B2 · Image processing device and cover attachment structure

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- Number: US 9,519,849 B2
- Document ID: US9519849B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/854,612
- Filed: 2015-09-15
- Published: 2016-01-07
- Granted: 2016-12-13
- Earliest claimed: 2011-02-18
- Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Applicants: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Inventors: Toshiyuki Sasaki
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9519849B2

## CPC

- G06K 15/102: {using ink jet print heads}
- B41J 11/0045: {Guides for printing material (curl smoothing B41J11/0005; platens B41J11/02, B41J11/06; guiding webs B41J15/046)}
- B41J 29/13: Cases or covers
- B65H 1/027: {Support fully or partially removable from the handling machine, e.g. cassette, drawer}
- B65H 5/00: Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines ({B65H9/00 takes precedence; } identical mechanisms or parts for delivering or advancing articles from machines B65H29/00; recirculating articles B65H85/00 {, G03B27/6257})
- B65H 31/02: with stationary end support against which pile accumulates
- E06B 3/34: with only one kind of movement (E06B3/48 takes precedence)
- G06T 1/0007: {Image acquisition}
- G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
- B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
- B65H: HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- E06B: FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES (shades or blinds for greenhouses A01G9/22; curtains A47H; lids for car boots or bonnets B62D25/10; skylights E04B7/18; sunshades, awnings E04F10/00)
- G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL

## Abstract

An image processing device allows for easy removal of a process medium stuck in the conveyance path while protecting the image processing unit from the outside. In many embodiments, the device includes a conveyance path for conveying process media in a specific conveyance direction, an image processing unit having an ejection surface (process surface) disposed facing the conveyance path, and a first cover and a second cover disposed along the conveyance path and covering the conveyance path. Typically, the first and second covers open and close by pivoting on first and second pivot pins disposed in a direction intersecting the conveyance direction, and the first and second pivot pins are disposed adjacent the conveyance path upstream and downstream of the portion of the conveyance path facing the ejection surface.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A media processing device comprising:
a conveyance path that conveys a media in a specific conveyance direction;
a media processing unit that faces the conveyance path;
a first pivot pin and a second pivot pin that are disposed along the conveyance path; and
a first cover and a second cover adapted to open and close by pivoting on the first pivot pin and the second pivot pin, respectively, so as to expose the conveyance path when open and cover the conveyance path during conveyance of the medium when closed,
wherein the media processing unit is disposed between the first pivot pin and the second pivot pin, and
wherein one of the first and second covers opens toward an upstream-side of the conveyance path while the other of the first and second covers opens toward a downstream side of the conveyance path.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The media processing device described in claim 1, further comprising:
a loading pocket by which the media is loaded into the conveyance path for processing; and
an exit pocket by which the media is discharged from the conveyance path after processing,
wherein the loading pocket and the exit pocket are disposed on a same side of the media processing device,
wherein the loading pocket and exit pocket are upstream and downstream, respectively, from a portion of the conveyance path covered by the first and second covers.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The media processing device described in claim 1, wherein the media processing unit is a print head.