JP5894730B2 - Recording device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a recording apparatus that performs recording on a recording medium, and in particular, a recording medium that feeds a recording medium from a recording medium storage unit and reverses the feeding direction by a reversing path unit and conveys the recording medium upward. The present invention relates to a recording apparatus having a conveyance path.

  Recording devices represented by facsimiles and printers employ various forms of paper transport paths, and among them, paper is fed from a paper cassette that accommodates paper along the vertical direction toward the bottom of the device. Some have a substantially U-shaped sheet conveyance path that reverses the feeding direction by the reversing path portion and conveys the sheet toward the upper side of the apparatus.

  The recording apparatus described in Patent Document 1 is a recording apparatus configured as a so-called “longitudinal type”, and feeds vertically accommodated sheets toward the lower side of the apparatus, and the sheet at a reversing unit at the lower part of the apparatus. Is a recording apparatus that has a configuration in which recording is performed while the image is reversed, and is folded and conveyed toward the upper side of the apparatus.

JP 2006-205630 A

  As described above, a recording apparatus provided with a substantially U-shaped paper conveyance path that feeds paper from a paper cassette toward the lower side of the apparatus, reverses the feeding direction by the reversing path portion, and conveys the paper toward the upper side of the apparatus. Can be configured vertically, and can save space during installation. However, in the case where the apparatus is to be configured in the vertical type as described above, the arrangement of the constituent members is devised in order to avoid an increase in the dimension in the plane direction of the apparatus (hereinafter referred to as “thickness direction” for convenience). Need arises.

For example, if a carriage equipped with an ink jet recording head is arranged, the dimension in the thickness direction of the apparatus becomes large. This needs to be avoided.
Further, since the recorded paper is discharged toward the upper side of the apparatus, there is a problem that the posture of the discharged paper is not stable (fluctuates).

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and an object of the present invention is to feed a recording medium from a recording medium storage unit toward a reversing path unit and to reverse the feeding direction by the reversing path unit. In the recording apparatus provided with the recording medium conveyance path that conveys toward the upper side of the apparatus, an increase in the dimension in the thickness direction of the apparatus is avoided and the posture of the recording medium to be discharged is stabilized.

In order to solve the above problems, one aspect of the recording apparatus of the present invention includes a carriage provided with a recording head that performs recording on a recording medium, a liquid container loading unit that supplies liquid to the recording head, and a vertical A recording medium accommodating portion for accommodating the recording medium along a direction, a reversing path portion for reversing the conveying direction of the recording medium fed from the recording medium accommodating portion, and the recording target from the reversing path portion A downstream path section for discharging the recording medium toward the medium accommodating section, and the liquid container loading section is positioned opposite to the recording medium accommodating section across the downstream path section, The carriage is positioned below the liquid container loading unit in a side view, and the recording head provided on the carriage is provided in an inclined posture toward the recording medium accommodation unit.
The first aspect of the present invention includes a recording head for recording on a recording medium, and the recording medium accommodating portion for accommodating the recording medium along the vertical direction, fed from the recording medium housing portion The reversing path part which reverses the conveyance direction of the said recording medium, and the downstream path | route part which conveys the said recording medium toward the said recording medium accommodating part from the said inversion path part are characterized by the above-mentioned.

According to this aspect, since the recording medium is ejected toward the recording medium housing unit, the posture of the recording medium is stabilized .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the downstream path unit includes a recording medium discharge unit that is provided downstream of the recording head and discharges the recording medium to the outside of the apparatus. The recording medium discharge unit is configured to discharge the recording medium while being in sliding contact with the recording medium storage unit.
According to this aspect, since the recording medium is ejected by the recording medium ejecting section while being in sliding contact with the recording medium accommodating section, the posture of the ejected recording medium is stabilized. Further, when the recording medium to be ejected presses the recording medium that has already been ejected, the recording medium that has already been ejected is deposited in an orderly manner without flapping. Furthermore, since the recording medium accommodating portion can be used as a stacker, the size and cost of the apparatus can be reduced by reducing the number of parts.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect, the recording apparatus at the time of installation is configured such that a height direction dimension of the recording apparatus is larger than at least one of a width direction dimension and a depth direction dimension, A depth direction dimension that is smaller than the width direction dimension; and a discharge port for discharging the recording medium discharged by the recording medium discharge unit to the outside of the recording apparatus, the recording medium storage unit And the said discharge port is arrange | positioned in the position biased to one end rather than the center position of the said depth direction.
According to this aspect, since the recording medium accommodating portion and the discharge port are disposed at a position deviated to one end from the center position in the depth direction, a relatively wide continuous space is ensured on the upper surface of the apparatus. And the degree of freedom of device layout can be increased. In particular, when an operation panel composed of operation switches or the like is arranged on the upper surface of the apparatus, the degree of freedom in designing can be ensured.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the reversing path unit switches the conveyance direction of the recording medium upward, and at least a part of the downstream path formed by the downstream path unit is It is inclined toward the recording medium accommodating portion.
According to this aspect, since at least a part of the downstream path formed by the downstream path portion is inclined toward the recording medium accommodation unit, an empty space is formed above the downstream path, By arranging the components of the recording apparatus in this empty space, it is possible to avoid an increase in the dimension in the thickness direction of the apparatus. Further, since at least a part of the downstream path is inclined, the recording medium is not fluctuated when the recording medium is discharged upward, and the posture can be stabilized.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the fourth aspect, the guide member includes a guide member that forms the downstream path, and the guide member includes a guide surface that guides the recording medium to the downstream side. At least a part of the recording head is inclined toward the recording medium accommodating portion, and a surface of the recording head on which recording is performed on the recording medium is provided along the inclined guide surface. And
According to this aspect, in the recording apparatus, it is possible to obtain the same effect as that of the fourth aspect.

The sixth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in the fourth aspect, the height direction dimension of the apparatus at the time of installation is larger than at least one of the width direction dimension and the depth direction dimension.
According to this aspect, the installation area of the recording apparatus can be reduced.

1 is an overall external perspective view of an ink jet printer according to the present invention. 1 is an external perspective view of an ink jet printer according to the present invention with a paper cassette removed. FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of an upper portion of an ink jet printer according to the present invention. 1 is a side sectional view of an ink jet printer according to the present invention. 1 is a side sectional view of an ink jet printer according to the present invention. 1 is a side sectional view of an ink jet printer according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is an external perspective view of a paper cassette (with an upper cover closed). FIG. 3 is an external perspective view of a paper cassette (with an upper cover opened).

  Hereinafter, an ink jet printer which is an embodiment of a recording apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 is an overall perspective view of the inkjet printer 1 according to the present embodiment, FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of the ink jet printer 1 with the paper cassette 11 removed, FIG. 3 is an upper external perspective view of the inkjet printer 1, and FIGS. 6 is a cross-sectional side view, and FIGS. 7 and 8 are external perspective views of the paper cassette 11 (FIG. 7 shows a state in which the upper cover is closed, and FIG. 8 shows a state in which the upper cover is opened).

  4 to 6 illustrate the rollers disposed on the paper transport path of the inkjet printer 1, almost all of the rollers are drawn on the same surface, but the paper width direction (FIGS. 4 to 6). The position in the front and back direction of the paper is not necessarily the same (may be the same). Further, in the xyz coordinate system shown in each drawing, the x direction is the horizontal width direction and the paper width direction of the apparatus, and the y direction is the depth direction of the apparatus (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “the thickness direction of the apparatus”). The z direction indicates the device height direction (vertical direction).

〓〓〓1. Overall configuration of inkjet printer
The overall configuration of the inkjet printer 1 will be outlined below. The ink jet printer 1 is a vertical ink jet printer in which the height dimension of the apparatus at the time of installation is at least larger than either the width dimension or the depth dimension. In this embodiment, the height dimension ( 1 is configured to be larger than both the width-direction dimension (reference W in FIG. 1) and the depth-direction dimension (reference D in FIG. 1). In the present embodiment, the width direction dimension W is larger than the depth direction dimension D.

  Note that the depth direction (y direction) and the width direction (x direction) are used in this specification for convenience, that is, when the apparatus is installed, the width direction ( The surface in the x direction) does not necessarily face each other, and the surface in the depth direction (y direction) with a small area may face each other, or any of them may be installed in an oblique direction. However, in any direction, the height direction (z direction) is always the direction along the vertical (gravity) direction.

  The ink jet printer 1 has an appearance of the apparatus formed by a thin box-shaped housing 2, an operation panel 3 having operation buttons arranged on the upper surface of the apparatus, and an interface cable for connecting an interface cable. A connecting portion 8 is provided.

  An upper surface of the apparatus is provided with an ink cartridge mounting portion for mounting a plurality of detachable ink cartridges 6, and reference numeral 7 indicates an ink cartridge cover for opening and closing the ink cartridge mounting portion. The ink cartridge cover 7 is opened and closed by the user when the ink cartridge 6 is replaced.

  A paper discharge port 4 for discharging the recorded paper is provided on the upper surface of the apparatus. Reference numeral 5 denotes a paper discharge port cover for opening and closing the paper discharge port 4. The paper discharge port cover 5 is configured to be openable and closable by the user, and is configured to be automatically opened by an opening / closing mechanism (not shown) when recording is to be executed in a closed state. Yes.

  In FIG. 2, reference numeral 11 indicates a paper cassette as a “recording medium storage unit” that can store (set) a plurality of recording papers (single paper: hereinafter referred to as “paper P”) in a stacked state. The paper cassette 11 is configured to be detachable from the housing 2 as shown in FIG. 2, and when mounted, the appearance of the ink jet printer 1 is configured as shown in FIG. The paper transport path is exposed so that paper jam processing and the like can be performed.

  As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the paper cassette 11 generally includes a tray-shaped cassette body 12 and an upper outer cover 15 that can be opened and closed, and a movable tray 23 that can be swung. The upper outer cover 15 can take a closed state shown in FIG. 7 and an open state shown in FIG. 8 by rotating around a rotation fulcrum 15a provided at a substantially central portion of the cassette body 12. It has become. When the upper outer cover 15 is opened, the paper storage space of the cassette body 12 appears as shown in FIG. 8, and the paper P can be stored.

  When the paper cassette 11 is loaded, the upper side of the cassette (the left side in FIGS. 7 and 8) is configured to be able to expand and contract in accordance with the paper size. A tray 18 is provided so as to be slidable in the paper feeding direction (vertical direction when the cassette is mounted).

  Similarly, the upper inner cover 16 is slidable in the paper feeding direction with respect to the upper outer cover 15, and the upper slide tray 18 and the upper inner cover 16 are slid in accordance with the paper size, so that the paper can be slid. A sheet storage space suitable for the size can be formed (the state shown in FIGS. 5 and 6).

  Next, an edge guide 21 is provided in the cassette body 12 so as to be slidable in the paper width direction. The edge guide 21 guides the edge of the set paper P at an appropriate position according to the paper size. The The upper outer cover 15 is formed with a long hole 15 b extending in the displacement direction of the edge guide 21, and a part of the edge guide 21 can protrude outside the upper outer cover 15 from the long hole 15 b. (Figure 7).

  A knob portion 21b is connected to a part of the edge guide 21 that protrudes outside the upper outer cover 15, and the edge guide 21 can be moved even when the upper outer cover 15 is closed by the knob portion 21b. The slide can be operated. That is, when it is determined that the sheet edge is not properly guided after the upper outer cover 15 is closed, the edge guide 21 can be operated without opening the upper outer cover 15.

  Next, a movable tray 23 is provided at the bottom of the cassette (on the right side in FIGS. 7 and 8), that is, the side that is the leading end of the sheet when the sheet cassette 11 is mounted. The movable tray 23 functions as a so-called hopper. Specifically, the movable tray 23 is provided so as to be able to swing around a swinging fulcrum 23a, and the leading end of the stored paper P is fed by swinging. The roller 37 (described later) can be brought into a pressure contact state (FIG. 6) and can be separated (FIG. 4).

  In the movable tray 23, a plurality of openings 24a are formed at appropriate intervals along the paper width direction at a position corresponding to the leading edge of the paper, and the opening 24a feeds the stored paper P. The roller 37 can be pressed. Reference numeral 12c denotes a paper tip support wall configured by the cassette body 12 for supporting the paper tip. The paper P accommodated in the state in which the paper cassette 11 is mounted is supported in a state where the front end thereof is in contact with the paper front end support wall 12c.

  Next, the internal configuration of the ink jet printer 1, specifically, the paper conveyance path will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 6. In a state where the sheet cassette 11 configured as described above is mounted vertically, a feeding roller 37 as a “reverse roller” is provided at a position facing the front end of the sheet cassette 11. A plurality of feed rollers 37 are arranged on a drive shaft 37a extending in the paper width direction at an appropriate interval in the paper width direction (FIG. 2), and are driven by a motor (not shown) to be in contact with the front end of the paper. By rotating in the state, the paper P is sent to the downstream side.

  The sheet P fed downward by the feeding roller 37 is inverted upward by the feeding roller 37 and the guide members 40 and 41 arranged to face the outer peripheral surface of the feeding roller 37, and serves as a “conveying roller”. Are transported between the transport drive roller 46 and the transport driven roller 47 (which constitutes a paper transport unit). That is, a “paper reversing portion” configured to include the feeding roller 37 and the guide members 40 and 41 forms a substantially U-shaped conveyance path in which the paper P is curved and reversed. Reference numeral 38 denotes a driven roller that assists the feeding of the paper P by the feeding roller 37. Further, this conveyance path is not only the above-described sheet P being fed downward by the feeding roller 37 but also the conveyance path in which the sheet P is reversed upward after being fed in the y direction by the feeding roller 37. It doesn't matter. Specifically, in FIG. 4, a conveyance path in which the paper P comes into contact with the feeding roller 37 from the lowest end in the z direction and is conveyed upward is conceivable.

  The conveyance drive roller 46 is a roller that is rotationally driven by a motor (not shown). In this embodiment, wear-resistant particles are attached to the surface of a metal shaft extending in the paper width direction. Belongs to.

  In the present embodiment, the transport driven roller 47 is a roller formed of a resin material, and a plurality of transport driven rollers 47 are arranged at appropriate intervals along the axial direction of the transport drive roller 46, and are not illustrated toward the transport drive roller 46. It is provided in a state of being biased by the biasing force of the means. Then, the paper P is nipped with the conveyance driving roller 46 to rotate the driven.

  An inkjet recording head 59 and a guide member 48 are provided on the downstream side of the transport driving roller 46 so as to face each other. The ink jet recording head 59 is provided on a carriage 58, and the carriage 58 is reciprocated in the paper width direction by receiving the power of a motor (not shown) while being guided by a carriage guide shaft 55 extending in the paper width direction. It is configured.

  In the carriage 58, reference numeral 58a denotes a guided portion that sandwiches a carriage guide plate 56 that extends in the paper width direction. That is, the carriage 58 has a bearing portion through which the carriage guide shaft 55 is inserted. However, since the carriage 58 is provided in an inclined posture as shown in the drawing, there is a tendency to rotate about the carriage guide shaft 55. However, since the guided portion 58 a is configured to sandwich the carriage guide plate 56, the above-described tendency of rotation is stopped, and the posture of the carriage 58 is determined.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the ink cartridge 6 is provided on the apparatus main body side, that is, the ink cartridge 6 is configured as a so-called off-carriage type provided independently from the carriage 58. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a so-called on-carriage type in which the ink cartridge 6 is mounted on the carriage 58 may be used. In this embodiment, the recording is performed while the carriage 58 moves in the paper width direction (serial printer). However, a fixed recording head that covers the paper width and does not move the carriage 58 in the paper width direction is used. It may be used. Furthermore, the recording method is not limited to the ink jet recording method, and other recording methods may be used.

  Next, the guide member 48 disposed to face the ink jet recording head 59 is formed of a resin material, and supports the paper P to define a gap between the recording surface of the paper P and the ink jet recording head 59. In addition, the guide member 48 has a recess (not shown) for receiving ink ejected in a region off the edge of the paper during borderless printing on the surface facing the ink jet recording head 59. Is provided with an ink absorbing material (not shown) for absorbing ink. Further, below the guide member 48, a waste liquid tank (not shown) for storing the discarded ink is disposed.

  Next, the guide roller 49 provided downstream of the ink jet recording head 59 prevents the paper P from being lifted from the guide member 48, and the discharge driving roller 51 and the discharge driven roller 52 provided downstream of the guide roller 49. The paper discharge means comprising the above discharges the recorded paper P to the outside of the apparatus. In the present embodiment, the discharge drive roller 51 is constituted by a rubber roller, and a plurality of discharge drive rollers 51 are provided at appropriate intervals along the axial direction of the metal shaft extending in the paper width direction, and are driven to rotate by a motor (not shown). . Further, the guide roller 49 and the discharge driven roller 52 are constituted by toothed rollers having teeth along the outer periphery, and are rotated in contact with the paper P.

  Next, the discharge direction of the paper P by the discharge driving roller 51 and the discharge driven roller 52 is set obliquely upward so as to go to the paper cassette 11 in this embodiment, and the paper P discharged by this is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the paper is discharged upward from the apparatus while being in sliding contact with the upper outer cover 15 constituting the paper cassette 11. Note that the broken lines in FIG. 6 indicate the trajectory of the paper P transported along the paper transport path.

〓〓〓2. Measures to prevent equipment overturning
Next, measures for preventing overturning in the inkjet printer 1 will be described.
Since the inkjet printer 1 configured as described above has a vertically-arranged configuration as described above, the inkjet printer 1 has a property of easily falling down due to the configuration at the time of installation. For this reason, in the inkjet printer 1 according to the present embodiment, the conveyance drive roller 46 that is formed by a shaft body extending in the x direction (direction orthogonal to the sheet conveyance direction) and conveys the sheet P by rotating, and the inkjet recording head 59. These are arranged in the central region with respect to the dimension in the y direction (the depth (thickness) direction of the apparatus).

  More specifically, in FIG. 4, reference numeral D denotes a dimension in the y direction, and reference numeral C denotes an occupied area of the transport driving roller 46 and the inkjet recording head 59 in the y direction. Symbols A and B indicate distances from the device external surface to the occupied area C in the y direction. In the present embodiment, although the distances A and B are not strictly 1: 1, the ratio based on one side is configured to be [1]: [0.7 to 1.3]. And arranged so as to be located in the central region with respect to the dimension D in the y direction.

  As described above, the inkjet printer 1 according to the present embodiment causes the transport drive roller 46 and the inkjet recording head 59 as heavy objects to be in the y direction (the depth (thickness) direction of the apparatus) as a “dimension direction that is easy to collapse”. On the other hand, since it is arranged in the central region, it is possible to maintain the balance of the apparatus, and it is possible to configure a vertical ink jet printer that does not easily fall over.

  In the present embodiment, in addition to the transport drive roller 46 and the inkjet recording head 59, the feed roller 37 as a reverse roller that reverses the paper feed direction is also centered with respect to the y direction (depth (thickness) direction) of the apparatus. Arranged in the area. In other words, in the present embodiment, the feeding roller 37 having a large diameter is a heavy object, similar to the transport driving roller 46 and the inkjet recording head 59, and the feeding roller 37 as such a heavy object is smaller than the y-direction dimension. By arranging in the central region, it is possible to configure a vertical ink jet printer that is more difficult to fall.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, the transport driving roller 46, the inkjet recording head 59, and the feeding roller 37 are arranged in the central region with respect to the y direction (depth (thickness) direction) of the apparatus. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and if there is another heavy object, it can be arranged in the central region together to form a vertical ink jet printer that is more unlikely to fall down. Examples of such heavy objects include a carriage guide shaft 55 and a power supply unit (not shown), in addition to the rotation shaft of the discharge driving roller 51 and the components of the paper transport path.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, all of the transport driving roller 46, the inkjet recording head 59, and the feeding roller 37 are arranged in the central region with respect to the dimension in the y direction (the depth (thickness) direction of the apparatus). Of these, any one or two of them can be the target to be arranged in the central region.

  Further, by configuring as described above, the center of gravity G of the entire apparatus can be set in the center region with respect to the dimension in the y direction (the depth (thickness) direction of the apparatus), and the vertical ink jet printer that does not easily fall over. Can be configured.

  In addition, by setting the center of gravity G below the center position in the z direction (device height direction), it is possible to configure a vertical ink jet printer that is more unlikely to fall. In the present embodiment, as is clear from FIG. 4, the transport drive roller 46, the inkjet recording head 59, and the feed roller 37 are disposed below the center position in the z direction (device height direction). The center of gravity G of the entire apparatus is set below the center position in the z direction (apparatus height direction), thereby constituting a vertically installed ink jet printer that is more unlikely to fall.

  In the present embodiment, the paper cassette 11 is arranged at one end with respect to the dimension in the y direction (depth (thickness) direction of the apparatus). For this reason, the center of gravity G of the entire apparatus moves greatly in the y direction depending on whether the maximum number of sheets is accommodated or the minimum number of sheets, so that the ease of overturning may be affected. Regardless of the number of sheets stored, if the arrangement and weight of heavy objects are set so that the center of gravity G of the entire apparatus falls within, for example, the region C of FIG. You can also.

〓〓〓3. The position of the print head in the transport path
Next, the arrangement position of the inkjet recording head 59 in the paper conveyance path will be described.
In the inkjet printer 1 according to the present embodiment, as described above, the paper P fed from the paper cassette 10 toward the lower side of the apparatus is reversed by the feed roller 37 and the guide members 40 and 41 on the outside thereof. The path section has a substantially U-shaped sheet transport path that reverses the feeding direction and transports the sheet toward the upper side of the apparatus. However, the recording section including the ink jet recording head 59 is downstream of the inversion path section. Is provided.

  Here, if the ink jet recording head 59 is provided upstream or in the middle of the reversing path portion, it is necessary to bend the sheet tightly after the recording is finished, which may lead to a decrease in recording quality. . In particular, the paper after ink jet recording may have a tendency to wave in the paper width direction (cockling). If the paper in such a state is curved and inverted, the cockling is crushed and wrinkles are generated. There is a risk of doing.

  However, in the ink jet printer 1 according to the present embodiment, as described above, the ink jet recording head 59 is provided on the downstream side of the reversing path portion, and the paper P on which the recording has been performed is performed with a substantially U-shaped curved reversing path. Since it is not curved, an appropriate recording result desired can be obtained.

〓〓〓4. Form of paper transport path
Next, the form of the paper conveyance path in the inkjet printer 1 will be described in further detail. As shown in FIG. 4, the paper transport path of the inkjet printer 1 according to the present embodiment feeds the paper P from the paper cassette 11 set along the vertical direction toward the lower side of the apparatus, and feeds the roller 37. Is a substantially U-shaped transport path that reverses the feeding direction by the reversing path portion formed by the above-described apparatus and transports it toward the upper side of the apparatus. The path after switching to is inclined toward the paper cassette 11 side.

  The angle α shown in FIG. 4 indicates the inclination angle, and is set in a range of 0 ° <α <90 °. In the present embodiment, α = 12 ° is set as an example. As described above, since the path after the conveyance direction is switched from the downward direction to the upward direction by the feeding roller 37 is inclined toward the paper cassette 11, the empty space is formed above the inclined path portion. By disposing the ink jet recording head 59 and the carriage 58 in the space, an increase in the thickness direction dimension (y direction dimension) of the apparatus can be avoided.

  Further, since the sheet conveyance path is inclined, the sheet P does not fluctuate when the sheet P is discharged upward, and the posture can be stabilized. In the present embodiment, the ink jet recording head 59 is arranged with the head surface inclined on the inclined path, and the paper guide surface (surface facing the recording head) of the guide member 48 is arranged inclined. However, it is not limited to providing these in an inclined path, and may be provided in the front and back, for example, a vertical path or a horizontal path.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the paper discharge direction by the discharge driving roller 51 and the discharge driven roller 52 constituting the paper discharge means is directed to the paper cassette 11, whereby the paper P to be discharged as shown in FIG. The paper cassette 11 (specifically, the upper outer cover 15 or the upper outer cover 15 and the upper inner cover 16 in this embodiment) is discharged while being in sliding contact.

  Accordingly, the posture of the discharged paper P is further stabilized. Further, when the discharged paper P is pressed against the already discharged paper P, the already discharged paper P is deposited in an orderly manner without flapping. Furthermore, since a part of the paper cassette 11 can be used as a stacker, the apparatus can be reduced in size and cost by reducing the number of parts.

  In the present embodiment, as a result of the paper discharge direction toward the paper cassette 11 as described above, the paper cassette 11 and the paper discharge port 4 are located in the thickness direction (y direction) of the apparatus from the center position. It is the state arrange | positioned in the position biased to the edge of one side. Therefore, a relatively wide continuous space can be secured on the upper surface of the apparatus, and the degree of freedom in apparatus layout can be increased. For example, when the operation panel 3 including operation switches or the like is arranged on the upper surface of the apparatus as in the present embodiment, the degree of design freedom can be ensured.

Needless to say, the embodiment described above is merely an example, and the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, in the present embodiment, the present invention is applied to an ink jet printer as an example of a recording apparatus. However, the present invention can be applied to a general liquid ejecting apparatus.
Here, the liquid ejecting apparatus uses an ink jet recording head, and is not limited to a recording apparatus such as a printer, a copying machine, and a facsimile machine that discharges ink from the recording head to perform recording on a recording medium. And a device for ejecting a liquid corresponding to the application from a liquid ejecting head corresponding to the ink jet recording head to an ejected medium corresponding to the recording medium, and attaching the liquid to the ejected medium.

  In addition to the recording head, as a liquid ejecting head, a color material ejecting head used for manufacturing a color filter such as a liquid crystal display, and an electrode material (conductive paste) used for forming an electrode such as an organic EL display or a surface emitting display (FED) Examples thereof include an ejection head, a bioorganic matter ejection head used for biochip production, and a sample ejection head as a precision pipette.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Inkjet printer, 2 housing | casing, 3 operation panel, 4 paper discharge port, 5 paper discharge port cover, 6 ink cartridge, 7 ink cartridge cover, 8 interface cable connection part, 11 paper cassette, 12 cassette main body, 15 upper outer cover , 15a Rotating fulcrum, 15b Long hole, 16 Upper inner cover, 18 Upper slide tray, 21 Edge guide, 21a Oscillating fulcrum, 21b Knob part, 23 Movable tray, 23a Oscillating fulcrum, 37 Feeding roller, 38 Driven roller , 40, 41 Guide member, 46 Conveyance drive roller, 47 Conveyance driven roller, 48 Guide member, 49 Guide roller, 51 Discharge drive roller, 52 Discharge driven roller, 55 Carriage guide shaft, 56 Carriage guide plate, 58 Carriage, 59 Inkjet recording head, P recording paper

Claims (5)

A carriage provided with a recording head for recording on a recording medium;
A liquid container loading unit provided outside the carriage for supplying liquid to the recording head;
A recording medium storage unit for storing the recording medium along a vertical direction;
A reversing path section for reversing so as to switch the transport direction of the recording medium sent out from the recording medium storage section upward ;
The recording medium is discharged from the reversing path portion toward the recording medium storage portion, and at least a part thereof includes a downstream path portion inclined toward the recording medium storage portion ,
The liquid container loading unit is located opposite to the recording medium storage unit across the downstream path unit,
The carriage is positioned vertically below the front Symbol liquid container mounting portion,
The recording apparatus, wherein the recording head provided on the carriage is provided in an inclined posture toward the recording medium housing portion. The recording apparatus according to claim 1,
A recording medium discharge section provided downstream of the recording head in the downstream path section and discharging the recording medium to the outside of the apparatus;
The recording apparatus, wherein the recording medium is ejected by the recording medium ejection unit while being in sliding contact with the recording medium storage unit. The recording apparatus according to claim 2,
The recording device at the time of installation is
The height direction dimension of the recording apparatus is configured to be larger than at least one of the width direction dimension and the depth direction dimension,
The depth direction dimension is configured to be smaller than the width direction dimension,
A discharge port for discharging the recording medium discharged by the recording medium discharge unit to the outside of the recording apparatus;
The recording apparatus, wherein the recording medium storage portion and the discharge port are arranged at a position biased to one end from a center position in the depth direction. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 ,
Comprising a guide member forming the downstream path,
The guide member has a guide surface for guiding the recording medium to the downstream side,
At least a part of the guide surface is inclined toward the recording medium housing portion;
A recording apparatus, wherein a surface of the recording head on which recording is performed on the recording medium is provided along the inclined guide surface. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 ,
A recording apparatus, wherein a height dimension of the apparatus at the time of installation is larger than at least one of a width direction dimension and a depth direction dimension.

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