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公开(公告)号:US11890862B2
公开(公告)日:2024-02-06
申请号:US17380480
申请日:2021-07-20
Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventor: Tetsuo Asada , Hirotaka Aoki , Satoru Nakakita , Shota Iijima , Kenji Samoto , Yuji Koga
IPC: B41J11/00 , B41J13/10 , B41J3/60 , B41J13/00 , B41J29/02 , B65H3/06 , B65H5/26 , B65H1/08 , B41J11/58
CPC classification number: B41J11/0045 , B41J3/60 , B41J11/58 , B41J13/0045 , B41J13/103 , B41J29/023 , B65H1/08 , B65H3/0684 , B65H5/26 , B65H2404/1521 , B65H2405/1136 , B65H2405/31 , G03G2215/004 , G03G2215/00396
Abstract: An image recording device is provided, having a recording unit configured to record an image on a sheet, and a tray disposed below the recording unit. The tray includes a sheet holding surface configured to hold the sheet. Additionally, the image recording device includes a sheet feeder disposed between the recording unit and the tray. The sheet feeder includes a roller for feeding the sheet from the tray. The roller is configured to move between a first roller position in which the roller contacts the sheet holding surface of the tray and a second roller position in which the roller is separated from the sheet holding surface. A return guide, disposed between the recording unit and the sheet feeder, defines a second conveying path to guide the sheet having an image recorded on one side thereof back to the feed guide. The return guide has a first opening configured to accommodate the roller of the sheet feeder when the roller is in the second roller position.
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公开(公告)号:US11518635B2
公开(公告)日:2022-12-06
申请号:US16820811
申请日:2020-03-17
Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventor: Tetsuo Asada , Asami Hashimoto , Gakuro Kanazawa , Yoichiro Nishimura
Abstract: In a transport device, a cover defining a portion of a transport path is pivotable between a closed state and an open state. The cover is movable while in the closed state between a first position and a second position lower than the first position. An urging member urges the cover from the second position toward the first position. The cover includes a main body for guiding the sheet in the transport direction and an engagement portion engaged with a frame when the cover is at the first position to restrict pivoting of the cover from the first position to a third position at which the cover is in the open state. The engagement portion is disengaged from the frame when the cover is at the second position to allow pivoting of the cover from the second position to the third position.
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公开(公告)号:US11186455B2
公开(公告)日:2021-11-30
申请号:US16687844
申请日:2019-11-19
Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventor: Tetsuo Asada , Yoichiro Nishimura , Asami Hashimoto , Gakuro Kanazawa
IPC: B65H1/26
Abstract: A housing is formed with a first opening and a sheet conveyance path. A tray is inserted into the housing through the first opening in a first direction and pulled out in a second direction opposite from the first direction. The tray supports a sheet. The tray includes a bottom plate, a front plate, and a cover. The bottom plate supports a sheet. The front plate protrudes upward from an end portion of the bottom plate in the second direction. The cover is configured to move between a first position at which the cover closes a second opening and a second position at which the cover opens the second opening. The second opening is defined by an end of a top plate in the second direction and an upper end of the front plate, the top plate covering an upper side of a space that accommodates a sheet.
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公开(公告)号:US11065891B2
公开(公告)日:2021-07-20
申请号:US16889126
申请日:2020-06-01
Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventor: Tetsuo Asada , Hirotaka Aoki , Satoru Nakakita , Shota Iijima
Abstract: An image reading device includes a tray unit, a recording unit disposed above the tray unit, an outer guide defining a curved path extending from the tray unit to the recording unit, a sheet feeder configured to feed a sheet from the tray unit to the curved path, and a return guide disposed between the recording unit and the tray unit. The return guide pivots about a shaft and guides the sheet having an image recorded thereon back to the curved path. The tray unit includes at least one supporting portion. The return guide includes at least one supported portion. The at least one supporting portion of the tray unit engages the at least one supported portion of the return guide such that the return guide takes a guiding position in which the return guide defines a return path extending to the curved path.
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公开(公告)号:US10583671B2
公开(公告)日:2020-03-10
申请号:US16167992
申请日:2018-10-23
Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Inventor: Tetsuo Asada , Kensuke Hirate , Yoshiyuki Washino
IPC: B41J11/00 , B41J11/48 , B41J13/10 , B41J29/02 , B65H85/00 , B65H1/26 , B65H3/06 , B65H5/26 , B65H5/38 , B65H5/00 , B65H1/04 , B65H1/28 , B41J11/58
Abstract: A first feeder contacts a first surface of a first sheet held in a first tray and feeds the first sheet toward a recording unit. A second feeder contacts a first surface of a second sheet held in a second tray and feeds the second sheet toward the recording unit. An inner member is disposed above a standing plate. An outer member comprises an upstream portion opposing the standing plate, and a downstream portion opposing the inner member. The inner member guides the first surface of the first sheet and the first surface of the second sheet. The standing plate guides the first surface of the second sheet. The upstream portion of the outer member guides a second surface of the second sheet, and the downstream portion guides a second surface of the first sheet and the second surface of the second sheet. The standing plate moves relative to the outer member.
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公开(公告)号:US10207521B2
公开(公告)日:2019-02-19
申请号:US15974891
申请日:2018-05-09
Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventor: Tetsuo Asada , Hirotaka Aoki , Satoru Nakakita , Shota Iijima
Abstract: An image reading device includes a tray unit, a recording unit disposed above the tray unit, an outer guide defining a curved path extending from the tray unit to the recording unit, a sheet feeder configured to feed a sheet from the tray unit to the curved path, and a return guide disposed between the recording unit and the tray unit. The return guide pivots about a shaft and guides the sheet having an image recorded thereon back to the curved path. The tray unit includes at least one supporting portion. The return guide includes at least one supported portion. The at least one supporting portion of the tray unit engages the at least one supported portion of the return guide such that the return guide takes a guiding position in which the return guide defines a return path extending to the curved path.
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公开(公告)号:US20180044126A1
公开(公告)日:2018-02-15
申请号:US15782317
申请日:2017-10-12
Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Inventor: Yukio Shiohara , Tetsuo Asada , Yuji Koga
IPC: B65H3/44 , G06K15/10 , H04N1/00 , B65H3/06 , B65H1/26 , B65H1/22 , B65H1/04 , B41J13/10 , B41J11/48 , B65H3/66 , B65H1/28
CPC classification number: B65H3/44 , B41J11/485 , B41J13/103 , B65H1/04 , B65H1/22 , B65H1/266 , B65H1/28 , B65H3/0669 , B65H3/66 , B65H2301/422548 , B65H2405/32 , B65H2405/332 , B65H2601/322 , B65H2701/1131 , G06K15/102 , H04N1/0057 , H04N1/00602 , H04N1/00604 , H04N1/00623 , H04N2201/0094
Abstract: An image recording apparatus including a first tray having a first holding portion for holding sheets, a second tray disposed above the first tray and including a second holding portion for holding sheets, a sheet feeder that selectively feeds a sheet from one of the first tray and the second tray in a sheet feed direction, a recording unit that records an image on the sheet fed by the sheet feeder, and a discharge roller that discharges the sheet on which the image is recorded by the recording unit. The second holding portion of the second tray moves above the first holding portion of the first tray. The second tray further includes a discharged sheet receiving portion for receiving the sheet discharged by the discharge roller. The second tray including the discharged sheet receiving portion pivots relative to the first tray.
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公开(公告)号:US09422125B2
公开(公告)日:2016-08-23
申请号:US14629223
申请日:2015-02-23
Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Inventor: Yukio Shiohara , Tetsuo Asada , Yuji Koga
IPC: B65H3/44 , B41J11/48 , B41J13/10 , B65H1/04 , B65H1/22 , B65H1/28 , B65H3/06 , B65H1/26 , B65H3/66
CPC classification number: B65H3/44 , B41J11/485 , B41J13/103 , B65H1/04 , B65H1/22 , B65H1/266 , B65H1/28 , B65H3/0669 , B65H3/66 , B65H2301/422548 , B65H2405/32 , B65H2405/332 , B65H2601/322 , B65H2701/1131 , G06K15/102 , H04N1/0057 , H04N1/00602 , H04N1/00604 , H04N1/00623 , H04N2201/0094
Abstract: An image recording apparatus including a first tray having a first holding portion for holding sheets, a second tray disposed above the first tray and including a second holding portion for holding sheets, a sheet feeder that selectively feeds a sheet from one of the first tray and the second tray in a sheet feed direction, a recording unit that records an image on the sheet fed by the sheet feeder, and a discharge roller that discharges the sheet on which the image is recorded by the recording unit. The second holding portion of the second tray moves above the first holding portion of the first tray. The second tray further includes a discharged sheet receiving portion for receiving the sheet discharged by the discharge roller. The second tray including the discharged sheet receiving portion pivots relative to the first tray.
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公开(公告)号:US09283778B2
公开(公告)日:2016-03-15
申请号:US14727290
申请日:2015-06-01
Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventor: Tetsuo Asada , Hirotaka Aoki , Satoru Nakakita , Shota Iijima , Kenji Samoto , Yuji Koga
CPC classification number: B41J11/0045 , B41J3/60 , B41J11/58 , B41J13/0045 , B41J13/103 , B41J29/023 , B65H1/08 , B65H3/0684 , B65H5/26 , B65H2404/1521 , B65H2405/1136 , B65H2405/31 , G03G2215/00396 , G03G2215/004
Abstract: An image recording device is provided, having a recording unit configured to record an image on a sheet, and a tray disposed below the recording unit. The tray includes a sheet holding surface configured to hold the sheet. Additionally, the image recording device includes a sheet feeder disposed between the recording unit and the tray. The sheet feeder includes a roller for feeding the sheet from the tray. The roller is configured to move between a first roller position in which the roller contacts the sheet holding surface of the tray and a second roller position in which the roller is separated from the sheet holding surface. A return guide, disposed between the recording unit and the sheet feeder, defines a second conveying path to guide the sheet having an image recorded on one side thereof back to the feed guide. The return guide has a first opening configured to accommodate the roller of the sheet feeder when the roller is in the second roller position.
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