Foldable stand and image forming apparatus with foldable stand

    公开(公告)号:US11736637B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-22

    申请号:US17522981

    申请日:2021-11-10

    CPC classification number: H04N1/00562 B41J29/023 B41J29/06 G06F1/1681

    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a main body, a base, a holder and a connecting rod. The main body has a bottom surface, a top surface, a lower surface, a paper outlet and a paper inlet. The base has a bottom board being adjacent to the paper outlet, at least one vertical board being connected to the bottom board and being pivoted on the main body, and a first hinge being located at the bottom board. The holder has a beam, at least one support arm being connected to the beam, and a second hinge being located at the beam. The tip portion is higher than the vertical board. The connecting rod has opposite end portions being pivoted on the first hinge and the second hinge respectively. As described above, the occupying area is further reduced in an unused status.

    READING APPARATUS AND PRINTING APPARATUS
    33.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230254423A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-10

    申请号:US18162644

    申请日:2023-01-31

    CPC classification number: H04N1/00551 B41J29/02 H04N2201/0063

    Abstract: A reading apparatus includes: a document platen on which a document is placed; a reading portion configured to read a document placed on the document platen; a cover that is openable and closable between a first position at which the document platen is covered and a second position at which the document is uncovered; and a frame member including a first inclination portion and a second inclination portion, configured to constitute at least a part of an outer frame of the document platen, the first inclination portion being adjacent to the document platen and higher with an increasing distance from the document platen, and the second inclination portion being arranged farther away from the document platen than the first inclination portion and higher with an increasing distance from the document platen.

    RECORDING DEVICE
    36.
    发明公开
    RECORDING DEVICE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230202219A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-29

    申请号:US18145049

    申请日:2022-12-22

    Inventor: Junji SHIROKOSHI

    CPC classification number: B41J29/02

    Abstract: A recording device includes: a line head movable to a recording position to perform recording on a medium and to a retracted position where the recording unit is retracted in a first direction from the recording position; a first control board; a cable configured to electrically couple the line head to the first control board; a side frame provided between the line head and the first control board; and a hole through which the cable passes, the hole being provided in the side frame, wherein a diameter of the hole in the first direction is longer than a distance between a position of a passing portion corresponding to the recording position and a position of the passing portion corresponding to the retracted position, the passing portion being a portion of the cable passing through the hole.

    Printing system, reading apparatus, and holding apparatus for reading apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11667140B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-06

    申请号:US16820352

    申请日:2020-03-16

    CPC classification number: B41J29/02 B41J29/13

    Abstract: A technique advantageous to stably holding a reading apparatus relative to a printing apparatus is provided. A printing system includes a recording apparatus and a reading apparatus. The recording apparatus includes a housing that incorporates a printing unit that performs printing on a recording medium. The housing includes a front surface portion having a discharge port for discharging the recording medium on which printing is performed, a back surface portion facing the front surface portion, and a side surface portion connecting the front surface portion with the back surface portion. The printing system includes a holding unit connected to the housing at least at one end, and holding the reading apparatus above the housing. The holding unit includes a first fixing member for fixing to the back surface portion, and a second fixing member for fixing to the side surface portion.

    Printing device
    39.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11667134B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-06

    申请号:US17215281

    申请日:2021-03-29

    CPC classification number: B41J3/4075 B41J3/36 B41J11/04 B41J29/023

    Abstract: A printing device includes: a main body including an accommodating portion configured to accommodate a printing medium; a cover displaceable between an open position where the accommodation portion is opened and a closed position where the accommodation portion is closed; a platen roller attached to the cover and rotatably supported by the cover; a peeling roller attached to the cover and supported so as to be rotatable about an axis parallel to a longitudinal direction of the platen roller; and a switching mechanism attached to the cover and configured to switch the peeling roller between a contact position where the peeling roller comes into contact with the platen roller and a non-contact position where the peeling roller is away from the platen roller in conjunction with displacement of the cover.

Patent Agency Ranking