公开(公告)号：US12162268B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-10

申请号：US18543607

申请日：2023-12-18

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Tetsuo Asada ,  Hirotaka Aoki ,  Satoru Nakakita ,  Shota Iijima ,  Kenji Samoto ,  Yuji Koga

IPC: B41J29/02 ,  B41J3/60 ,  B41J11/00 ,  B41J11/58 ,  B41J13/00 ,  B41J13/10 ,  B65H1/08 ,  B65H3/06 ,  B65H5/26

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.

公开(公告)号：US11352226B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-07

申请号：US16749028

申请日：2020-01-22

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Yoichiro Nishimura ,  Asami Hashimoto ,  Gakuro Kanazawa ,  Tetsuo Asada

IPC: B65H3/06 ,  B65H1/04

Abstract: A sheet feed device includes a housing, a tray, a feed roller, an arm, a pad, and a protruding portion. The housing has a sheet conveyance path. The tray includes a bottom plate having a sheet support surface that supports a sheet. The sheet conveyance path extends upward from the sheet support surface. The feed roller rotates about a rotational axis and feeds the sheet supported on the sheet support surface in a first direction. The arm rotatably supports the feed roller. The arm swingably moves about an axis parallel to the rotational axis of the feed roller. The pad is disposed on the bottom plate. The pad has a higher friction coefficient than a friction coefficient of the sheet support surface. The protruding portion protrudes upward from the sheet support surface at a position shifted from the pad in a second direction opposite from the first direction.

公开(公告)号：US10967656B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-06

申请号：US16686968

申请日：2019-11-18

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Tetsuo Asada ,  Yoichiro Nishimura ,  Asami Hashimoto ,  Gakuro Kanazawa

IPC: B41J13/03 ,  B41J13/10 ,  B65H3/06 ,  B65H1/26 ,  B65H1/04

Abstract: A front plate is rotatably supported at an end portion of a tray in a pulling direction. The front plate rotatably moves between: a first position at which the front plate extends diagonally upward in the pulling direction from a first end portion at which a rotational axis is located toward a second end portion opposite the first end portion; and a second position at which the second end portion of the front plate is located at a position that is higher than the second end portion at the first position and that is shifted in an insertion direction from the second end portion at the first position. The front plate includes a grip and a surface. The surface of the front plate faces in the pulling direction and downward in a state where the front plate is located at the first position, wherein the surface surrounds the grip.

公开(公告)号：US10414174B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-17

申请号：US16134477

申请日：2018-09-18

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Tetsuo Asada ,  Hirotaka Aoki ,  Satoru Nakakita ,  Shota Iijima ,  Kenji Samoto ,  Yuji Koga

IPC: B65H3/06 ,  B41J11/00 ,  B41J13/10 ,  B65H5/26 ,  B41J13/00 ,  B41J29/02 ,  B41J11/58 ,  B65H1/08 ,  B41J3/60

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.

公开(公告)号：US10086629B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-02

申请号：US15276206

申请日：2016-09-26

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Tetsuo Asada ,  Hirotaka Aoki ,  Satoru Nakakita ,  Shota Iijima ,  Kenji Samoto ,  Yuji Koga

IPC: B65H3/06 ,  B41J11/00 ,  B41J13/10 ,  B41J3/60 ,  B41J13/00 ,  B41J29/02 ,  B65H5/26 ,  B65H1/08 ,  B41J11/58

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.

公开(公告)号：US09604473B2

公开(公告)日：2017-03-28

申请号：US14997188

申请日：2016-01-15

Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Inventor： Tetsuo Asada ,  Kensuke Hirate ,  Yoshiyuki Washino

IPC: B41J11/00 ,  B41J11/48 ,  B41J13/10 ,  B41J29/02 ,  B65H5/00 ,  B65H85/00 ,  B65H1/26 ,  B65H3/06 ,  B65H5/26 ,  B65H5/38 ,  B65H1/04 ,  B65H1/28

CPC classification number: B41J11/0045 ,  B41J11/007 ,  B41J11/485 ,  B41J11/58 ,  B41J13/103 ,  B41J29/023 ,  B65H1/04 ,  B65H1/266 ,  B65H1/28 ,  B65H3/0684 ,  B65H5/00 ,  B65H5/26 ,  B65H5/38 ,  B65H85/00 ,  B65H2402/441 ,  B65H2402/46 ,  B65H2404/513 ,  B65H2404/612 ,  B65H2404/62 ,  B65H2405/1136 ,  B65H2405/3322

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.

公开(公告)号：US20160325951A1

公开(公告)日：2016-11-10

申请号：US15215442

申请日：2016-07-20

Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Inventor： Yukio Shiohara ,  Tetsuo Asada ,  Yuji Koga

IPC: B65H3/44 ,  G06K15/10 ,  B65H1/28 ,  H04N1/00 ,  B65H1/04 ,  B65H1/26

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.

Abstract translation: 一种图像记录装置，包括具有用于保持片材的第一保持部分的第一托盘，设置在第一托盘上方的第二托盘，并且包括用于保持片材的第二保持部分;片材进给器，其从第一托盘中的一个托盘和 第二托盘在片材进给方向上，记录单元，其将图像记录在由片材进给器馈送的片材上;以及排出辊，其排出由记录单元记录图像的片材。 第二托盘的第二保持部分在第一托盘的第一保持部分的上方移动。 第二托盘还包括用于接收由排出辊排出的片材的排出片接收部分。 包括排出片接收部的第二托盘相对于第一托盘枢转。

公开(公告)号：US09440460B2

公开(公告)日：2016-09-13

申请号：US14949233

申请日：2015-11-23

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Tetsuo Asada ,  Hirotaka Aoki ,  Satoru Nakakita ,  Shota Iijima ,  Kenji Samoto ,  Yuji Koga

IPC: B65H85/00 ,  B41J11/00 ,  B41J13/10 ,  B41J3/60 ,  B41J13/00 ,  B41J29/02 ,  B65H3/06 ,  B65H5/26 ,  B65H1/08

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.

Abstract translation: 提供了一种图像记录装置，具有被配置为将图像记录在片材上的记录单元和设置在记录单元下方的托盘。 托盘包括被配置为保持片材的片材保持表面。 此外，图像记录装置包括设置在记录单元和托盘之间的片材进给器。 片材进给器包括用于从托盘进给片材的辊。 辊构造成在辊接触托盘的片材保持表面的第一辊位置和辊与片保持表面分离的第二辊位置之间移动。 设置在记录单元和供纸器之间的返回引导件限定第二传送路径，以将具有在其一侧记录的图像的片材引导回到馈送引导件。 当所述辊处于所述第二辊位置时，所述返回引导件具有构造成容纳所述片材进给器的辊的第一开口。

公开(公告)号：US09248669B2

公开(公告)日：2016-02-02

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

IPC: B65H85/00 ,  B41J11/00 ,  B65H3/06 ,  B41J13/10

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.

公开(公告)号：US11077678B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-03

申请号：US16544340

申请日：2019-08-19

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

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.