公开(公告)号：US20210029261A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-28

申请号：US16936695

申请日：2020-07-23

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Shintaro MIYAMOTO ,  Sho ARUGA ,  Yuka SHIMIZU

IPC: H04N1/00

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording unit and a document reading unit. The recording unit includes a shaft, and the document reading unit includes a groove forming member. In the groove, an elastically deformable portion configured to make the width of the groove narrower than a maximum diameter of the shaft The shaft has a shape in which a radial dimension changes along a circumferential direction and is provided so as to rotate, and when the elastically deformable portion passes through the shaft in the process of opening the document reading unit from the closed state, the rotation of the shaft is regulated such that the radial dimension of the shaft with respect to the width of the groove is equal to or less than a first dimension smaller than the maximum dimension.

公开(公告)号：US20230311541A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-05

申请号：US18193495

申请日：2023-03-30

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Morio IWATA ,  Shumi KARASAWA ,  Kazuo SAITO ,  Yuka SHIMIZU

IPC: B41J11/00 ,  B41J2/17 ,  B41J2/175 ,  B41J11/02

CPC classification number: B41J11/0065 ,  B41J2/1721 ,  B41J2/17596 ,  B41J11/007 ,  B41J11/02

Abstract: A recording device includes an ejecting head ejecting ink onto a medium, a first ink absorber disposed at a position facing the ejecting head and absorbing waste ink, among the ink, ejected to a position beyond an edge during borderless recording, a platen configured to supports the first ink absorber, and support the medium during the borderless recording, a first waste ink tray including a first discharge port discharging the waste ink, the first waste ink tray receiving the waste ink flowing out from the first ink absorber, and a discharge mechanism discharging, from the first discharge port, the waste ink received by the first waste ink tray, wherein the first waste ink tray includes a plurality of inclined regions inclined to guide the waste ink to the first discharge port, and each of the plurality of inclined regions has a different inclination direction.

公开(公告)号：US20230328185A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-12

申请号：US18193276

申请日：2023-03-30

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Yuka SHIMIZU ,  Shintaro MIYAMOTO

IPC: H04N1/028 ,  H04N1/00

CPC classification number: H04N1/00013 ,  H04N1/00519 ,  H04N1/00588 ,  H04N1/0071 ,  H04N1/0079 ,  H04N1/02835

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a reading unit reading a medium transported through a medium transportation path and a pair of frames supporting the reading unit. The pair of frames includes a first frame and a second frame that is disposed with an interval provided between the first frame and the second frame in the width direction, at least one of the first frame and the second frame is provided with an opening portion penetrable by the reading unit, and the first frame and the second frame support the reading unit penetrating, via the opening portion, the first frame and the second frame while being disposed between the first frame and the second frame.

公开(公告)号：US20230311542A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-05

申请号：US18192600

申请日：2023-03-29

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Morio IWATA ,  Yuka SHIMIZU ,  Shumi KARASAWA ,  Satoshi YOSHINO

IPC: B41J11/00 ,  B41J25/00 ,  B41J3/60 ,  B41J23/02 ,  B41J2/195

CPC classification number: B41J11/007 ,  B41J25/001 ,  B41J11/0045 ,  B41J3/60 ,  B41J23/025 ,  B41J2/195

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a recording path passing a recorder performing recording by ejecting liquid onto a medium; a feeding path through which the medium is fed to the recording path; a discharge path through which the medium after recording performed thereon by the recorder is discharged; a reading path extending through a reader reading an image, provided independently of the recording path, the feeding path, and the discharge path and to which the medium with a recorded image being used to check a state of liquid ejection of the recorder recorded thereon is fed; and a switching portion switching between a first state in which a feeding direction of the medium after recording performed thereon by the recorder is set to a direction toward the reading path and a second state in which the feeding direction is set to a direction other than the direction toward the reading path.