US 11,890,866 B2
Processing device and recording device including a medium receiving unit that receives a discharged medium
Keiichi Yato, Matsumoto (JP); and Mitsuru Murata, Matsumoto (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/150,166.
Application 18/150,166 is a continuation of application No. 17/474,725, filed on Sep. 14, 2021, granted, now 11,565,540.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-172431 (JP), filed on Oct. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0143837 A1, May 11, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B41J 13/10 (2006.01); B41J 11/42 (2006.01); B41J 11/58 (2006.01); B41J 13/00 (2006.01); B65H 31/02 (2006.01); B65H 31/00 (2006.01); B65H 31/22 (2006.01); B41J 15/18 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 13/103 (2013.01) [B41J 11/42 (2013.01); B41J 11/58 (2013.01); B41J 13/0009 (2013.01); B41J 13/106 (2013.01); B65H 31/02 (2013.01); B41J 15/18 (2013.01); B65H 31/00 (2013.01); B65H 31/22 (2013.01); B65H 2402/32 (2013.01); B65H 2402/33 (2013.01); B65H 2403/41 (2013.01); B65H 2403/48 (2013.01); B65H 2405/324 (2013.01); B65H 2701/11312 (2013.01); B65H 2801/36 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
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1. A processing device comprising:
a processing unit accommodated in a housing and configured to process a medium; and
a medium receiving unit that receives the medium discharged from the housing, the medium receiving unit including:
a flexible sheet-shaped receiving member;
a rotating shaft provided inside the housing and to which one end of the receiving member is coupled;
an operating portion provided separably from the housing and to which the other end of the receiving member is coupled;
a pair of support portions that protrude from the housing in a retractable manner and supports both ends of the operating portion;
a rack provided on at least one of the pair of support portions; and
a rotating shaft gear provided on the rotating shaft and configured to rotate in conjunction with movement of the rack, wherein
the receiving member is wound around the rotating shaft and accommodated inside the housing when the operating portion is mounted on the housing, and
the receiving member is fed from the rotating shaft so as to receive the medium when the operating portion is separated from the housing.