US 11,659,114 B2
Recording device with front side insertion port
Shingo Waki, Matsumoto (JP); and Tetsuji Yatsunami, Okaya (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/315,601.
Claims priority of application No. JP2020-084614 (JP), filed on May 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0354940 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. H04N 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 1/00567 (2013.01) [H04N 1/0057 (2013.01); H04N 1/00575 (2013.01); H04N 1/00612 (2013.01); B65H 2404/612 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A recording device comprising:
a recording head configured to perform recording on a recording target medium;
a first conveyance path that is a conveyance path of the recording target medium including an opposite position that faces the recording head, the first conveyance path being configured for conveyance of the recording target medium in a first direction when recording is performed by the recording head;
a second conveyance path that is a conveyance path of the recording target medium, the second conveyance path being coupled to the first conveyance path at a position downstream of the recording head in the first direction and configured for conveyance of the recording target medium on which recording was performed by the recording head, the second conveyance path being coupled to the first conveyance path also at a position upstream of the recording head in the first direction and configured for conveyance of the recording target medium to the first conveyance path with a surface of the recording target medium inverted;
an insertion port configured to enable insertion of a recording target medium as an insertion material to the second conveyance path from outside; and
an ejection roller pair is provided for ejecting the recording target medium on which the recording has been performed,
wherein the insertion port is arranged below the ejection roller pair.