US 12,187,052 B2
Medium-transport apparatus and medium-transport system
Akihisa Wanibe, Matsumoto (JP); and Hironori Matsuoka, Matsumoto (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/494,571.
Application 18/494,571 is a continuation of application No. 17/653,403, filed on Mar. 3, 2022, granted, now 11,827,040.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-035083 (JP), filed on Mar. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0051318 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B41J 29/13 (2006.01); B41J 13/00 (2006.01); B41J 13/10 (2006.01); B41J 29/02 (2006.01); B65H 1/26 (2006.01); B65H 5/06 (2006.01); B65H 5/38 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 29/13 (2013.01) [B41J 13/009 (2013.01); B41J 13/103 (2013.01); B41J 29/02 (2013.01); B65H 1/266 (2013.01); B65H 5/066 (2013.01); B65H 5/38 (2013.01); B65H 2402/10 (2013.01); B65H 2402/45 (2013.01); B65H 2404/611 (2013.01); B65H 2404/63 (2013.01); B65H 2407/21 (2013.01); B65H 2601/11 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1131 (2013.01); B65H 2801/06 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A medium-transport apparatus in which a Z-axis orthogonal to an installation surface of the medium-transport apparatus has a +Z side set on a side of the medium-transport apparatus and a −Z side set on an opposite side with respect to the installation surface, and two axes orthogonal to each other in in-plane directions of the installation surface are an X-axis and a Y-axis,
the apparatus comprising:
an apparatus main body having a transport path that transports a medium; and
a cover provided on a side surface of the apparatus main body and configured to be switched between a first state for exposing the transport path and a second state for covering the transport path, wherein
the cover is divided into
a first cover that has a rotation shaft along the Z-axis and is configured to rotate with respect to the apparatus main body,
a second cover that is arranged on the −Z side of the first cover, has a rotation shaft along the Y-axis on the −Z side, and is configured to rotate with respect to the apparatus main body,
the apparatus main body is configured such that the medium is fed from a feeding device which is arranged in an X-axis direction with respect to the apparatus main body, accommodates the medium, and feeds the medium that is accommodated to the transport path, and
a lower end of the first cover on the −Z side is closer to the +Z side than an upper end of the feeding device on the +Z side.