IP Library Granted Patent US 11,993,074
Granted Patent B2
US 11,993,074 · App. 18/179,729 · Granted May 28, 2024

Printing device including detachable discharge tray positioned below cutter unit

Inventor: Hiroaki Takahashi (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B41J11/70B26D1/185B65H35/0086B65H37/06
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Patent No.
US 11,993,074
App. No.
18/179,729
Granted
May 28, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A printing device includes: an image recording unit configured to record an image on a printing medium; a cutter unit configured to cut the printing medium on which the image is recorded by the image recording unit; and a medium receiving unit configured to receive the printing medium on which the image is recorded by the image recording unit. The cutter unit is positioned frontward of the image recording unit in a frontward direction. The medium receiving unit is positioned below the cutter unit at a time of an image recording operation and being detachable in the frontward direction.

Claims (23)

1. A printing device comprising:

an upper housing;

a lower housing connected to the upper housing;

an image recording unit disposed in the lower housing and configured to record an image on a printing medium;

a processing unit comprising a processing part configured to perform processing on the printing medium on which the image is recorded by the image recording unit;

a conveying unit disposed in the lower housing and configured to convey the printing medium from the image recording unit to the processing unit in a conveying direction; and

a discharge tray configured to receive the printing medium on which the processing is performed by the processing part, the discharge tray having a downstream end and an upstream end opposite each other in the conveying direction,

wherein the processing part is positioned

below the upper housing and above the discharge tray in a vertical direction, and

between the upstream end and the downstream end of the discharge tray in the conveying direction.

2. The printing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the upper housing comprises a scanner.

3. The printing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the upper housing is pivotably connected to the lower housing.

4. The printing device according to claim 1 , further comprising an accommodation tray configured to accommodate the printing medium to be conveyed to the image recording unit,

wherein the discharge tray is positioned above the accommodation tray.

5. The printing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processing part is a cutter blade configured to cut the printing medium on which the image is recorded by the image recording unit.

6. The printing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processing part is a rotary blade configured to form a perforated line on the printing medium on which the image is recorded by the image recording unit.

7. The printing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processing part is a rotary plate configured to form a folding line on the printing medium on which the image is recorded by the image recording unit.

8. The printing device according to claim 1 , further comprising an extension tray retractably supported by the discharge tray.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-061147 · Mar 30, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 17217306 · Mar 30, 2021
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