IP Library Granted Patent US 12,391,508
Granted Patent B2
US 12,391,508 · App. 18/734,280 · Granted Aug 19, 2025

Medium discharge device and image reading apparatus

Inventor: Kiyotaka Nakamura (Kitakyushu, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
B65H31/14B65H29/12B65H29/14B65H31/02H04N1/1215B65H2220/09B65H2301/4212B65H2405/1111B65H2405/11162B65H2405/11164B65H2405/1119B65H2405/32B65H2405/324B65H2801/12B65H2801/39H04N2201/0081
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Patent No.
US 12,391,508
App. No.
18/734,280
Granted
Aug 19, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A medium discharge device includes a discharge roller pair that is provided with a discharge driving roller and a discharge driven roller which drivably rotates in contact with the discharge driving roller, and a medium receiving tray which receives the medium that is fed and discharged by the discharge roller pair, in which the medium receiving tray includes a guide member which guides such that a tip end of the medium which is discharged from the discharge roller pair enters the medium mounting surface at a predetermined angle, and the guide member is provided to be elastically displaceable in an advancing and retreating direction with respect to the medium mounting surface of the medium receiving tray and is displaced in a direction coming close to the medium mounting surface according to raising of a pressing load due to the medium that is discharged to the medium receiving tray.

Claims (17)

1. An image reading apparatus comprising:

a document support section for placing a document in an inclined position;

a feeding roller for feeding the document obliquely downward;

a reading section for reading the document fed from the feeding roller;

a discharge roller that discharges the read document in a first direction;

a discharge tray that receives the document discharged from the discharge roller; and

a plurality of displacement members that are provided on the discharge tray;

wherein at least one of the displacement members is provided on both sides in a second direction with respect to a center portion in the second direction which intersects with the first direction,

wherein each displacement member has a tip end, a base end provided downstream of the tip end in the first direction, and a first inclined portion, provided between the base end and the tip end, which guides the discharged document and each displacement member is configured to be displaceable in a vertical direction,

wherein the tip end is provided at the highest portion of the displacement member in the vertical direction, and

wherein the displacement member includes the first inclined portion and a second inclined portion whose inclines are different.

2. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein each displacement member is biased by a spring and displaced by a force of the discharged document being received by the discharge tray.

3. The image reading apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein each displacement member is formed of a non-elastic member.

4. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of ribs extending in the document first direction are formed in the discharge tray, and each displacement member is formed between the ribs.

5. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the discharge tray has a wall portion projecting upward from an end portion of the discharge tray.

6. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein each displacement member has the tip end as a free end.

7. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the base end is attached to the discharge tray and the tip end is displaceable.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2024
From: NAKAMURA, KIYOTAKA
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067628/0105 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-204370 · Oct 16, 2015 · national
Continuity (6)
Continuation 18311734 · May 3, 2023
Continuation 17107528 · Nov 30, 2020
Continuation 16268277 · Feb 5, 2019
Continuation 15893980 · Feb 12, 2018
Continuation 15294469 · Oct 14, 2016
Related Publication 20240317530A1 · Sep 26, 2024
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