JP2013082516A - Recording medium discharge device and recording device - Google Patents

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JP2013082516A
JP2013082516A JP2011222061A JP2011222061A JP2013082516A JP 2013082516 A JP2013082516 A JP 2013082516A JP 2011222061 A JP2011222061 A JP 2011222061A JP 2011222061 A JP2011222061 A JP 2011222061A JP 2013082516 A JP2013082516 A JP 2013082516A
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a recording medium discharge device enabling a recording medium to be discharged appropriately on a medium receiving surface, and to provide a recording device with the recording medium discharge device.SOLUTION: The recording medium discharge device 100 includes a discharging part 15 discharging a cut sheet CS, and the medium receiving surface 82 receiving a front end edge SF side part in a discharging direction in the cut sheet discharged from the discharging part, and the cut sheet is moved along the medium receiving surface in a state in which a recording surface SP and the medium receiving surface are opposed. The recording medium discharge device further includes a guide member 80 arranged to be protruded on an antigravity direction side in a vertical direction relative to an extended surface of the medium receiving surface in an end of the medium receiving surface on the opposite side of a side in which the front end edge of the cut sheet is positioned when the cut sheet is received on the medium receiving surface, and moreover, abutting on the recording surface in a bent part of the cut sheet and moving a rear end edge side part to a direction enlarging a curvature radius of the bent part when the rear end edge side part of the cut sheet is discharged from the discharging part.

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本発明は、記録が施される被記録媒体を排出する被記録媒体排出装置およびこの被記録媒体排出装置を備えた記録装置に関する。   The present invention relates to a recording medium discharging apparatus that discharges a recording medium on which recording is performed, and a recording apparatus including the recording medium discharging apparatus.

従来から、記録装置の一種として、ロール状に巻かれた状態から巻き出されて記録部を通過するように搬送される被記録媒体に対して、記録部に備えられた記録ヘッドから液体を噴射して記録を施したのち、その被記録媒体を所定の長さに切断して排出するインクジェット式のプリンターが広く知られている。この種のプリンターは、例えば特許文献1に開示されているように、通常、大型プリンターであり、鉛直方向上側に被記録媒体に対して記録を施す印刷部(記録部)を有するプリンター本体(装置本体)と、その下側に装置本体と離れて配設された排紙スタック部(媒体受け面)とを備えている。   Conventionally, as a kind of recording apparatus, liquid is ejected from a recording head provided in a recording unit to a recording medium that is unwound from a rolled state and conveyed so as to pass through the recording unit. Ink-jet printers that perform recording and then cut and eject the recording medium into a predetermined length are widely known. For example, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, this type of printer is usually a large printer, and a printer main body (apparatus) having a printing unit (recording unit) that records on a recording medium on the upper side in the vertical direction. A main body) and a paper discharge stack portion (medium receiving surface) disposed below the main body of the apparatus.

このような大型プリンターでは、同じく特許文献1に開示されたように、作業性や水平方向における省スペース化のため、装置本体において搬送される被記録媒体の搬送方向を水平方向に対して傾斜させるとともに、搬送方向の下流側において記録後の被記録媒体を媒体受け面に向けて排出する媒体支持面が、搬送方向と同様に傾斜して設けられている。そして、記録が施された後に切断された被記録媒体については、傾斜する媒体支持面に沿って移動(落下)させることにより装置本体から排出する際に、その排出方向の先端縁を、媒体受け面によって接触して受け止めるとともに、その被記録媒体において記録が施された被記録面を媒体受け面と対向させるように湾曲させている。この湾曲によって被記録媒体の排出方向の先端縁側部位は媒体受け面に沿って移動して、被記録面が下側になるフェイスダウン状態で媒体受け面上に排出される。   In such a large-sized printer, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, for the sake of workability and space saving in the horizontal direction, the conveyance direction of the recording medium conveyed in the apparatus main body is inclined with respect to the horizontal direction. In addition, a medium support surface for discharging the recording medium after recording toward the medium receiving surface on the downstream side in the transport direction is provided to be inclined similarly to the transport direction. Then, when the recording medium cut after the recording is performed is ejected from the apparatus main body by moving (falling) along the inclined medium support surface, the leading edge in the ejecting direction is set to the medium receiving portion. The recording surface is curved so that the recording surface on which the recording is performed is opposed to the medium receiving surface. Due to this curvature, the leading edge side portion in the discharge direction of the recording medium moves along the medium receiving surface and is discharged onto the medium receiving surface in a face-down state where the recording surface is on the lower side.

なお、被記録媒体は、被記録面側が凸面となるように湾曲しながら排出方向の先端縁側部位が媒体受け面上に排出された後に所定の長さに切断され、その後、装置本体から排出方向の後端縁側部位も排出される。このとき、被記録媒体は、その後端縁側部位が媒体受け面上において先端縁側部位と重ならないように、先端縁側部位と後端縁側部位との間で形成される湾曲部の曲げ戻りを利用して後端縁側部位が湾曲部の曲げ形状を解消する方向に変位する。   The recording medium is curved so that the recording surface side becomes a convex surface, and the front end edge side portion in the discharging direction is discharged onto the medium receiving surface and then cut to a predetermined length, and then is discharged from the apparatus main body in the discharging direction. The rear edge side portion is also discharged. At this time, the recording medium uses the bending back of the curved portion formed between the leading edge side portion and the trailing edge side portion so that the trailing edge side portion does not overlap the leading edge side portion on the medium receiving surface. Thus, the rear edge side portion is displaced in a direction to cancel the bending shape of the bending portion.

特開2000−71535号公報JP 2000-71535 A

しかしながら、特許文献1に開示された大型プリンターにおいて、被記録媒体は被記録面を媒体受け面と対向させるように湾曲して媒体受け面に排出される際に、形成された湾曲部が、被記録媒体の腰の強さや排出方向のばらつきなどによって潰れて曲率半径が小さくなる場合がある。この場合、曲率半径が小さい湾曲部は曲げ戻し力が弱いため、後端縁側部位の排出時において、被記録媒体の後端縁側部位の排出方向を先端縁側部位と重ならないように媒体受け面から離れる方向に移動させることができなくなる。この結果、被記録媒体を媒体受け面上に適切に排出させることができないことになる。   However, in the large-sized printer disclosed in Patent Document 1, when the recording medium is bent so that the recording surface faces the medium receiving surface and discharged to the medium receiving surface, the formed curved portion is not covered. In some cases, the radius of curvature is reduced due to the stiffness of the recording medium or variations in the ejection direction. In this case, since the bending portion having a small radius of curvature has a weak bending return force, the discharge direction of the rear edge portion of the recording medium is not overlapped with the front edge portion when discharging the rear edge portion. It becomes impossible to move away. As a result, the recording medium cannot be properly discharged onto the medium receiving surface.

本発明は、上記課題を解決するためになされたものであり、その主な目的は、被記録媒体が媒体受け面上に適切に排出される被記録媒体排出装置及びこの被記録媒体排出装置を備えた記録装置を提供することにある。   The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and its main object is to provide a recording medium ejecting apparatus that appropriately ejects a recording medium onto a medium receiving surface and the recording medium ejecting apparatus. It is to provide a recording apparatus provided.

上記目的を達成するために、本発明の被記録媒体排出装置は、被記録面を有する被記録媒体を前記被記録面とは反対側から支持しつつ重力方向側に排出する媒体排出部と、前記媒体排出部から重力方向側に離れた位置に傾斜して設けられ、前記媒体排出部から排出される前記被記録媒体における排出方向の先端縁側部位を受ける媒体受け面と、を備え、前記媒体排出部から排出された前記被記録媒体が、その排出方向の先端縁を前記媒体受け面に接触させたのち、前記被記録面と前記媒体受け面とが対向する状態に湾曲した湾曲部を形成しつつ前記媒体受け面に沿って重力方向側に移動して前記先端縁側部位が前記媒体受け面に受けられる被記録媒体排出装置であって、前記媒体受け面に前記被記録媒体を受けた場合に当該被記録媒体の前記先端縁が位置する側とは反対側の前記媒体受け面の端部に、前記媒体受け面の延長面よりも鉛直方向の反重力方向側に突出するように設けられ、前記被記録媒体の後端縁側部位が前記媒体排出部から排出される際に、前記被記録媒体の湾曲部における前記被記録面に当接して、前記湾曲部の曲率半径を大きくする方向に前記後端縁側部位を移動させるガイド部を備える。   In order to achieve the above object, a recording medium discharging apparatus according to the present invention includes a medium discharging unit that discharges a recording medium having a recording surface to the gravity direction side while supporting the recording medium from the side opposite to the recording surface; A medium receiving surface provided at an inclination to a position away from the medium discharge portion in the direction of gravity and receiving a front edge side portion in the discharge direction of the recording medium discharged from the medium discharge portion. The recording medium ejected from the ejection part forms a curved part curved so that the recording surface and the medium receiving surface face each other after the leading edge in the ejection direction is brought into contact with the medium receiving surface. However, it is a recording medium discharge device that moves to the gravity direction side along the medium receiving surface and receives the tip edge side portion on the medium receiving surface, and when the recording medium is received on the medium receiving surface In the recording medium Provided at the end of the medium receiving surface opposite to the side where the edge is located so as to protrude in the vertical anti-gravity direction side from the extended surface of the medium receiving surface, and after the recording medium When the edge side portion is discharged from the medium discharge portion, the trailing edge side portion is moved in the direction of increasing the curvature radius of the curved portion by contacting the recording surface of the curved portion of the recording medium. A guide part is provided.

この構成によれば、被記録面を媒体受け面と対向する下側(フェイスダウン)にして排出する際に形成される湾曲部における被記録面にガイド部が当接して、被記録媒体における後端縁側部位の排出に際して湾曲部が潰れないように保持される。この保持された被記録媒体の湾曲部の曲がりが戻る変位動作によって後端縁側部位の排出方向が媒体受け面から離れる方向に移動する。そのため、被記録媒体は、その先端縁側部位が媒体受け面に被記録面を対向させた状態で受けられる一方、その後端縁側部位が媒体受け面に排出されることが抑制される。従って、被記録媒体を、その後端縁側部位が先端縁側部位に重ならないようにして、媒体受け面上に適切に排出させることができる。   According to this configuration, the guide portion comes into contact with the recording surface of the curved portion formed when the recording surface is discharged to the lower side (face down) facing the medium receiving surface, and the rear surface of the recording medium is The curved portion is held so as not to be crushed when the edge side portion is discharged. By the displacement operation in which the bending of the curved portion of the held recording medium returns, the discharge direction of the rear edge side portion moves in a direction away from the medium receiving surface. For this reason, the recording medium can be received in a state where the leading edge side portion faces the recording surface to the medium receiving surface, and the trailing edge side portion is suppressed from being discharged to the medium receiving surface. Therefore, the recording medium can be appropriately discharged onto the medium receiving surface such that the rear edge side portion does not overlap the front edge side portion.

本発明の被記録媒体排出装置において、前記媒体受け面とは水平方向において別位置に設けられ、前記媒体受け面により前記先端縁側部位が受けられた状態にある前記被記録媒体における後端縁側部位を受けるとともに、水平方向において前記媒体受け面から遠い側に当該媒体受け面から離れるにつれて反重力方向側に上昇する傾斜面を有する補助媒体受け面を備える。   In the recording medium discharging apparatus of the present invention, the rear edge side portion of the recording medium is provided at a position different from the medium receiving surface in the horizontal direction and the leading edge side portion is received by the medium receiving surface. And an auxiliary medium receiving surface having an inclined surface that rises in the anti-gravity direction side as it moves away from the medium receiving surface on the side far from the medium receiving surface in the horizontal direction.

この構成によれば、排出される被記録媒体の後端縁側部位が先端縁側部位を受けている媒体受け面から離れるように移動する際に先端縁側部位を媒体受け面側から補助媒体受け面側に引き込まないように、その後端縁側部位の移動を反重力方向側に上昇する傾斜面で抑制することができる。従って、被記録媒体を媒体受け面上に適切に排出させることができる。   According to this configuration, when the trailing edge side portion of the recording medium to be ejected moves away from the medium receiving surface receiving the leading edge side portion, the leading edge side portion is moved from the medium receiving surface side to the auxiliary medium receiving surface side. Therefore, the movement of the rear edge side portion can be suppressed by the inclined surface rising in the antigravity direction side. Therefore, the recording medium can be properly discharged onto the medium receiving surface.

本発明の被記録媒体排出装置において、前記ガイド部は、前記媒体受け面の延長面よりも鉛直方向の反重力方向側に突出する円筒形状の突出面を有する。
この構成によれば、ガイド部は、媒体受け面から反重力方向に突出する突出面を被記録媒体の湾曲部に当接させるので、被記録媒体の湾曲部を潰すことなく突出面の円筒形状に沿って逆方向に湾曲させることができる。この結果、後端縁側部位の排出時において、被記録媒体のこの逆方向への湾曲を利用して後端縁側部位の排出方向を先端縁側部位と重ならないように媒体受け面から離れる方向に移動させることができる。
In the recording medium ejecting apparatus according to the present invention, the guide portion has a cylindrical projecting surface that projects further in the vertical antigravity direction than the extended surface of the medium receiving surface.
According to this configuration, since the guide portion makes the protruding surface protruding in the antigravity direction from the medium receiving surface abut the curved portion of the recording medium, the cylindrical shape of the protruding surface without crushing the curved portion of the recording medium Can be bent in the opposite direction. As a result, when the trailing edge portion is discharged, the discharge direction of the trailing edge side portion is moved away from the medium receiving surface so as not to overlap the leading edge portion by utilizing the curve in the opposite direction of the recording medium. Can be made.

本発明の被記録媒体排出装置において、前記被記録媒体が排出される際の前記被記録媒体の排出方向の長さに応じて、前記媒体受け面で受ける前記被記録媒体の先端縁側部位の前記媒体受け面に沿う長さを変更する媒体受け面長さ変更手段を備える。   In the recording medium discharge apparatus of the present invention, the front edge side portion of the recording medium received by the medium receiving surface according to the length in the discharge direction of the recording medium when the recording medium is discharged. Medium receiving surface length changing means for changing the length along the medium receiving surface is provided.

この構成によれば、排出される被記録媒体の排出方向の長さが変化しても、媒体受け面から離れるように移動する後端縁側部位の排出方向に沿う長さを同じ長さにすることができる。従って、被記録媒体の湾曲部の曲がりが戻る変位動作によって後端縁側部位の排出方向が媒体受け面から離れる方向に移動させる場合の移動態様を変らないようにすることができるので、排出される被記録媒体の長さが変化しても、安定して後端縁側部位を媒体先端部受け部から離れるように移動させることができる。   According to this configuration, even if the length of the recording medium to be ejected changes in the ejection direction, the length along the ejection direction of the rear edge side portion that moves away from the medium receiving surface is made the same length. be able to. Accordingly, it is possible to keep the movement mode in the case where the discharge direction of the rear edge side portion is moved away from the medium receiving surface by the displacement operation in which the bending of the curved portion of the recording medium is returned, so that the discharge is performed. Even if the length of the recording medium changes, the rear end edge side portion can be stably moved away from the medium front end receiving portion.

本発明の記録装置は、被記録媒体に対して媒体排出部から排出される前に前記被記録媒体の被記録面に液体を噴射して記録を施す記録部と、上記構成の被記録媒体排出装置と、を備える。   The recording apparatus of the present invention includes a recording unit that performs recording by ejecting liquid onto the recording surface of the recording medium before being discharged from the medium discharging unit to the recording medium, and the recording medium discharge having the above-described configuration. An apparatus.

この構成によれば、被記録媒体の被記録面に記録を施すとともに、被記録面を媒体受け面と対向する下側(フェイスダウン)にして被記録媒体を排出する際に、その後端縁側部位が先端縁側部位に重ならないようにして、媒体受け面上に適切に排出させる記録装置を提供することができる。   According to this configuration, when recording is performed on the recording surface of the recording medium and the recording medium is discharged with the recording surface facing down (face down) facing the medium receiving surface, the rear edge side portion Therefore, it is possible to provide a recording apparatus that appropriately discharges the toner on the medium receiving surface so that the toner does not overlap the front edge side portion.

本発明に係る実施形態の記録装置の概略構成を一部断面で示す側面図。1 is a side view showing a schematic configuration of a recording apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention in a partial cross section. 実施形態の被記録媒体排出装置において、媒体受け面の構成を示す斜視図。The perspective view which shows the structure of a medium receiving surface in the recording medium discharge apparatus of embodiment. ガイド部を備えない場合の被記録媒体排出装置の図で、(a)はカットシートの後端縁側部位が排出されるときの状態図、(b)はカットシートの後端縁側部位が媒体受け面から離れるように排出されたときの状態図。FIG. 4 is a diagram of a recording medium discharge device without a guide portion, where (a) is a state diagram when a rear end edge side portion of a cut sheet is discharged, and (b) is a rear end edge side portion of the cut sheet. The state diagram when discharged away from the surface. ガイド部を備えた場合の被記録媒体排出装置の図で、(a)はカットシートの後端縁側部位が排出されるときの状態図、(b)はカットシートの後端縁側部位が媒体受け面から離れるように排出されたときの状態図。FIG. 6 is a diagram of a recording medium discharge device provided with a guide portion, where (a) is a state diagram when a rear edge side portion of the cut sheet is discharged, and (b) is a medium receiving portion of the rear edge side portion of the cut sheet. The state diagram when discharged away from the surface. 排出方向の長さが短いカットシートが排出されたときの状態図。The state diagram when a cut sheet having a short length in the discharge direction is discharged. 媒体受け面長さ変更手段がカットシートの先端縁を規制する状態図。The medium receiving surface length changing means regulates the leading edge of the cut sheet. 媒体受け面長さ変更手段の変形例を示す構造図。FIG. 9 is a structural diagram showing a modification of the medium receiving surface length changing means.

以下、本発明を具体化した一実施形態である記録装置について図を参照して説明する。
本実施形態の記録装置は、液体の一例としてのインクを噴射する液体噴射ヘッドを記録ヘッドとして有し、ロール状に巻かれたロール紙から給送される長尺の被記録媒体としてのシート(例えば用紙)の被記録面に対して、記録ヘッドからインクを噴射して画像を記録する装置である。
Hereinafter, a recording apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The recording apparatus of the present embodiment has a liquid ejecting head that ejects ink as an example of liquid as a recording head, and a sheet as a long recording medium fed from roll paper wound in a roll shape ( For example, it is an apparatus that records an image by ejecting ink from a recording head onto a recording surface of a sheet.

図1に示すように、記録装置11は、シートSTの被記録面SPに記録を施したのちシートSTを切断してカットシートCSとして排出する装置本体部12と、その鉛直方向の重力方向側となる下方に、排出されるカットシートCSを受ける媒体受け面82,83とを有する媒体受け部18と、を備えている。媒体受け部18は、装置本体部12から排出される複数枚のカットシートCSを、その被記録面SPを媒体受け面82,83と対向するように下方側にして積み重ねた状態で受けることでスタックする。装置本体部12は、シートSTの排出方向と交差するシートSTの幅方向を長手方向とした略直方体形状を有し、装置本体部12の長手方向の両側端部に設けられた板状の結合部材19によって媒体受け部18の基台部81と連結固定されている。基台部81は、記録装置11の全体の基台としても機能する。なお、図1では、記録装置11についてシートの幅方向と交差する平面で切断した断面図で示している。   As shown in FIG. 1, the recording apparatus 11 includes an apparatus main body 12 that records a recording surface SP of a sheet ST, then cuts the sheet ST and discharges it as a cut sheet CS, and a vertical gravity direction side thereof. And a medium receiving portion 18 having medium receiving surfaces 82 and 83 for receiving the cut sheet CS to be discharged. The medium receiving unit 18 receives a plurality of cut sheets CS discharged from the apparatus main body unit 12 in a state of being stacked with the recording surface SP facing downward to face the medium receiving surfaces 82 and 83. Stack. The apparatus main body 12 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape with the width direction of the sheet ST intersecting with the discharge direction of the sheet ST as a longitudinal direction, and plate-like couplings provided at both end portions in the longitudinal direction of the apparatus main body 12. The member 19 is connected and fixed to the base portion 81 of the medium receiving portion 18. The base unit 81 also functions as a base for the entire recording apparatus 11. In FIG. 1, the recording apparatus 11 is shown in a cross-sectional view cut along a plane that intersects the width direction of the sheet.

まず装置本体部12について説明する。装置本体部12は、複数の部材で構成されたケース体21で構成され、長尺のシートSTを収容した媒体収容部13、シートSTに記録を施す記録部14、シートSTを装置本体部12から媒体受け部18へ向けて排出する媒体排出部としての排出部15を備える。また、記録部14と排出部15との間には、排出されるシートSTを切断する切断手段16を備える。   First, the apparatus main body 12 will be described. The apparatus main body 12 includes a case body 21 formed of a plurality of members. The apparatus main body 12 stores a long sheet ST, a medium storage unit 13 that stores a long sheet ST, a recording unit 14 that records the sheet ST, and the sheet ST. The discharge unit 15 is provided as a medium discharge unit that discharges toward the medium receiving unit 18. Further, a cutting means 16 for cutting the discharged sheet ST is provided between the recording unit 14 and the discharge unit 15.

媒体収容部13は、軸部32を中心に回動するカバー部材31によって開蓋および閉蓋される収容空間を有し、この収容空間にロール状に巻かれてロール体RTとされた長尺のシートSTを収容する。なお、ロール体RTを収容空間に収容する際には、カバー部材31を図中実線で示した閉蓋状態から図中二点鎖線で示した状態に回転移動させて、収容空間を開蓋状態にさせる。   The medium accommodating portion 13 has an accommodating space that is opened and closed by a cover member 31 that rotates about a shaft portion 32, and is a roll body RT that is wound around the accommodating space in a roll shape. The sheet ST is accommodated. When the roll body RT is accommodated in the accommodation space, the cover member 31 is rotated from the closed state indicated by the solid line in the figure to the state indicated by the two-dot chain line in the figure, and the accommodation space is opened. Let me.

記録部14は、ロール体RTから巻き出されたシートSTに対してその被記録面SP側の方向(前方向)に位置し、不図示の駆動手段(モーターなど)によってシートSTの幅方向となる装置本体部12の長手方向に往復移動するキャリッジ41を備えている。キャリッジ41には、シートSTと対向する位置に記録ヘッド42が設けられている。また、記録装置11は、シートSTを記録ヘッド42とは反対側(後方側)から支持する支持台や、そのシートSTを搬送する搬送ローラー(いずれも不図示)を備え、ロール体RTから巻き出されたシートSTを搬送方向下流側となる排出部15側へ搬送する。この搬送において、シートSTの幅方向に往復移動するキャリッジ41に設けられた記録ヘッド42からシートSTの被記録面SPにインクを噴射してシートSTに記録を施す。   The recording unit 14 is positioned in a direction (front direction) on the recording surface SP side with respect to the sheet ST unwound from the roll body RT, and is adjusted in the width direction of the sheet ST by a driving unit (not shown). The apparatus main body 12 is provided with a carriage 41 that reciprocates in the longitudinal direction. The carriage 41 is provided with a recording head 42 at a position facing the sheet ST. In addition, the recording apparatus 11 includes a support base that supports the sheet ST from the opposite side (rear side) to the recording head 42 and a transport roller (both not shown) that transports the sheet ST, and is wound from the roll body RT. The ejected sheet ST is conveyed to the discharge unit 15 side downstream in the conveyance direction. In this conveyance, recording is performed on the sheet ST by ejecting ink from the recording head 42 provided on the carriage 41 that reciprocates in the width direction of the sheet ST onto the recording surface SP of the sheet ST.

排出部15は、記録部14から搬送されるシートSTを被記録面SPとは反対側(後方側)の面に当接して支持する媒体支持面51と、媒体支持面51と搬送方向下流側で繋がる媒体支持面52とが形成されている。媒体支持面51,52は、装置本体部12の長手方向に沿う平面であってシートSTの幅寸法よりも広い幅を有し、その前方から見た左右両端には、前後上下の両方向に延設されたケース側壁22(図1では左側のみ図示)が装置本体部12のケース体21の一部材として配設されている。従って、媒体支持面51,52の前方は、ケース体21で覆われない大気開放された開放空間となっている。   The discharge unit 15 includes a medium support surface 51 that supports the sheet ST conveyed from the recording unit 14 in contact with the surface opposite to the recording surface SP (rear side), and the medium support surface 51 and the downstream side in the conveyance direction. And a medium support surface 52 connected to each other. The medium support surfaces 51 and 52 are flat surfaces along the longitudinal direction of the apparatus main body 12 and have a width wider than the width dimension of the sheet ST. The provided case side wall 22 (shown only on the left side in FIG. 1) is disposed as a member of the case body 21 of the apparatus main body 12. Therefore, the front of the medium support surfaces 51 and 52 is an open space opened to the atmosphere that is not covered by the case body 21.

媒体支持面51,52は、水平から所定の傾斜角で傾いた前方下がりの傾斜面になっている。本実施形態では媒体支持面52は媒体支持面51よりも水平方向に近い傾斜角を有する傾斜面とされている。ちなみに、本実施形態では媒体支持面52は水平から凡そ5度の傾斜角を有する傾斜面である。シートSTは、この媒体支持面51に支持されたのち媒体支持面52へ搬送されて移動し、媒体支持面52において排出方向側端部となる傾斜方向の下端52aから、装置本体部12の下方(重力方向側)に位置する媒体受け部18に向けて排出される。なお、シートSTが搬送される際に、シートSTが媒体支持面51から媒体支持面52へ引っ掛からず円滑に移動するように、媒体支持面51と媒体支持面52との繋ぎ目において、媒体支持面51における傾斜方向の下端の方が媒体支持面52における傾斜方向の上端よりも前側に位置するように形成されている。   The medium support surfaces 51 and 52 are inclined surfaces that are inclined forward and inclined at a predetermined inclination angle from the horizontal. In the present embodiment, the medium support surface 52 is an inclined surface having an inclination angle closer to the horizontal direction than the medium support surface 51. Incidentally, in this embodiment, the medium support surface 52 is an inclined surface having an inclination angle of about 5 degrees from the horizontal. After being supported by the medium support surface 51, the sheet ST is transported and moved to the medium support surface 52. From the lower end 52a in the inclined direction that is the end portion on the discharge direction side of the medium support surface 52, the sheet ST is positioned below the apparatus main body 12. It is discharged toward the medium receiving portion 18 located on the (gravity direction side). When the sheet ST is conveyed, the medium support is provided at the joint between the medium support surface 51 and the medium support surface 52 so that the sheet ST moves smoothly without being caught from the medium support surface 51 to the medium support surface 52. The lower end of the surface 51 in the inclined direction is formed to be positioned in front of the upper end of the medium supporting surface 52 in the inclined direction.

装置本体部12では、媒体収容部13が装置本体部12の上方後側に配設され、排出部15が装置本体部12の下方前側に配設されている。そして、ロール体RTから巻きだされたシートSTは、記録部14に設けられた搬送ローラーを含め、装置本体部12内に形成された不図示の搬送手段によって、斜め上方後側から斜め下方前側に移動して排出部15に搬送される。この斜め方向に搬送されるシートSTの被記録面SPに記録部14において記録が施されたのち、搬送されて排出部15から排出されたシートSTは、その排出途中において切断手段16によって所定の長さに切断され、カットシートCSとなって排出部15から媒体受け部18に向けて排出される。   In the apparatus main body 12, the medium storage unit 13 is disposed on the upper rear side of the apparatus main body 12, and the discharge unit 15 is disposed on the lower front side of the apparatus main body 12. Then, the sheet ST unwound from the roll body RT includes a conveying roller provided in the recording unit 14 and includes an conveying roller (not shown) formed in the apparatus main body unit 12 from an obliquely upper rear side to an obliquely lower front side. To the discharge unit 15. After recording is performed on the recording surface SP of the sheet ST conveyed in the oblique direction in the recording unit 14, the sheet ST conveyed and discharged from the discharge unit 15 is predetermined by the cutting means 16 during the discharge. The sheet is cut into lengths, and cut sheets CS are discharged from the discharge unit 15 toward the medium receiving unit 18.

切断手段16は、不図示の駆動手段によって回転されるとともに、シートSTの幅方向に移動する回転カッター61を備えている。この回転カッター61が、シートSTの厚さ方向に切り込みを入れつつシートSTの幅方向に移動することによってシートSTを切断して、シートSTを所定長さのシートすなわちカットシートCSに切り分ける。   The cutting unit 16 includes a rotary cutter 61 that is rotated by a driving unit (not shown) and moves in the width direction of the sheet ST. The rotary cutter 61 cuts the sheet ST by moving in the width direction of the sheet ST while cutting in the thickness direction of the sheet ST, and cuts the sheet ST into sheets having a predetermined length, that is, cut sheets CS.

次に、図1および図2を参照して、媒体受け部18についてその構成を説明する。なお、説明を判り易くするため、図2において、基台部81は、媒体受け面82,83の構成に係る部材部分のみを簡略化して図示し、他の部材部分は省略している。   Next, the configuration of the medium receiver 18 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. In order to make the explanation easy to understand, in FIG. 2, the base portion 81 is illustrated by simplifying only the member portions relating to the configuration of the medium receiving surfaces 82 and 83, and other member portions are omitted.

図1および図2に示すように、媒体受け部18は装置本体部12の下方に離れて設けられ、基台部81と、シートST(カットシートCS)の幅方向および鉛直方向の双方向と交差する前後方向(水平方向)の別位置に、受け面形成部材82mと受け面形成部材83mとを有している。各受け面形成部材82m,83mは、基台部81において、排出されるカットシートCSを受ける媒体受け面82を装置本体部12とは近い側(後側)に、カットシートCSを受ける媒体受け面83を装置本体部12とは遠い側(前側)にそれぞれ形成する。媒体受け面82,83を形成する受け面形成部材82m,83mは、布などのシート材料で形成される。また、受け面形成部材82mと受け面形成部材83mとは、材料が繋がった一枚のシート材料で形成されている。もとより、受け面形成部材82mと受け面形成部材83mとは、繋がらない別体のシート材料で形成されていてもよい。   As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the medium receiving portion 18 is provided separately below the apparatus main body portion 12, and the base portion 81 and the width direction and the vertical direction of the sheet ST (cut sheet CS) are bidirectional. A receiving surface forming member 82m and a receiving surface forming member 83m are provided at different positions in the crosswise front-rear direction (horizontal direction). Each of the receiving surface forming members 82m and 83m has a medium receiving surface for receiving the cut sheet CS on the side close to the apparatus main body portion 12 (rear side). The surfaces 83 are respectively formed on the side (front side) far from the apparatus main body 12. The receiving surface forming members 82m and 83m that form the medium receiving surfaces 82 and 83 are formed of a sheet material such as cloth. The receiving surface forming member 82m and the receiving surface forming member 83m are formed of a single sheet material in which the materials are connected. Of course, the receiving surface forming member 82m and the receiving surface forming member 83m may be formed of separate sheet materials that are not connected.

本実施形態では、受け面形成部材82mは、その前後方向の両端縁において、それぞれ左右方向を長手方向とする中空の筒状に加工された筒部85hと筒部86hとを有し、受け面形成部材83mは、その前後方向の両端縁において、それぞれ左右方向を長手方向とする中空の筒状に加工された筒部87hと筒部85hとを有している。一方、基台部81には、筒部85hの中空部分に貫通する棒状部材85と、筒部86hの中空部分に貫通する貫通部位86aを中央部分に有する屈曲したアーム状の固定部材86と、筒部87hの中空部分に貫通する貫通部位87aを中央部分に有する屈曲したアーム状の固定部材87と、が固定されている。基台部81における左右方向の両端部には鉛直方向の反重力方向側(上方)に向けて一対の支柱部材81bが立設されており、この両支柱部材81bの上部間に棒状部材85は架設されている。固定部材86は、ワイヤー部材が折り曲げられて形成された貫通部位86aが、棒状部材85よりも装置本体部12側となる後方側であって左右方向に沿った直線をなすように取り付けられている。固定部材87は、ワイヤー部材が折り曲げられて形成された貫通部位87aが、棒状部材85よりも装置本体部12側から離れる前方側であって左右方向に沿った直線をなすように取り付けられている。   In the present embodiment, the receiving surface forming member 82m has a cylindrical portion 85h and a cylindrical portion 86h that are processed into a hollow cylindrical shape with the left-right direction as the longitudinal direction at both longitudinal edges of the receiving surface. The forming member 83m has a cylindrical portion 87h and a cylindrical portion 85h that are processed into a hollow cylindrical shape whose longitudinal direction is the left-right direction at both ends in the front-rear direction. On the other hand, the base part 81 has a rod-like member 85 that penetrates through the hollow part of the cylinder part 85h, a bent arm-like fixing member 86 that has a penetration part 86a that penetrates through the hollow part of the cylinder part 86h at the center part, A bent arm-shaped fixing member 87 having a penetrating portion 87a penetrating through the hollow portion of the cylindrical portion 87h at the center portion is fixed. A pair of column members 81b are erected on both sides of the base unit 81 in the left-right direction toward the anti-gravity direction side (upward) in the vertical direction, and the rod-shaped member 85 is interposed between the upper portions of both column members 81b. It is erected. The fixing member 86 is attached so that a penetrating portion 86a formed by bending the wire member forms a straight line along the left-right direction on the rear side closer to the apparatus main body 12 side than the rod-shaped member 85. . The fixing member 87 is attached so that a penetrating portion 87a formed by bending the wire member forms a straight line along the left-right direction on the front side farther from the apparatus main body 12 side than the rod-shaped member 85. .

そして、受け面形成部材82mは、その両端縁となる筒部86hと筒部85hとがそれぞれ離れる方向に張力が加えられ、全体が張られた状態になっている。また、棒状部材85は固定部材86の貫通部位86aよりも上方に位置するように配設されている。この結果、媒体受け面82は水平から後方下がりのほぼ平坦な傾斜面とされ、水平から前方下がりの傾斜面である装置本体部12における排出部15の媒体支持面52とは、逆の方向に傾斜する傾斜面とされている。   The receiving surface forming member 82m is tensioned in a direction in which the cylindrical portion 86h and the cylindrical portion 85h serving as both end edges are separated from each other, and is stretched as a whole. Further, the rod-shaped member 85 is disposed so as to be positioned above the penetrating portion 86 a of the fixing member 86. As a result, the medium receiving surface 82 has a substantially flat inclined surface that descends backward from the horizontal, and in a direction opposite to the medium support surface 52 of the discharge unit 15 in the apparatus main body 12 that is an inclined surface that descends forward from the horizontal. The inclined surface is inclined.

このように張られて平坦面とされている媒体受け面82の途中には、シートSTが媒体受け面82に沿って後方へ移動するのを規制する規制部84が設けられている。規制部84は、基台部81を構成する固定部材81aに一方の端部88aが固定された規制部材88によって形成される。本実施形態では、規制部材88はワイヤー部材であり、端部88aとは反対側の端部が図2に示すように受け面形成部材82mに設けられた長円状のスリット82hを貫通して、規制部84として機能する構成とされている。なお、図2では1つのみ図示しているが、固定部材81aには、シートSTの幅寸法内であって媒体受け面82における左右方向に2つの規制部材88が並ぶように取り付けられている。もとより、規制部材88は、2つより多い数が固定部材81aに取り付けられてもよい。   In the middle of the medium receiving surface 82 that is flattened in this manner, a restricting portion 84 that restricts the sheet ST from moving rearward along the medium receiving surface 82 is provided. The restricting portion 84 is formed by a restricting member 88 in which one end portion 88 a is fixed to a fixing member 81 a constituting the base portion 81. In this embodiment, the regulating member 88 is a wire member, and the end opposite to the end 88a passes through an oval slit 82h provided in the receiving surface forming member 82m as shown in FIG. It is configured to function as the restricting portion 84. Although only one is shown in FIG. 2, two restricting members 88 are attached to the fixing member 81 a so as to be aligned in the left-right direction on the medium receiving surface 82 within the width dimension of the sheet ST. . Of course, more than two restriction members 88 may be attached to the fixing member 81a.

一方、受け面形成部材83mは、基台部81に固定された固定部材87の貫通部位87aによって、その前端縁となる筒部87hが左右方向に沿った直線状に固定され、基台部81の支柱部材81bの上部に固定された棒状部材85によって、その後端縁となる筒部85hが左右方向に沿った直線状に固定される。そして、固定部材87の貫通部位87aと棒状部材85とは、受け面形成部材83mが撓んだ状態になるように所定の間隔を有して配置されることによって、媒体受け面83は上側が凹面の湾曲形状になっている。従って、媒体受け面83は、棒状部材85に対して媒体受け面82が位置する側とは水平方向の別位置つまり反対側に設けられ、水平方向において媒体受け面82から遠い側に、媒体受け面82から離れるにつれて反重力方向側に上昇する傾斜面83aが形成される。   On the other hand, the receiving surface forming member 83m is fixed in a straight line shape along the left-right direction by a cylindrical portion 87h serving as a front edge by a penetration portion 87a of a fixing member 87 fixed to the base portion 81. The cylindrical portion 85h serving as the rear edge is fixed in a straight line along the left-right direction by the rod-like member 85 fixed to the upper portion of the column member 81b. The penetrating portion 87a of the fixing member 87 and the rod-shaped member 85 are arranged with a predetermined interval so that the receiving surface forming member 83m is bent, so that the medium receiving surface 83 has an upper side. It has a concave curved shape. Accordingly, the medium receiving surface 83 is provided at a different position in the horizontal direction, that is, on the opposite side to the side where the medium receiving surface 82 is located with respect to the rod-shaped member 85, and the medium receiving surface is disposed on the side far from the medium receiving surface 82 in the horizontal direction. As the distance from the surface 82 increases, an inclined surface 83a that rises in the antigravity direction is formed.

また、媒体受け部18は、受け面形成部材82m,83mによって形成された媒体受け面82,83によって、媒体支持面52に沿って排出部15から排出されたシートST(カットシートCS)を、被記録面SPを媒体受け面82,83と対向する下側(フェイスダウン)にしてスタックする。このため、媒体受け面82,83は、左右方向にける幅寸法がシートST(カットシートCS)の幅寸法よりも大きく設定されている。   Further, the medium receiving unit 18 is configured to receive the sheet ST (cut sheet CS) discharged from the discharge unit 15 along the medium support surface 52 by the medium receiving surfaces 82 and 83 formed by the receiving surface forming members 82m and 83m. The recording surface SP is stacked on the lower side (face down) opposite to the medium receiving surfaces 82 and 83 and stacked. For this reason, the medium receiving surfaces 82 and 83 are set such that the width dimension in the left-right direction is larger than the width dimension of the sheet ST (cut sheet CS).

このように構成された記録装置11において、媒体受け部18は排出部15から排出されるシートSTを受けてスタックする機能を有することから、排出部15との間で被記録媒体排出装置100を構成する。そして、被記録媒体排出装置100においてシートSTは次のように排出される。すなわち、図1に示すように、排出部15から排出されたシートSTは、その排出方向の先端縁SFが媒体受け面82に接触したのち、媒体支持面52の下端52aの近傍から媒体受け面82までの間に被記録面SP側が凸面となるように曲がった湾曲部RS1を形成する。この湾曲部RS1によって、その先端縁SFが図中白抜き矢印H2で示すように媒体受け面82に沿って移動して規制部84に当接する。この当接の後、シートSTが排出部15から被記録面SPに施された記録範囲に応じた長さ排出された時点で切断され、排出方向に長さを有するカットシートCSに切り分けられる。   In the recording apparatus 11 configured as described above, the medium receiving unit 18 has a function of receiving and stacking the sheets ST discharged from the discharge unit 15, so that the recording medium discharge device 100 is connected to the discharge unit 15. Configure. Then, the sheet ST is discharged in the recording medium discharge apparatus 100 as follows. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the sheet ST discharged from the discharge unit 15 has a medium receiving surface from the vicinity of the lower end 52 a of the medium support surface 52 after the leading edge SF in the discharge direction contacts the medium receiving surface 82. Up to 82, a curved portion RS1 that is bent so that the recording surface SP side becomes a convex surface is formed. Due to the curved portion RS1, the leading edge SF moves along the medium receiving surface 82 as shown by a hollow arrow H2 in the drawing and comes into contact with the restricting portion 84. After this contact, the sheet ST is cut when it is discharged from the discharge portion 15 for a length corresponding to the recording range applied to the recording surface SP, and is cut into cut sheets CS having a length in the discharge direction.

切り分けられたカットシートCSは、その先端縁SFが媒体受け面82における規制部84と当接する一方、カットシートCSの後端縁SEが媒体支持面52に沿って移動する。そして、カットシートCSの後端縁SEが装置本体部12から排出部15の開放空間に到達すると、後端縁SEが媒体支持面52に支持されない自由な状態になるため、カットシートCSの後端縁SE側部位は湾曲部RS1の曲げ戻りにより前方に移動させられる。この結果、図中太い二点鎖線で示したように、カットシートCSの後端縁SE側部位は、後端縁SEが傾斜面83aに受けられるとともに、被記録面SPを下側にした適切な状態で媒体受け面83に排出される。   The cut edge CS of the cut sheet CS is in contact with the restricting portion 84 on the medium receiving surface 82, while the rear edge SE of the cut sheet CS moves along the medium support surface 52. When the trailing edge SE of the cut sheet CS reaches the open space of the discharge unit 15 from the apparatus main body 12, the trailing edge SE is in a free state not supported by the medium support surface 52. The edge SE side portion is moved forward by bending back of the bending portion RS1. As a result, as shown by the thick two-dot chain line in the drawing, the rear end edge SE side portion of the cut sheet CS is suitable with the rear end edge SE received by the inclined surface 83a and the recording surface SP on the lower side. In this state, it is discharged to the medium receiving surface 83.

さて、本実施形態では、媒体受け部18において、基台部81の支柱部材81bに固定された棒状部材85よりも上方に、ガイド部としてのガイド部材80が、同じく支柱部材81bにその左右方向の両端が固定されて取り付けられている。ガイド部材80は、左右方向を長手方向とし、前側、後側、および下側がそれぞれ平面であって上側が凸面の形状を有し、その上側の凸面は、媒体受け面82の延長面よりも鉛直方向の反重力方向側(上方)に突出した突出面80aとなっている。すなわち、ガイド部材80は、媒体受け面82にカットシートCSを受けた場合に当該カットシートCSの先端縁SFが位置する側とは反対側の媒体受け面82の端部に、媒体受け面82の延長面よりも鉛直方向の反重力方向側に突出するように設けられている。なお、本実施形態では、凸面は円筒形状の湾曲面とされている。   In the present embodiment, in the medium receiving portion 18, the guide member 80 as the guide portion is also provided above the rod-shaped member 85 fixed to the support member 81b of the base portion 81, and the support member 81b is also provided in the left-right direction. Both ends are fixed and attached. The guide member 80 has a left-right direction as a longitudinal direction, the front side, the rear side, and the lower side are flat surfaces, and the upper side has a convex shape, and the upper convex surface is perpendicular to the extended surface of the medium receiving surface 82. It is the protrusion surface 80a which protruded to the antigravity direction side (upward) of the direction. That is, when the guide member 80 receives the cut sheet CS on the medium receiving surface 82, the medium receiving surface 82 is located at the end of the medium receiving surface 82 opposite to the side where the leading edge SF of the cut sheet CS is located. It is provided so as to protrude to the antigravity direction side in the vertical direction from the extended surface. In the present embodiment, the convex surface is a cylindrical curved surface.

さらに、本実施形態では、媒体受け部18において、規制部84よりも媒体受け面82に沿った棒状部材85側つまり反重力方向側の位置に、シートSTの先端縁SF側部位を受ける媒体受け面82の長さを変更する媒体受け面長さ変更手段としての変更手段17が備えられている。   Further, in the present embodiment, the medium receiving portion 18 receives the front end edge SF side portion of the sheet ST at a position closer to the rod-shaped member 85 side, that is, the antigravity direction side, along the medium receiving surface 82 than the regulating portion 84. Changing means 17 is provided as medium receiving surface length changing means for changing the length of the face 82.

変更手段17は、左右方向に軸線を有する回動軸70を有し、結合部材19においてその一部が前方に延設されて形成された延設部19aに回動軸70の左右両端が回動自在に支持された回転部材71と、この回転部材71に取り付けられたワイヤー部材からなるフック形状部材72とを有している。そして、図示しない操作手段の操作によって、回転部材71が回動されることによって、フック形状部材72が、図1において実線で示す位置と二点鎖線で示す位置との間で回動軸70を中心に揺動する。   The changing means 17 has a rotating shaft 70 having an axis line in the left-right direction, and the left and right ends of the rotating shaft 70 rotate around an extending portion 19a formed by extending a part of the connecting member 19 forward. The rotating member 71 is movably supported, and has a hook-shaped member 72 made of a wire member attached to the rotating member 71. Then, when the rotating member 71 is rotated by operation of an operating means (not shown), the hook-shaped member 72 moves the rotating shaft 70 between the position indicated by the solid line and the position indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. Swings to the center.

この回転部材71の回転に伴って揺動するフック形状部材72は、図1において実線で示す位置から二点鎖線で示す位置への揺動途中で、図2に示すように受け面形成部材82mに設けられた長円状のスリット82sに挿入され、規制部84と同様にシートSTの先端縁SFと当接してその移動を規制する。従って、変更手段17は、フック形状部材72を揺動させることで、媒体受け面82においてシートSTの先端縁SF側部位を受ける受け面の長さを変更する。なお、回転部材71には、シートSTの幅内であって媒体受け面82における幅方向(左右方向)に並んで2つのフック形状部材72が取り付けられている。もとより、フック形状部材72は2つより多い数が回転部材71に取り付けられてもよい。   The hook-shaped member 72 that swings with the rotation of the rotating member 71 is in the middle of swinging from the position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 1 to the position indicated by the two-dot chain line, as shown in FIG. In the same manner as the restricting portion 84, the slit is inserted into an elliptical slit 82s provided on the front end edge SF of the sheet ST and restricts its movement. Accordingly, the changing means 17 swings the hook-shaped member 72 to change the length of the receiving surface that receives the front edge SF side portion of the sheet ST on the medium receiving surface 82. Note that two hook-shaped members 72 are attached to the rotating member 71 side by side in the width direction (left-right direction) of the medium receiving surface 82 within the width of the sheet ST. Of course, more than two hook-shaped members 72 may be attached to the rotating member 71.

さて、このような構成を有する被記録媒体排出装置100は、ガイド部材80によってカットシートCSを媒体受け部18に適切に排出させるように作用する。さらに、記録装置11においてカットシートCSの排出方向の長さが変化しても、変更手段17によって媒体受け部18に適切に排出させるように作用する。以下、図を参照してこれらの作用について説明する。なお、以下の説明に対する理解を容易にするため、まず図3(a),(b)を参照してガイド部材80が設けられていない場合の作用を説明し、次に、図4(a),(b)を参照してガイド部材80が設けられている場合の作用について説明する。その後、図5および図6を参照して変更手段17の作用を説明する。   Now, the recording medium discharge device 100 having such a configuration acts so as to appropriately discharge the cut sheet CS to the medium receiving portion 18 by the guide member 80. Furthermore, even if the length of the cut sheet CS in the discharge direction is changed in the recording apparatus 11, the change means 17 acts so that the medium receiving unit 18 appropriately discharges the cut sheet CS. Hereinafter, these operations will be described with reference to the drawings. In order to facilitate understanding of the following description, first, the operation when the guide member 80 is not provided will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b), and then FIG. 4 (a). The operation when the guide member 80 is provided will be described with reference to FIGS. Thereafter, the operation of the changing means 17 will be described with reference to FIGS.

図3(a)に示すように、ガイド部材80が設けられていない場合、カットシートCSの後端縁SEが排出部15から排出されると、カットシートCSは、図中太い破線で示した状態(図1の状態))から、太い実線で示した状態に変位する。すなわち、カットシートCSの後端縁SE側部位は、媒体支持面52に支持されないために図中白抜き矢印H3に示すように媒体支持面52に沿う方向から重力方向側に排出方向が変化する。このため、湾曲部RS1はカットシートCSの後端縁SE側部位の排出によって潰され、曲率半径が小さい湾曲部RS2に変位するとともに、媒体受け面82に沿ってそのまま前方に押し出される。その後、カットシートCSの後端縁SEが排出部15から離脱すると、図中二点鎖線で示すように、カットシートCSは、その後端縁SE側部位によって湾曲部RS2がさらに押し潰されて、前方に押し出された状態の湾曲部RS3や、重力方向に垂れ下がった状態の湾曲部RS4に変位する。このため、後端縁SEは媒体受け面82においてカットシートCSの先端縁SF側部位と重なって排出される。この結果、カットシートCSは、媒体受け面82において重なった不適切な姿勢で排出される。   As shown in FIG. 3A, when the guide member 80 is not provided, when the trailing edge SE of the cut sheet CS is discharged from the discharge unit 15, the cut sheet CS is indicated by a thick broken line in the drawing. The state is shifted from the state (the state in FIG. 1) to the state indicated by the thick solid line. That is, since the rear edge SE side portion of the cut sheet CS is not supported by the medium support surface 52, the discharge direction changes from the direction along the medium support surface 52 to the gravity direction side as indicated by the white arrow H3 in the figure. . For this reason, the curved part RS1 is crushed by the discharge of the rear edge SE side portion of the cut sheet CS, is displaced to the curved part RS2 having a small curvature radius, and is pushed forward along the medium receiving surface 82 as it is. Thereafter, when the trailing edge SE of the cut sheet CS is separated from the discharge portion 15, the cut sheet CS is further crushed by the curved portion RS2 by the rear edge SE side portion, as shown by a two-dot chain line in the figure, It is displaced to the bending portion RS3 pushed forward or the bending portion RS4 hung in the direction of gravity. For this reason, the trailing edge SE overlaps with the front edge SF side portion of the cut sheet CS on the medium receiving surface 82 and is discharged. As a result, the cut sheet CS is discharged in an inappropriate posture overlapping on the medium receiving surface 82.

あるいは、図3(b)に示すように、カットシートCSの後端縁SE側部位に対して排出時に媒体支持面52に沿う方向に力F1が加わる場合は、カットシートCSの後端縁SE側部位が排出部15から勢いよく排出される。すると、カットシートCSは、図中太い破線で示した状態(図1の状態)から太い実線で示した状態へ変位する。すなわち、カットシートCSの後端縁SE側部位は、その後端縁SEが傾斜面83aに受けられて移動が停止させられた状態で媒体受け面83に受けられる。このとき、媒体受け面83に受けられた後端縁SE側部位は、媒体受け面83上に当接したときの反動によって、移動が停止された後端縁SEを支点にして媒体受け面83から離れるように回転させられる。この後端縁SE側部位の回転に伴って、先端縁SF側部位は前方引き寄せられ、図中白抜き矢印H4に示すように媒体支持面52に沿って前方に移動させられた姿勢状態で留まる。この結果、カットシートCSは、図中二点鎖線で示す適切な姿勢でなく、媒体受け面82の前方に湾曲部RS5が形成された不適切な姿勢で媒体受け部18に排出されることになる。   Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 3B, when a force F1 is applied in a direction along the medium support surface 52 when the sheet is discharged to the rear edge SE side portion of the cut sheet CS, the rear edge SE of the cut sheet CS. The side part is discharged from the discharge part 15 vigorously. Then, the cut sheet CS is displaced from the state indicated by the thick broken line in the drawing (the state shown in FIG. 1) to the state indicated by the thick solid line. That is, the rear edge SE side portion of the cut sheet CS is received by the medium receiving surface 83 in a state where the rear edge SE is received by the inclined surface 83a and the movement is stopped. At this time, the rear edge SE side portion received by the medium receiving surface 83 is supported by the medium receiving surface 83 with the rear edge SE stopped as a fulcrum by the reaction when contacting the medium receiving surface 83. Rotated away from As the rear end edge SE side portion rotates, the front end edge SF side portion is pulled forward, and remains in a posture in which it is moved forward along the medium support surface 52 as indicated by a hollow arrow H4 in the figure. . As a result, the cut sheet CS is discharged to the medium receiving portion 18 in an inappropriate posture in which the curved portion RS5 is formed in front of the medium receiving surface 82, not in an appropriate posture indicated by a two-dot chain line in the drawing. Become.

そこで、本実施形態では、ガイド部材80を設けることによって、被記録媒体排出装置100において、カットシートCSが適切な姿勢で排出されるようにする。すなわち、図4(a)に示すように、ガイド部材80が設けられている場合は、カットシートCSの後端縁SEが排出部15から排出されると、カットシートCSは図中太い破線で示した状態(図1の状態)から太い実線で示した形状に変位する。すなわち、カットシートCSの後端縁SE側部位は、図3(a)において説明したように湾曲部RS1を潰そうと作用するが、ガイド部材80(突出面80a)が湾曲部RS1における被記録面SPに当接して、湾曲部RS1の潰しを抑制するように力F2を作用させる。この結果、湾曲部RS1は媒体受け面82に沿って前方に押し出されることなく、ガイド部材80との当接部分つまり突出面80aの円筒形状に沿って逆方向に湾曲させられるため、後端縁SE側を前方に回転させるように変位して、曲率半径の大きな湾曲部RS1aになる。   Therefore, in the present embodiment, the cut sheet CS is discharged in an appropriate posture in the recording medium discharge apparatus 100 by providing the guide member 80. That is, as shown in FIG. 4A, when the guide member 80 is provided, when the trailing edge SE of the cut sheet CS is discharged from the discharge unit 15, the cut sheet CS is indicated by a thick broken line in the figure. The state shown in FIG. 1 (the state shown in FIG. 1) is displaced to a shape indicated by a thick solid line. That is, the rear edge SE side portion of the cut sheet CS acts to crush the bending portion RS1 as described in FIG. 3A, but the guide member 80 (projecting surface 80a) is recorded on the bending portion RS1. A force F2 is applied so as to abut on the surface SP and suppress the crushing of the bending portion RS1. As a result, the curved portion RS1 is not pushed forward along the medium receiving surface 82, but is curved in the opposite direction along the cylindrical shape of the contact portion with the guide member 80, that is, the protruding surface 80a. Displacement is made so that the SE side is rotated forward, resulting in a curved portion RS1a having a large curvature radius.

従って、その後、カットシートCSの後端縁SEが排出部15から離脱すると、図中二点鎖線で示すように、カットシートCSの後端縁SE側部位は、曲率半径が大きくなるように変位する湾曲部RS1aによって前方に移動させられて、媒体受け面83に向けて排出される。この結果、カットシートCSの後端縁SE側部位は、図中二点鎖線で示すように媒体受け面83に適切な姿勢で排出される。   Therefore, after that, when the rear edge SE of the cut sheet CS is separated from the discharge portion 15, the rear edge SE side portion of the cut sheet CS is displaced so as to have a larger radius of curvature, as indicated by a two-dot chain line in the figure. It is moved forward by the bending portion RS1a and discharged toward the medium receiving surface 83. As a result, the rear edge SE side portion of the cut sheet CS is discharged in an appropriate posture onto the medium receiving surface 83 as indicated by a two-dot chain line in the drawing.

あるいは、図4(b)に示すように、カットシートCSの後端縁SE側部位に対して排出時に媒体支持面52に沿う方向に大きな力F1が作用する場合は、カットシートCSの後端縁SE側部位が排出部15から勢いよく排出され、カットシートCSは、図1に示した状態(図中太い破線)から太い実線で示した状態へ変位する。すなわち、カットシートCSの先端縁SF側部位は、図3(b)における説明と同様に、勢いよく前方に排出される後端縁SE側部位が媒体受け面83上に当接したときの反動によって、媒体受け面82に沿って前方に引き寄せられる。このとき、カットシートCSの先端縁SF側部位は、図中白抜き矢印H5に示すように、ガイド部材80によってその移動方向が媒体受け面82に沿う方向から鉛直方向の上方に立ち上がる方向へ変更させられる。このため、カットシートCSは、ガイド部材80が設けられていない場合に形成される湾曲部RS5(図3(b)参照)よりも鉛直方向の上方側に湾曲部RS6を形成した状態に変位する。   Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 4B, when a large force F1 acts in the direction along the medium support surface 52 during discharge on the rear edge SE side portion of the cut sheet CS, the rear end of the cut sheet CS The edge SE side portion is discharged from the discharge unit 15 vigorously, and the cut sheet CS is displaced from the state shown in FIG. 1 (thick broken line in the drawing) to the state shown by a thick solid line. That is, the front edge SF side portion of the cut sheet CS reacts when the rear edge SE side portion discharged to the front vigorously abuts on the medium receiving surface 83, as described in FIG. Thus, the medium is drawn forward along the medium receiving surface 82. At this time, the front edge SF side portion of the cut sheet CS is changed by the guide member 80 from the direction along the medium receiving surface 82 to the upward direction in the vertical direction as indicated by the white arrow H5 in the figure. Be made. For this reason, the cut sheet CS is displaced to a state in which the bending portion RS6 is formed on the upper side in the vertical direction with respect to the bending portion RS5 (see FIG. 3B) formed when the guide member 80 is not provided. .

そして、先端縁SF側部位の反重力方向への移動が終了した後、湾曲部RS6は鉛直方向に立ち上がるように形成されているので、その位置に留まることなく今度は重力方向側へ移動することになる。従って、カットシートCSは、図中白抜き矢印H6に示すように、形成された湾曲部RS6がガイド部材80に向かってその湾曲形状を小さくしつつ移動する。この結果、カットシートCSは、図中二点鎖線で示した適切な状態で媒体受け面82,83に排出される。   Then, after the movement in the antigravity direction of the tip edge SF side portion is completed, the bending portion RS6 is formed to rise in the vertical direction, so that it moves to the gravity direction side this time without staying at that position. become. Therefore, the cut sheet CS moves toward the guide member 80 while reducing the curved shape thereof, as indicated by a hollow arrow H6 in the drawing. As a result, the cut sheet CS is discharged to the medium receiving surfaces 82 and 83 in an appropriate state indicated by a two-dot chain line in the drawing.

次に、排出されるカットシートCSの排出方向の長さが短くなった場合について、先に媒体受け面82の受け面長さを変更する前の状態を、図5を参照して説明する。その後、媒体受け面82の受け面長さを変更した状態を、図6を参照して説明する。   Next, the state before changing the receiving surface length of the medium receiving surface 82 will be described with reference to FIG. 5 when the length of the discharged cut sheet CS in the discharging direction is shortened. Then, the state which changed the receiving surface length of the medium receiving surface 82 is demonstrated with reference to FIG.

図5に示すように、排出されるカットシートCSの排出方向における長さが、例えばA0サイズからA1サイズへ変更されるなどのように短くなった場合、カットシートCSの先端縁SFが規制部84に当接した状態において後端縁SEは媒体支持面52に支持されない離脱した状態になる。すると、カットシートCSの後端縁SEの排出方向は、媒体支持面52に沿う方向から重力方向側に大きく向きを変える。このため、カットシートCSは、図中太い破線で示した状態から太い実線で示した状態へ変位する。すなわち、カットシートCSは、重力方向側に排出される後端縁SEによって、その後端縁SE側部位が図中白抜き矢印H7に示すように移動し、ガイド部材80の上方つまり反重力方向側に、湾曲部RS1aより曲率半径の小さい湾曲部RS7を形成した状態に変位する。この結果、カットシートCSの後端縁SE側部位は、湾曲部RS7の曲げ戻りが弱いことから媒体受け面83側に排出されない状態になる。   As shown in FIG. 5, when the length of the discharged cut sheet CS in the discharge direction is shortened, for example, when the length is changed from A0 size to A1 size, the leading edge SF of the cut sheet CS is restricted by the restricting portion. In the state of contacting with 84, the rear end edge SE is not supported by the medium support surface 52 and is in a detached state. Then, the discharge direction of the trailing edge SE of the cut sheet CS is greatly changed from the direction along the medium support surface 52 to the gravity direction side. For this reason, the cut sheet CS is displaced from a state indicated by a thick broken line in the drawing to a state indicated by a thick solid line. That is, the cut sheet CS is moved by the rear end edge SE discharged toward the gravity direction side as indicated by a white arrow H7 in the drawing, and the cut sheet CS is located above the guide member 80, that is, on the antigravity direction side. Then, the bending portion RS7 having a smaller radius of curvature than the bending portion RS1a is displaced. As a result, the rear edge SE side portion of the cut sheet CS is not discharged to the medium receiving surface 83 side because the bending back of the bending portion RS7 is weak.

あるいは、図中二点鎖線で示すように、カットシートCSの後端縁SE側部位が湾曲部RS7の曲げ戻りによって媒体受け面83側に排出された場合において、カットシートCSの後端縁SE側部位は、長さが短いために、媒体受け面83の傾斜面83aまで到達しないで垂れ下がりの状態になる。このため、この垂れ下がりの状態にある後端縁SE側部位が容易に重力方向へ移動できるので、ここでは図示を省略するが、カットシートCSの先端縁SF側部位は、後端縁SE側部位の移動に伴って媒体受け面82に沿って前方に引き寄せられることになる。この結果、カットシートCSの先端縁SF側部位は媒体受け面82に適切に排出されない状態になりやすい。   Alternatively, as indicated by a two-dot chain line in the drawing, when the rear end edge SE side portion of the cut sheet CS is discharged to the medium receiving surface 83 side by bending back of the curved portion RS7, the rear end edge SE of the cut sheet CS. Since the side portion has a short length, the side portion hangs down without reaching the inclined surface 83a of the medium receiving surface 83. For this reason, the trailing edge SE side portion in the sag state can be easily moved in the direction of gravity. Therefore, although not shown here, the leading edge SF side portion of the cut sheet CS is the trailing edge SE side portion. Is moved forward along the medium receiving surface 82 with the movement of. As a result, the front edge SF side portion of the cut sheet CS is likely not to be properly discharged to the medium receiving surface 82.

そこで、記録装置11では、図6に示すように、変更手段17によって、媒体受け面82の受け面長さを変更する。すなわち、変更手段17における回転部材71を右から見て時計方向に回転させ、フック形状部材72を図中二点鎖線で示した状態から図中実線で示した状態に変位させる。この変位によって、フック形状部材72は受け面形成部材82mを上方から下方に貫通して配置されるとともに、媒体受け面82上に位置する部材部分72aが媒体受け面82に沿って重力方向側へ移動するカットシートCSの先端縁SFと当接して移動を規制する。この結果、フック形状部材72(部材部分72a)は、媒体受け面の長さが短くなる。   Therefore, in the recording apparatus 11, the receiving surface length of the medium receiving surface 82 is changed by the changing means 17 as shown in FIG. 6. That is, the rotating member 71 in the changing means 17 is rotated clockwise as viewed from the right, and the hook-shaped member 72 is displaced from the state indicated by the two-dot chain line in the drawing to the state indicated by the solid line in the drawing. Due to this displacement, the hook-shaped member 72 is disposed so as to penetrate the receiving surface forming member 82m from the upper side to the lower side, and the member portion 72a located on the medium receiving surface 82 moves along the medium receiving surface 82 toward the gravity direction. The movement is regulated by abutting against the leading edge SF of the moving cut sheet CS. As a result, the hook-shaped member 72 (member portion 72a) has a short medium receiving surface.

本実施形態では、カットシートCSが、媒体受け面82においてその先端縁SFの移動が、規制部84によって規制されたときの後端縁SE側部位の長さと、フック形状部材72によって規制されたときの後端縁SE側部位の長さとが、同じ長さになるように、変更手段17が配設されている。この結果、カットシートCSの後端縁SE側部位の排出時の移動態様は、図4(a)(b)において説明した移動態様と等しくなる。従って、上記説明と同様に、カットシートCSは、ガイド部材80によって適切に媒体受け面82,83に排出される。なお、再びカットシートCSの排出方向の長さが長くなった場合は、変更手段17におけるフック形状部材72を右から見て反時計方向に逆回転させ、先端縁SFの重力方向側への規制を解除する。   In the present embodiment, the cut sheet CS is regulated by the length of the rear edge SE side portion when the movement of the leading edge SF on the medium receiving surface 82 is regulated by the regulating portion 84 and the hook-shaped member 72. The changing means 17 is arranged so that the length of the rear end edge SE side portion at that time becomes the same length. As a result, the movement mode at the time of discharge of the rear edge SE side portion of the cut sheet CS is equal to the movement mode described in FIGS. Therefore, the cut sheet CS is appropriately discharged to the medium receiving surfaces 82 and 83 by the guide member 80 as in the above description. When the length of the cut sheet CS in the discharge direction becomes longer again, the hook-shaped member 72 of the changing means 17 is rotated counterclockwise when viewed from the right, and the tip edge SF is restricted to the gravity direction side. Is released.

上記説明した実施形態によれば、以下の効果を得ることができる。
(1)被記録面SPを媒体受け面82と対向する下側(フェイスダウン)にして排出する際に形成される湾曲部RS1における被記録面SPにガイド部材80(突出面80a)が当接して、被記録媒体における後端縁SE側部位の排出に際して湾曲部RS1が潰れないように保持される。この保持されたカットシートCSの湾曲部RS1の曲がりが戻る変位動作によって後端縁SE側部位の排出方向が媒体受け面82から離れる方向に移動する。そのため、カットシートCSは、その先端縁SF側部位が媒体受け面82に被記録面SPを対向させた状態で受けられる一方、その後端縁SE側部位が媒体受け面82に排出されることが抑制される。従って、カットシートCSを、その後端縁SE側部位が先端縁SF側部位に重ならないようにして、媒体受け面82上に適切に排出させることができる。
According to the embodiment described above, the following effects can be obtained.
(1) The guide member 80 (projecting surface 80a) abuts on the recording surface SP in the curved portion RS1 formed when the recording surface SP is ejected with the recording surface SP facing the medium receiving surface 82 (face down). Thus, the curved portion RS1 is held so as not to be crushed when the trailing edge SE side portion of the recording medium is discharged. By the displacement operation in which the bending of the curved portion RS1 of the held cut sheet CS returns, the discharge direction of the rear edge SE side portion moves in a direction away from the medium receiving surface 82. Therefore, the cut sheet CS can be received in a state where the front edge SF side portion faces the recording surface SP to the medium receiving surface 82, while the rear edge SE side portion is discharged to the medium receiving surface 82. It is suppressed. Therefore, the cut sheet CS can be appropriately discharged onto the medium receiving surface 82 such that the rear edge SE side portion does not overlap the front edge SF side portion.

(2)排出されるカットシートCSの後端縁SE側部位が先端縁SF側部位を受けている媒体受け面82から離れるように移動する際に先端縁SF側部位を媒体受け面82側から媒体受け面83側に引き込まないように、その移動の勢いを反重力方向側に上昇する傾斜面83aで抑制することができる。従って、カットシートCSを媒体受け面82上に適切に排出させることができる。   (2) When the rear edge SE side portion of the cut sheet CS to be discharged moves away from the medium receiving surface 82 receiving the front edge SF side portion, the front edge SF side portion is moved from the medium receiving surface 82 side. The momentum of the movement can be suppressed by the inclined surface 83a rising in the antigravity direction side so as not to be drawn into the medium receiving surface 83 side. Therefore, the cut sheet CS can be appropriately discharged onto the medium receiving surface 82.

(3)ガイド部材80は、媒体受け面82から鉛直方向における反重力方向に突出する突出面80aをカットシートCSの湾曲部RS1に当接させるので、カットシートCSの湾曲部RS1を潰すことなく突出面80aの円筒形状に沿って逆方向に湾曲させることができる。この結果、後端縁SE側部位の排出時において、カットシートCSのこの逆方向への湾曲を利用して後端縁SE側部位の排出方向を先端縁SF側部位と重ならないように媒体受け面82から離れる方向に移動させることができる。   (3) Since the guide member 80 makes the protruding surface 80a protruding in the antigravity direction in the vertical direction from the medium receiving surface 82 contact the curved portion RS1 of the cut sheet CS, the curved portion RS1 of the cut sheet CS is not crushed. It can be bent in the opposite direction along the cylindrical shape of the protruding surface 80a. As a result, when the rear edge SE side portion is discharged, the medium receiving unit is used so that the discharge direction of the rear edge SE side portion does not overlap the front edge SF side portion by utilizing the curve of the cut sheet CS in the opposite direction. It can be moved away from the surface 82.

(4)排出されるカットシートCSの排出方向の長さが変化しても、媒体受け面82から離れるように移動する後端縁SE側部位の排出方向に沿う長さを同じ長さにすることができる。従って、カットシートCSの湾曲部RS1の曲がりが戻る変位動作によって後端縁SE側部位の排出方向が媒体受け面82から離れる方向に移動させる場合の移動態様を変らないようにすることができるので、排出されるカットシートCSの長さが変化しても、安定して後端縁SE側部位を媒体受け面82から離れるように移動させることができる。   (4) Even if the length of the cut sheet CS to be discharged changes, the length along the discharge direction of the rear edge SE side portion that moves away from the medium receiving surface 82 is made the same length. be able to. Accordingly, it is possible to keep the movement mode in the case where the discharge direction of the rear edge SE side portion is moved away from the medium receiving surface 82 by the displacement operation in which the bending of the curved portion RS1 of the cut sheet CS returns. Even if the length of the cut sheet CS to be discharged changes, the rear edge SE side portion can be stably moved away from the medium receiving surface 82.

(5)カットシートCSの被記録面SPに記録を施すとともに、被記録面SPを媒体受け面82と対向する下側(フェイスダウン)にしてカットシートCSを排出する際に、その後端縁SE側部位が先端縁SF側部位に重ならないようにして、媒体受け面82上に適切に排出させる記録装置11を提供することができる。   (5) When recording is performed on the recording surface SP of the cut sheet CS, and the cut sheet CS is discharged with the recording surface SP facing down to the medium receiving surface 82 (face down), the trailing edge SE It is possible to provide the recording apparatus 11 that appropriately discharges onto the medium receiving surface 82 such that the side portion does not overlap the tip edge SF side portion.

なお、上記実施形態において、以下のような別の実施形態に変更してもよい。
・上記実施形態において、変更手段17は、フック形状部材72の回転以外の構成で、媒体受け面82の長さを変更することとしてもよい。本変形例について図7を参照して説明する。なお、図7において、上記実施形態と同じ構成部材については同符号を付し、その説明を省略する。
In addition, in the said embodiment, you may change into another embodiment as follows.
In the above embodiment, the changing unit 17 may change the length of the medium receiving surface 82 with a configuration other than the rotation of the hook-shaped member 72. This modification will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 7, the same components as those in the above embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.

図7に示すように、本変形例の変更手段17は、媒体受け面82(受け面形成部材83m)に沿う方向に規制部84がスライド移動する構成を有している。すなわち、基台部81の固定部材81aにおいて、規制部材88の一方の端部88aが固定されている部分を固定部材81aから分離した固定部材81sとするとともに、この固定部材81sが、図中二点鎖線で示すように媒体受け面82に沿う方向にスライド移動する構成とされている。従って、固定部材81sをスライド移動させることで、規制部84をカットシートCSの長さに応じた位置に調節することができる。もとより、本変形例では、受け面形成部材82mにおいて長円状のスリット82h(図2参照)は、媒体受け面82の傾斜方向に沿う孔の長さがこの規制部84の移動長さに応じた長さで設けられている。   As shown in FIG. 7, the changing means 17 of this modification has a configuration in which the restricting portion 84 slides in a direction along the medium receiving surface 82 (receiving surface forming member 83m). That is, in the fixing member 81a of the base portion 81, a portion where one end portion 88a of the regulating member 88 is fixed is a fixing member 81s separated from the fixing member 81a. As indicated by the dotted line, the sliding movement is made along the medium receiving surface 82. Therefore, the restricting portion 84 can be adjusted to a position corresponding to the length of the cut sheet CS by sliding the fixing member 81s. Of course, in this modified example, the oval slit 82h (see FIG. 2) in the receiving surface forming member 82m has a hole length along the inclination direction of the medium receiving surface 82 corresponding to the moving length of the restricting portion 84. The length is provided.

・上記実施形態において、例えば、常に排出されるカットシートCSの長さが一定である場合など、媒体受け面82の長さを変更する必要の無い場合は、変更手段17は必ずしも備えなくてもよい。   In the above embodiment, for example, when it is not necessary to change the length of the medium receiving surface 82 such as when the length of the cut sheet CS that is always discharged is constant, the changing means 17 may not necessarily be provided. Good.

・上記実施形態において、ガイド部材80は、突出面80aを必ずしも鉛直方向の反重力方向に突出させなくてもよい。例えば鉛直方向から傾いた方向における反重力方向側としてもよい。また、突出面80aも、平面形状や三角形状など、必ずしも円筒形状の湾曲面(凸面)でなくてもよい。   In the above embodiment, the guide member 80 does not necessarily have to protrude the protruding surface 80a in the vertical antigravity direction. For example, the anti-gravity direction side in the direction inclined from the vertical direction may be used. Further, the protruding surface 80a is not necessarily a cylindrical curved surface (convex surface) such as a planar shape or a triangular shape.

・上記実施形態において、被記録媒体排出装置100は必ずしも媒体受け面83を備えなくてもよい。媒体受け部18において、カットシートCSの先端縁SF側部位が媒体受け面82に受けられ、後端縁SE側部位が先端縁SF側部位に重なることなくガイド部材80の前方に垂れ下がる状態で排出される構成の場合は、媒体受け面83は不要である。   In the above embodiment, the recording medium discharge device 100 does not necessarily have to include the medium receiving surface 83. In the medium receiving portion 18, the front edge SF side portion of the cut sheet CS is received by the medium receiving surface 82, and the rear edge SE side portion hangs forward of the guide member 80 without overlapping the front edge SF side portion. In the case of the configuration, the medium receiving surface 83 is not necessary.

・上記実施形態において、被記録媒体排出装置100は必ずしも記録部14を有する記録装置11に備えられなくてもよい。例えば既に被記録面に記録が施されたシートを、被記録面を重力方向側にして受ける被記録媒体排出装置であれば、本発明を適用可能である。   In the above embodiment, the recording medium discharge device 100 is not necessarily provided in the recording device 11 having the recording unit 14. For example, the present invention can be applied to any recording medium ejecting apparatus that receives a sheet that has already been recorded on the recording surface with the recording surface facing the gravity direction.

・上記実施形態では、記録装置を、液体の一例としてのインクを噴射する液体噴射ヘッドを記録ヘッドとして有する記録装置11に具体化したが、インク以外の他の液体を噴射したり吐出したりする液体噴射装置に具体化してもよい。微小量の液滴を吐出させる液体噴射ヘッド等を備える各種の液体噴射装置に流用可能である。なお、液滴とは、上記液体噴射装置から吐出される液体の状態をいい、粒状、涙状、糸状に尾を引くものも含むものとする。また、ここでいう液体とは、液体噴射装置が噴射させることができるような材料であればよい。例えば、物質が液相であるときの状態のものであればよく、粘性の高い又は低い液状体、ゾル、ゲル水、その他の無機溶剤、有機溶剤、溶液、液状樹脂、液状金属(金属融液)のような流状体、また物質の一状態としての液体のみならず、顔料や金属粒子などの固形物からなる機能材料の粒子が溶媒に溶解、分散又は混合されたものなどを含む。また、液体の代表的な例としては上記実施形態で説明したようなインクや液晶等が挙げられる。ここで、インクとは一般的な水性インク及び油性インク並びにジェルインク、ホットメルトインク等の各種液体組成物を包含するものとする。液体噴射装置の具体例としては、例えば液晶ディスプレイ、EL(エレクトロルミネッセンス)ディスプレイ、面発光ディスプレイ、カラーフィルターの製造などに用いられる電極材や色材などの材料を分散又は溶解のかたちで含む液体を噴射する液体噴射装置がある。あるいは、バイオチップ製造に用いられる生体有機物を噴射する液体噴射装置、精密ピペットとして用いられ試料となる液体を噴射する液体噴射装置、捺染装置やマイクロディスペンサー等であってもよい。さらに、時計やカメラ等の精密機械にピンポイントで潤滑油を噴射する液体噴射装置、光通信素子等に用いられる微小半球レンズ(光学レンズ)などを形成するために紫外線硬化樹脂等の透明樹脂液を基板上に噴射する液体噴射装置、基板などをエッチングするために酸又はアルカリ等のエッチング液を噴射する液体噴射装置を採用してもよい。そして、これらのうちいずれか一種の液体噴射装置に本発明を適用することができる。   In the above-described embodiment, the recording apparatus is embodied as the recording apparatus 11 having the liquid ejecting head that ejects ink as an example of the liquid as the recording head. However, the recording apparatus ejects or discharges liquid other than ink. A liquid ejecting apparatus may be embodied. The present invention can be used for various liquid ejecting apparatuses including a liquid ejecting head that ejects a minute amount of liquid droplets. In addition, a droplet means the state of the liquid discharged from the said liquid ejecting apparatus, and shall also include what pulls a tail in granular shape, tear shape, and thread shape. The liquid here may be any material that can be ejected by the liquid ejecting apparatus. For example, it may be in a state in which the substance is in a liquid phase, such as a liquid with high or low viscosity, sol, gel water, other inorganic solvents, organic solvents, solutions, liquid resins, liquid metals (metal melts ) And liquids as one state of the substance, as well as particles in which functional material particles made of solid materials such as pigments and metal particles are dissolved, dispersed or mixed in a solvent. Further, representative examples of the liquid include ink and liquid crystal as described in the above embodiment. Here, the ink includes general water-based inks and oil-based inks, and various liquid compositions such as gel inks and hot melt inks. As a specific example of the liquid ejecting apparatus, for example, a liquid containing a material such as an electrode material or a color material used for manufacturing a liquid crystal display, an EL (electroluminescence) display, a surface emitting display, or a color filter in a dispersed or dissolved form. There is a liquid ejecting apparatus for ejecting. Alternatively, it may be a liquid ejecting apparatus that ejects a bio-organic material used for biochip manufacturing, a liquid ejecting apparatus that ejects a liquid that is used as a precision pipette and a sample, a printing apparatus, a micro dispenser, or the like. In addition, transparent resin liquids such as UV curable resin to form liquid injection devices that pinpoint lubricant oil onto precision machines such as watches and cameras, and micro hemispherical lenses (optical lenses) used in optical communication elements. A liquid ejecting apparatus that ejects a liquid onto the substrate or a liquid ejecting apparatus that ejects an etching solution such as an acid or an alkali to etch the substrate may be employed. The present invention can be applied to any one of these liquid ejecting apparatuses.

11…記録装置、14…記録部、15…媒体排出部としての排出部、17…媒体受け面長さ変更手段としての変更手段、80…ガイド部としてのガイド部材、80a…突出面、82…媒体受け面、83…補助媒体受け面としての媒体受け面、83a…傾斜面、88a…端部、100…被記録媒体排出装置、SE…後端縁、SF…先端縁、SP…被記録面、RS1,RS2,RS3,RS4,RS5,RS6,RS7,RS1a…湾曲部。   DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Recording device, 14 ... Recording part, 15 ... Discharge part as medium discharge part, 17 ... Change means as medium receiving surface length change means, 80 ... Guide member as guide part, 80a ... Projection surface, 82 ... Medium receiving surface 83: Medium receiving surface as auxiliary medium receiving surface, 83a: Inclined surface, 88a ... End, 100 ... Recording medium ejecting device, SE ... Rear edge, SF ... Front edge, SP ... Recording surface , RS1, RS2, RS3, RS4, RS5, RS6, RS7, RS1a ... curved portion.

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被記録面を有する被記録媒体を前記被記録面とは反対側から支持しつつ重力方向側に排出する媒体排出部と、
前記媒体排出部から重力方向側に離れた位置に傾斜して設けられ、前記媒体排出部から排出される前記被記録媒体における排出方向の先端縁側部位を受ける媒体受け面と、を備え、
前記媒体排出部から排出された前記被記録媒体が、その排出方向の先端縁を前記媒体受け面に接触させたのち、前記被記録面と前記媒体受け面とが対向する状態に湾曲した湾曲部を形成しつつ前記媒体受け面に沿って重力方向側に移動して前記先端縁側部位が前記媒体受け面に受けられる被記録媒体排出装置であって、
前記媒体受け面に前記被記録媒体を受けた場合に当該被記録媒体の前記先端縁が位置する側とは反対側の前記媒体受け面の端部に、前記媒体受け面の延長面よりも鉛直方向の反重力方向側に突出するように設けられ、前記被記録媒体の後端縁側部位が前記媒体排出部から排出される際に、前記被記録媒体の湾曲部における前記被記録面に当接して、前記湾曲部の曲率半径を大きくする方向に前記後端縁側部位を移動させるガイド部を備えることを特徴とする被記録媒体排出装置。
A medium discharge unit for discharging a recording medium having a recording surface to the gravity direction side while supporting the recording medium from the side opposite to the recording surface;
A medium receiving surface that is provided at an inclination to a position away from the medium discharge portion in the direction of gravity and receives a front edge side portion in the discharge direction of the recording medium discharged from the medium discharge portion,
The recording medium discharged from the medium discharge portion is curved so that the recording surface and the medium receiving surface face each other after the leading edge in the discharging direction is brought into contact with the medium receiving surface. A recording medium ejecting apparatus that moves toward the gravitational direction along the medium receiving surface while forming the tip edge side portion of the medium receiving surface.
When receiving the recording medium on the medium receiving surface, the end of the medium receiving surface opposite to the side where the leading edge of the recording medium is located is perpendicular to the extended surface of the medium receiving surface. Is provided so as to protrude in the direction opposite to the gravitational direction of the recording medium, and when the rear edge side portion of the recording medium is discharged from the medium discharge portion, it contacts the recording surface in the curved portion of the recording medium. And a guide portion for moving the rear edge side portion in the direction of increasing the radius of curvature of the curved portion.
請求項1に記載の被記録媒体排出装置において、
前記媒体受け面とは水平方向において別位置に設けられ、前記媒体受け面により前記先端縁側部位が受けられた状態にある前記被記録媒体における後端縁側部位を受けるとともに、水平方向において前記媒体受け面から遠い側に当該媒体受け面から離れるにつれて反重力方向側に上昇する傾斜面を有する補助媒体受け面を備えることを特徴とする被記録媒体排出装置。
The recording medium ejection device according to claim 1,
The medium receiving surface is provided at a different position in the horizontal direction, and receives the rear end edge side portion of the recording medium in a state where the front edge side portion is received by the medium receiving surface, and the medium receiving surface in the horizontal direction. A recording medium discharging apparatus comprising: an auxiliary medium receiving surface having an inclined surface that rises in an anti-gravity direction side as the distance from the medium receiving surface increases.
請求項1または2に記載の被記録媒体排出装置において、
前記ガイド部は、前記媒体受け面の延長面よりも鉛直方向の反重力方向側に突出する円筒形状の突出面を有することを特徴とする被記録媒体排出装置。
The recording medium discharging apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
The recording medium ejecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the guide portion has a cylindrical projecting surface projecting in a vertical antigravity direction side with respect to an extended surface of the medium receiving surface.
請求項1ないし3のいずれか一項に記載の被記録媒体排出装置において、
前記被記録媒体が排出される際の前記被記録媒体の排出方向の長さに応じて、前記媒体受け面で受ける前記被記録媒体の先端縁側部位の前記媒体受け面に沿う長さを変更する媒体受け面長さ変更手段を備えることを特徴とする被記録媒体排出装置。
The recording medium ejecting apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The length along the medium receiving surface of the front edge side portion of the recording medium received by the medium receiving surface is changed according to the length in the discharging direction of the recording medium when the recording medium is discharged. A recording medium discharging apparatus comprising medium receiving surface length changing means.
被記録媒体に対して媒体排出部から排出される前に前記被記録媒体の被記録面に液体を噴射して記録を施す記録部と、
請求項1ないし4のいずれか一項に記載の被記録媒体排出装置と、
を備える記録装置。
A recording unit that performs recording by ejecting liquid onto the recording surface of the recording medium before being discharged from the medium discharging unit to the recording medium;
A recording medium discharging apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
A recording apparatus comprising:
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