Conveying Apparatus Feed Tray Vertical Movement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Image recording apparatuses face the challenge of maintaining feed tray rigidity while minimizing the size of the apparatus, as conventional methods to reduce size compromise the rigidity of the feed tray.
Innovation Solution
A conveying apparatus with a main body, a first feed tray, a discharge tray, and a regulating section that allows the feed tray to move upward, releasing space for the discharge tray, thereby maintaining rigidity and preventing size increase.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If the feed tray is made thinner to reduce the apparatus size, then the apparatus size is reduced, but the rigidity of the feed tray is lowered
Solution Approach 1:
The feed tray is designed to move in the up/down direction (vertical dimension) to release occupied space, allowing the discharge tray to occupy that space. This dimensional movement resolves the contradiction by dynamically allocating space without reducing the feed tray's thickness and rigidity.
Solution Approach 2:
The feed tray transitions from a static position to a dynamic movable position in the up/down direction. This dynamic capability allows the system to adapt space allocation between feed tray and discharge tray, maintaining feed tray rigidity while optimizing overall apparatus space utilization.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a space is provided inside the apparatus for the lifted feed tray, then the feed tray can be removed, but the apparatus size increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of providing horizontal space for feed tray removal, the invention utilizes the vertical dimension by moving the feed tray upward. This allows the discharge tray to occupy the original feed tray space, achieving adaptability without increasing apparatus footprint.
Solution Approach 2:
The space originally occupied by the feed tray is made multi-functional: it can accommodate the feed tray when needed, or be occupied by the discharge tray when the feed tray is moved upward, optimizing space utilization without increasing apparatus size.
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AI summary
There is provide a conveying apparatus conveying a sheet including: a main body formed with a conveyance path; a first feed tray installable in the main body at a first position; a discharge tray; and a first regulating section performing regulation for regulating movement of the first tray, in a state of being located at a second position, toward the other side in a first direction. The first regulating section is configured to release the regulation, in a case that the first feed tray, at the second position, is moved upwardly by a first predetermined moving amount. A spacing distance in the up/down direction between the first feed tray and the discharge tray is shorter than the first predetermined moving amount. The discharge tray is configured to be move upwardly by being contacted with the first feed tray in a case that the first feed tray is moved upwardly.