Displaceable Guide Member for Recording Medium Handling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing printing apparatuses cannot adapt the position of the guide member to support different ejection destinations and medium types, leading to inappropriate ejection and handling issues with roll-shaped and single sheet media.
Innovation Solution
A recording apparatus with a displaceable guide member that can be positioned to support either the large capacity stacker or the winding unit, ensuring appropriate ejection and handling based on the medium's characteristics, and including a mechanism for manual or automatic displacement to optimize ejection and housing of media.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the guide member is fixed at a single position, then the structure is simple, but it cannot support different ejection destinations (stacker or winding unit) and medium types
Solution Approach 1:
The guide member is made displaceable between a first supporting position (for single sheet medium to stacker) and a second supporting position (for long medium to winding unit). This dynamic repositioning allows the same guide member to adapt to different ejection destinations and medium types, resolving the contradiction between versatility and structural simplicity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the guide member is positioned for single sheet medium ejection, then the stacker can receive medium properly, but the winding unit cannot receive long medium appropriately
Solution Approach 1:
The guide member's position is dynamically adjusted based on the medium type and ejection destination. When single sheet medium is ejected, the guide member is at the first supporting position to guide to the stacker. When long medium is processed, it moves to the second supporting position to guide to the winding unit, ensuring reliable conveyance to the correct destination.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the guide member supports long medium for winding unit, then the winding operation is stable, but single sheet medium cannot be properly conveyed to the stacker
Solution Approach 1:
The guide member provides dedicated support positions for different medium types. The first supporting position optimizes guidance for single sheet medium to the stacker, while the second supporting position (located above the first) provides stable support for long medium to the winding unit. This dynamic adaptation ensures ease of operation for both handling modes.
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AI summary
A recording apparatus includes a recording unit configured to perform recording on a recording medium that is a long medium, a supporting part disposed opposite to the recording unit and configured to support the recording medium, a cutting part configured to cut the long medium into a single sheet medium, a guide member configured to guide the recording medium, a winding unit configured to wind up the long medium, and a medium housing unit configured to be detachable and house the single sheet medium. The guide member is displaceable to a first supporting position in which the guide member supports the recording medium being conveyed to the medium housing unit and a second supporting position in which the guide member supports the long medium being conveyed to the winding unit, the second supporting position being located above the first supporting position.