Swinging Medium Regulating Member for Tray Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing medium ejecting apparatuses struggle to align the front-ends of variously sized media, particularly smaller media, when ejected onto a tray, leading to difficulties in organizing imaged media.
Innovation Solution
The medium ejecting apparatus incorporates a medium regulating member with load pressing portions and an engaging portion, held by a holding member that allows the regulating member to swing vertically and pivot, ensuring proper alignment and loading of media on the tray.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If a fixed medium regulating member is used, then the structure is simple, but the front-ends of variously sized media cannot be aligned properly on the tray
Solution Approach 1:
The medium regulating member is designed with dynamic movement capabilities, allowing it to swing in the vertical direction and pivot along a rotation axis. This enables the regulating member to adapt its position and orientation to accommodate various media sizes and achieve proper alignment on the tray, resolving the contradiction between alignment precision and structural simplicity.
2Ease of operation
If a medium regulating member with swinging and pivoting capabilities is added, then media alignment is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The medium regulating member utilizes the weight and movement of the media themselves to achieve alignment. As media are ejected onto the tray, the regulating member automatically swings and pivots to accommodate different media sizes without requiring external control mechanisms, thereby improving ease of operation while minimizing the complexity of the holding member.
3Manufacturing precision
If the medium regulating member is fixed, then the device is compact, but smaller media cannot be properly aligned and loaded
Solution Approach 1:
The medium regulating member is designed with dynamic movement capabilities, allowing it to swing in the vertical direction and pivot along a rotation axis. This enables the regulating member to adapt its position and orientation to accommodate various media sizes and achieve proper alignment on the tray, resolving the contradiction between alignment precision and structural simplicity.
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AI summary
A medium ejecting apparatus includes medium ejecting apparatus includes an ejection roller to eject a medium, a tray to load the medium ejected by the ejection roller, a medium regulating member provided with a load pressing portion on a front-end side thereof to apply a load to the medium ejected on the tray, and provided with an engaging portion on a base portion side opposite to the front-end portion, and a holding member provided with an engaged portion to engage with the engaging portion, to hold the medium regulating member in such a way that the medium regulating member can swing in a vertical direction with respect to an upper surface of the tray, and pivot along a rotation axis in a direction from the base side toward the front-end portion side, according to the ejection of the medium.