发明名称 Recording Apparatus
摘要 A recording apparatus includes: first and second recording modules; a storage accommodating a recording medium; a first path extending from the storage to the first recording module; and a second path extending from the storage to the second recording module and including a first shared portion shared with the first path. The controller is configured to: determine whether a trailing edge of the recording medium on which recording is being performed by the first recording module is located downstream of the first branch position on the first path; and when the trailing edge of the recording medium is located downstream of the first branch position on the first path, cause a recording medium to be supplied from the storage to the second recording module along the second path via the first shared portion and the first branch position.
申请公布号 US2015183603(A1) 申请公布日期 2015.07.02
申请号 US201414581138 申请日期 2014.12.23
申请人 Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha 发明人 SHIKAMA Yasuhito;TERADA Kohei;YAMAMOTO Shinya;KOBAYASHI Akihito
分类号 B65H5/26;B41J13/00;B65H7/20;B65H5/06;B65H7/02 主分类号 B65H5/26
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. A recording apparatus, comprising: a plurality of recording modules each comprising: a head formed with a plurality of ejection openings for ejecting liquid; a carriage supporting the head and configured to move the head in a first direction; a module path; and an individual conveyor configured to convey a recording medium along the module path in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the plurality of recording modules comprising a first recording module and a second recording module different from the first recording module; a storage configured to accommodate the recording medium; a plurality of paths comprising (i) a first path through which the recording medium is to be conveyed from the storage to the module path of the first recording module, and (ii) a second path through which the recording medium is to be conveyed from the storage to the module path of the second recording module, the second path comprising, at an upstream portion thereof, a first shared portion shared with the first path, the second path being branched off from the first path at a first branch position located at an can portion of the first shared portion; a first switcher configured to switch, at the first branch position, a destination of the recording medium between the first path and the second path; a first shared conveyor configured to convey the recording medium on the first shared portion; a first sensor configured to output a signal indicating presence or absence of the recording medium at a first sensing position located on the first shared portion; and a controller configured to control the plurality of recording modules, the first switcher, and the first shared conveyor, the controller being configured to execute: a first determination processing in which based on the signal output from the first sensor the controller determines whether a trailing edge of the recording medium on which recording is being performed by the first recording module is located downstream of the first branch position on the first path; anda first supply processing in which when the controller has determined in the first determination processing that the trailing edge of the recording medium is located downstream of the first branch position on the first path, the controller controls the first switcher and the first shared conveyor to supply a recording medium from the storage to the second recording module along the second path via the first shared portion and the first branch position.
地址 Nagoya-shi JP
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