CN101276176B - Feeding device and image forming apparatus - Google Patents
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Abstract
A feeding device according to the present invention holds a pile of sheets of paper in it. Feed force so acts selectively on a specified region of the upper side of the held top sheet as to feed the held sheets one after one in a feed direction. The feeding device includes a flat press plate and a support. The press plate is not smaller in the feed direction and the cross directions perpendicular to the feed direction than the maximum size of the sheets which can be held in the main body. The press plate is not larger in the feed and cross directions than the inner size of the main body. The press plate has a first opening formed over the specified region. The press plate is supported vertically movably above the held sheets by the support.
Description
Background technology
Image processing system or another Device for treating paper comprise supply arrangement (feeding device), and supply arrangement comprises feed cassette.Feed cassette holds plurality of sheets of paper and opens.The paper supply arrangement is supplied with the paper that holds as requested seriatim.Usually, the paper supply arrangement of Device for treating paper from feed cassette with downward sequentially feeding paper.
Before the feed cassette of Device for treating paper held paper, they were wound onto in the airtight material, so that have low humidity.If this device is laid in a humid environment, the paper that is contained in the feed cassette absorbs the moisture and the too wet that may become.In this case, the top paper in the feed cassette, it is easy to be exposed to moist environment most, full out absorbs moisture, and the order of falling below the bottom paper in the box absorbs moisture.
When the top paper moisturized, its surface nature changed, thereby its frictional resistance reduces.This makes this top paper be easy to misdelivery.To the paper (printing paper) of coating, because the SiO of the coating on the paper
2Or other bleach is than the cellulose of paper or more moisture absorption of composition in addition, and this phenomenon takes place significantly.The paper of coating is generally used for coloured image formation etc.
The conventional feed cassette of image processing system is equipped with thermal source, with the dehumidifying of the paper in the box, is misdelivered owing to become wet thereby prevent them.Dehumidifying by the thermal source consumption that not only increases electric power, and make and be difficult to control thermal value.If thermal source is energized the heat that produces constant basis, depend on that environment that the quantity of paper in the feed cassette or type, this device are laid and environment may change etc., the quantity of heat may be too much.The heat of crossing volume makes paper become dry, thereby they may be out of shape or variable color.
JP H05-188715A discloses inflatable and contractile lid, respectively is used for covering the paper that feed cassette holds.Each lid is set to prevent that foreign matter from entering relevant box and preventing fault during supplying with paper from box.Exist at interval between the top paper in each lid and relevant box.This makes some lids can not prevent that relevant top paper is exposed to environment at interval.Therefore, can not prevent reliably that paper from becoming wet.
Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of feed cassette, even the number of paper that is contained in the box changes, the top paper that described feed cassette also prevents to be contained in wherein is exposed to environment, and described feed cassette prevents paper because change is wet and misdelivered.Another object of the present invention is to provide the image processing system that is equipped with this feed cassette.
Holding plurality of sheets of paper therein according to feed cassette of the present invention opens.Supply power optionally puts on the specific region of upside of the top paper that is held, thereby supplies with the paper that is held seriatim in a direction of feed.Feed cassette comprises flat clamp and support member.Pressing plate is in the direction of the supply and be not less than the full-size that can be contained in the paper in the main body in a lateral direction perpendicular to the direction of the supply.Pressing plate is in the direction of the supply and be not more than the inside dimension of main body in a lateral direction.Pressing plate has first opening that is formed on the top, specific region.But pressing plate by the support member vertical moving be supported on the paper that holds.
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Fig. 1 is the schematic elevational view according to the image processing system of the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 is the side cross-sectional view of the feed cassette of this device;
Fig. 3 is the vertical view of the pressing plate of feed cassette;
Fig. 4 A and 4B are the side cross-sectional view of feed cassette, show when the number of paper that holds in the box changes the displacement how angledly of the parts of pressing plate; With
Fig. 5 is the vertical view of the pressing plate of feed cassette according to another embodiment of the present invention.
Embodiment
With reference to figure 1, will describe image processing system 100 below in detail according to the embodiment of the invention.Device 100 mainly comprises scanner 200, image forming part 300 and paper supply arrangement 400.
Supply to the image on the original copy of the second original copy platform, 203 tops by document feeder 201, read with the first catoptron base portion 204 that is parked under this platform.On the second original copy platform 203 times, the light source on the first catoptron base portion 204 is to the original copy emission light by this platform.Light by this original copy reflection is reflected to the second catoptron base portion 205 by first catoptron on the first catoptron base portion 204 subsequently.
Be placed on the image on the original copy on the first original copy platform 202, be used in the catoptron base portion 204 and 205 that moves horizontally under this platform and read.On the first original copy platform 202 times, the original copy emission light of the light source on the first catoptron base portion 204 on this platform.Light by this original copy reflection is reflected to the second catoptron base portion 205 by first catoptron on the first catoptron base portion 204 subsequently.
No matter whether document feeder 201 uses, the light that is reflected by this original copy incides on the CCD207 via lens 206 by the second and the 3rd catoptron on the second catoptron base portion 205, and it is constant that optical path length keeps.
CCD207 is based on the light quantity output electric signal by this original copy reflection.This electric signal is input in the image forming part 300 as view data.
Developing apparatus 34 is supplied to the cylindrical surface of photosensitive drums 31 with toner, thereby electrostatic latent image is converted to visual toner image.
Be transferred on the paper by the crack between drum and the transfer belt 35 by the toner image of photosensitive drums 31 carrying.
Band clearer 35C removes toner, paper dirt and other dust that sticks on the transfer belt 35.
Be transferred to behind the paper that photosensitive drums is passed through for 31 times from the part on drum surface at toner image, drum clearer 36 is removed left toner on this part on drum surface.
Treating stations 30 also comprises thermistor 39, and thermistor 39 is corresponding to temperature sensor of the present invention, with the temperature in the sensing apparatus 100.Thermistor 39 is arranged in the airflow of the downstream of fixation facility 37 by fan 40 generations of device 100.Thermistor 39 can sensing apparatus temperature in 100, described temperature raises by the heat from fixation facility 37 radiation.
With reference to figure 2, supply arrangement of the present invention is that feed cassette 403 comprises main body 1, back up pad 2, pivot plate 3, rear end guide 4, a pair of front end guide 5, an opposite side guide 6 and pressing plate 7.
When feed mechanism 410 is supplied with paper, pick-up roller 411 around donor rollers 412 to bottom offset, so that the specific region of the upside of the top paper in the cylindrical surface of pick-up roller 411 and the box body 1 contacts.Pick-up roller 411 rotates, and its cylindrical surface contacts with the top paper, applies supply power on paper, so that to supply with direction X the crack of paper between donor rollers 412 and separating plate 413 supplied with.
If pick-up roller 411 is once supplied with two or more paper, only the top paper passes through the crack between donor rollers 412 and the separating plate 413, and other paper stops by the friction force between its (they) and the plate 413.
Back up pad 2 is shorter than the minimum dimension that can be contained in the paper in the box body 1 on direction of the supply X.Back up pad 2 2A place in its back-end is supported on the bottom of box body 1 pivotly.Paper is accommodated in the box body 1, and bottom paper is positioned partially on the back up pad 2.
Rear end guide 4 can be on the bottom of box body 1 supplying with direction X and opposite direction to-and-fro movement, and keep in touch, thereby regulate the position of paper with the paper rear end in the box body.
Side guide 6 can be with transverse direction Y (as Fig. 3) to-and-fro movement perpendicular to direction of the supply X on the bottom of box body 1, and keeps in touch with the side of paper in the box body, thereby regulates the position of paper.
Rear end guide 4 and side guide 6 can be according to the size of paper in the box body at the bottom of box body 1 top offsets.
With reference to figure 3, pressing plate 7 is an essentially rectangular peace.Pressing plate 7 is not less than the full-size that can be contained in the paper in the box body 1 on direction X and Y.Pressing plate 7 is not more than the inside dimension of box body 1 on above-mentioned direction.Pressing plate 7 has the first opening 7B, support openings 7C, a pair of second opening 7D and a pair of the 3rd opening 7E.
The first opening 7B forms above the upside specific region of the top of box body 1 paper.When pick-up roller 411 centered on donor rollers 412 to bottom offset, pick-up roller 411 was by the first opening 7B, so that the cylindrical surface of this roller contacts with the described zone of top paper.Because the roller surface contacts with the top paper, the rotation of pick-up roller 411 applies supply power on paper.
Rear end guide 4 is vertically by support openings 7C, and this has limited moving forward and backward of pressing plate 7, and this plate vertically moves in box body 1.The top of rear end guide 4 exposes, so that this guide is easy to extract by support openings 7C.Therefore, pressing plate 7 can upwards be removed from rear end guide 4.Rear end guide 4 is as support member of the present invention.
Replacedly, box body 1 can be equipped with support member on the one side, but the part of pressing plate 7 and this support member vertical moving engage.In this case, rear end guide 4 is not as support member.
Each of front end guide 5 can vertically move through one of second opening 7D.Each of side guide 6 vertically extends through one of the 3rd opening 7E.
When pressing plate 7 when box body 1 is removed, paper is placed in the box body.Subsequently, pressing plate 7 is placed on the top paper in the box body 1, and support openings 7C engages with rear end guide 4.This allows pressing plate 7 vertically to move.Do not have external force to be applied on the pressing plate 7, the weight of this plate makes it rest on the paper of top.
Except the place that paper exposes by opening 7B-7E, the top paper in the box body 1 covers by pressing plate 7.As a result, the roughly Zone Full of top paper is not exposed to environment.This prevents that the top paper from becoming wet and making pick-up roller 411 to skid and misdeliver paper in wet environment on this paper.
Along with the number of paper in the box body 1 reduces, back up pad 2 makes the front portion of paper tilt with this direction with direction D (Fig. 2) displacement.If it is flat that pressing plate 7 keeps, it may be not with box body 1 in the upside of top paper closely contact.
Bend 7A is made by the flexible material that has length-specific on direction X.Elastic component can adhere to the downside of pressing plate 7, so that this plate can cover the top paper in the box body 1 more reliably.
Fig. 5 shows the pressing plate 71 of feed cassette according to another embodiment of the present invention.Pressing plate 71 has a fore edge 71B and an offside otch 71E, and it corresponds respectively to the first opening 7B and the 3rd opening 7E of pressing plate 7.
Two embodiment have adopted the image processing system of illustration Device for treating paper to describe.Yet the present invention can be applied to hold other Device for treating paper that plurality of sheets of paper is opened similarly except that image processing system.
Though the present invention so describes, obvious the present invention is modification in many ways.This modification does not think to depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention, and all this modifications that it will be apparent to those skilled in the art are included in the scope of following claims.
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1. supply arrangement comprises:
Main body is used for holding plurality of sheets of paper therein and opens;
Wherein, supply power optionally is applied on the upside specific region of the top paper that is held, thereby supplies with the paper that is held seriatim in a direction of feed;
Pressing plate is configured as tabular, is not less than the full-size that can be contained in the paper in the described main body in the direction of the supply with perpendicular to the length in a lateral direction of the direction of the supply, and is not more than the inside dimension of described main body;
Described pressing plate has first opening that forms above described specific region; With
Support member is supported on the paper top that is held with described pressing plate, so that pressing plate can vertically move,
Wherein said pressing plate comprises bend, and described bend extends across this pressing plate at the pars intermedia upper edge of the direction of the supply of pressing plate horizontal direction.
2. supply arrangement according to claim 1, wherein said pressing plate can upwards be removed from described support member.
3. supply arrangement according to claim 1, wherein said support member are the upstream mobile in a direction of feed rear end guides of paper that restriction is held.
4. supply arrangement according to claim 1 also comprises:
The front end guide is used for contacting with the forward corner in the downstream in a direction of feed of the upside of the top paper that is held;
Described pressing plate has second opening, and described front end guide is vertically by described second opening.
5. supply arrangement according to claim 1 also comprises:
The side guide is used for contacting with the side parallel with the direction of the supply of the paper that is held;
Described pressing plate has the 3rd opening, and described side guide is vertically by described the 3rd opening.
6. supply arrangement according to claim 1, wherein said pressing plate is made by transparent material.
7. an image processing system comprises the image forming part that is used for forming image on paper, and described paper is from supplying with according to any one described supply arrangement of claim 1-6.
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