EP0201109A1 - A sheet turning conveyor - Google Patents
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- EP0201109A1 EP0201109A1 EP19860106443 EP86106443A EP0201109A1 EP 0201109 A1 EP0201109 A1 EP 0201109A1 EP 19860106443 EP19860106443 EP 19860106443 EP 86106443 A EP86106443 A EP 86106443A EP 0201109 A1 EP0201109 A1 EP 0201109A1
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- G—PHYSICS
- G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
- G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
- G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
- G03G15/65—Apparatus which relate to the handling of copy material
- G03G15/6555—Handling of sheet copy material taking place in a specific part of the copy material feeding path
- G03G15/657—Feeding path after the transfer point and up to the fixing point, e.g. guides and feeding means for handling copy material carrying an unfused toner image
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H5/00—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines
- B65H5/22—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines by air-blast or suction device
- B65H5/222—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines by air-blast or suction device by suction devices
- B65H5/226—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines by air-blast or suction device by suction devices by suction rollers
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- G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
- G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
- G03G2215/00—Apparatus for electrophotographic processes
- G03G2215/00362—Apparatus for electrophotographic processes relating to the copy medium handling
- G03G2215/00367—The feeding path segment where particular handling of the copy medium occurs, segments being adjacent and non-overlapping. Each segment is identified by the most downstream point in the segment, so that for instance the segment labelled "Fixing device" is referring to the path between the "Transfer device" and the "Fixing device"
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- G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
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- G03G2215/00—Apparatus for electrophotographic processes
- G03G2215/00362—Apparatus for electrophotographic processes relating to the copy medium handling
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- G03G2215/00362—Apparatus for electrophotographic processes relating to the copy medium handling
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- G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
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- THE PRESENT INVENTION relates to a sheet turning conveyor adapted for use in combination with an electro-photographic copying machine, and more particularly, a sheet turning conveyor for such use whereby the direction of movement of a sheet material, such as paper, is turned. Whilst its direction of movement is being changed the sheet is effectively held on the conveyor by means of suction.
- Sheet turning conveyors employing a rotary suction drum are well known.
- the suction drum is provided with a number of pores through which a negative pressure produced inside the drum acts so that a differential pressure is produced between outside and inside the drum.
- the known rotary suction drum has a major disadvantage in that the sheet is suddenly released from the drum surface under inadequate distribution of the suction force. This is caused by the fact that the sheet is quite likely to be placed on the surface of the suction drum with its advancing edge portion positioned between adjacent pores of the drum surface. At such a place no suction is exerted on a loading portion of the sheet, thereby causing it to peel off the drum surface. This is likely to bring about troubles in conveying the sheet.
- the known rotary suction drum is rotated by means of a driving roller through a belt.
- the drive is imparted to the suction drum through an intermediate means, such as a driving roller and a belt.
- the present invention aims to solve the problems pointed out with respect to the known sheet turning conveyor, and has for its object to provide a sheet turning conveyor in which the sheet is securely held on the drum surface even when it is placed out of registry with the pores.
- the present invention provides a sheet turning conveyor including a rotary suction drum which comprises suction surfaces and circumferential recesses for receiving conveying belts on which the sheet travels, in which conveyor the suction surfaces and the belt surfaces are flush with each other, each of the suction surfaces includes pores arranged around the circumference of the drum, and at least two adjacent pores of a suction surface are connected by a suction groove allowing air to communicate between the connected pores.
- an exemplary electro-photographic copying machine comprises a centrally located control panel I, an original scanning section 2 to the left of the panel I, and an image recording section 3 to the right of the panel I.
- An original to be copied is placed on a plate 4, the original being fed into the scanning section 2 in which the transferring original is exposed to light and received by a receiver 5.
- the image in the original is projected onto a sensitive drum 7 by means of an optical system 6, thereby producing an electrostatic image thereon.
- the latent image is rendered visible by a toner supplied by a toner developing unit 8 and the resulting toner image is recorded on a record paper which is then fed to a receiving plate 9.
- FIG. 3 schematically shows the internal structure of the image recording section 3, the detailed description of which will be given below:
- the paper supplying section 13 includes feed paths 19 and 20 which correspond to the respective rollers arranged so as to be in accord with the selected paper from rolls 18.
- the reference numeral 21 denotes a junction where the two paths 19, 20 meet.
- the reference numeral 22 denotes a manual paper supplying section. The paper is cut by means of a cutter unit 23 to a desired length.
- the toner image is transferred to the record paper by means of the toner transfer unit 14, which paper is then subjected to suction on its back surface by the paper separating unit 15, thereby releasing it from the drum 7. Thereafter the paper is fed to a heat setting unit 25 by means of the turning conveyor 24. In this way the toner image is fixed on the paper and the paper is fed to the receiving plate 9.
- the turning conveyor 24 includes belts 27 on which the paper travels and which run around a rotary drum, which is a member of the paper separating unit 15, and a suction drum 26.
- the direction of movement of the paper is turned as it advances by means of the turning conveyor 24, the paper being held on the surface of the drum 26 under suction as its direction movement is turned.
- the reference numeral 28 denotes a fan whereby the paper is pressed onto the surface of the belts 27 under air pressure.
- the suction drum 26 includes a plurality of circumferentially extending suction surfaces 29 separated by circumferential recesses in which the belts 27 are fitted in such a manner that the suction surfaces 29 and the belt surfaces are on the same level', as best shown in Figure 5.
- the suction surfaces each have a series of pores 31 through which suction is exerted on the paper placed on the drum by a negative pressure produced within the drum.
- the pores 31 are arranged in two rows and spaced along the circumference at regular intervals.
- the adjacent pores 31 are conencted to each other by means of a suction groove 32 which is adapted to allow the suction force to communicate evenly between the connected pores.
- the paper can be subject to an equally distributed suction force from below. This will be of particularly advantage when the paper is placed inappropriate with its advancing leading or top edge spaced away from the pores.
- the suction force exerted via the grooves 32 help to secure the paper adequately.
- a shaft of the suction drum 26 is provided at an end with a sprocket 34 with which a drive chain 35 is engaged.
- This chain 35 is connected to an electric motor 26 through a device which is constructed so that the suction drum 26 operates in synchronism with the sensitive drum 7.
- the number of the rows of pores is not limited to two but can be more than that for some or all of the suction surfaces 29.
- each groove 32 interconnecting the pores are arranged differently and each groove is produced so as to connect staggered pores 31 in the two rows of pores in each suction surface 29.
- the adjacent suction surfaces 29 have the grooves 32 oppositely angled.
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Description
- THE PRESENT INVENTION relates to a sheet turning conveyor adapted for use in combination with an electro-photographic copying machine, and more particularly, a sheet turning conveyor for such use whereby the direction of movement of a sheet material, such as paper, is turned. Whilst its direction of movement is being changed the sheet is effectively held on the conveyor by means of suction.
- Sheet turning conveyors employing a rotary suction drum are well known. The suction drum is provided with a number of pores through which a negative pressure produced inside the drum acts so that a differential pressure is produced between outside and inside the drum.
- However, the known rotary suction drum has a major disadvantage in that the sheet is suddenly released from the drum surface under inadequate distribution of the suction force. This is caused by the fact that the sheet is quite likely to be placed on the surface of the suction drum with its advancing edge portion positioned between adjacent pores of the drum surface. At such a place no suction is exerted on a loading portion of the sheet, thereby causing it to peel off the drum surface. This is likely to bring about troubles in conveying the sheet.
- In addition, the known rotary suction drum is rotated by means of a driving roller through a belt. In other words, the drive is imparted to the suction drum through an intermediate means, such as a driving roller and a belt. When the suction force is moderate, no problem arises, but when it is fairly large, the sucking force tends to act as a brake on the transferring sheet at the moment when it is released from the drum surface. This results in the inefficient conveyance of the sheet.
- The present invention aims to solve the problems pointed out with respect to the known sheet turning conveyor, and has for its object to provide a sheet turning conveyor in which the sheet is securely held on the drum surface even when it is placed out of registry with the pores.
- Accordingly the present invention provides a sheet turning conveyor including a rotary suction drum which comprises suction surfaces and circumferential recesses for receiving conveying belts on which the sheet travels, in which conveyor the suction surfaces and the belt surfaces are flush with each other, each of the suction surfaces includes pores arranged around the circumference of the drum, and at least two adjacent pores of a suction surface are connected by a suction groove allowing air to communicate between the connected pores.
- In order that the invention may be readily understood, embodiments thereof will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a sheet turning conveyor embodying the present invention;
- Figure 2 is a perspective view showing an electro-photographic copying machine incorporating the sheet turning conveyor of Figure I;
- Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line III-III in Figure 2;
- Figure 4 is a fragmentary view on a larger scale showing the portion indicated by (IV) in Figure 3; and
- Figure 5 is a front view showing a modified suction drum for a sheet turning conveyor embodying the present invention.
- As shown in Figures 2 and 3, an exemplary electro-photographic copying machine comprises a centrally located control panel I, an
original scanning section 2 to the left of the panel I, and an image recording section 3 to the right of the panel I. An original to be copied is placed on aplate 4, the original being fed into thescanning section 2 in which the transferring original is exposed to light and received by areceiver 5. The image in the original is projected onto asensitive drum 7 by means of anoptical system 6, thereby producing an electrostatic image thereon. The latent image is rendered visible by a toner supplied by a toner developing unit 8 and the resulting toner image is recorded on a record paper which is then fed to areceiving plate 9. - Figure 3 schematically shows the internal structure of the image recording section 3, the detailed description of which will be given below:
- Distributed around the
sensitive drum 7 are anelectrifier 10, adeelectrifier 11, anexposing section 12, the toner developing unit 8, apaper supplying section 13, atoner transfer unit 14, apaper separating unit 15, asecond deelectrifier 16 for deelectrifying the entire surface of thesensitive drum 7, and a cleaning unit 17. - The
paper supplying section 13 includesfeed paths rolls 18. Thereference numeral 21 denotes a junction where the twopaths cutter unit 23 to a desired length. - The toner image is transferred to the record paper by means of the
toner transfer unit 14, which paper is then subjected to suction on its back surface by thepaper separating unit 15, thereby releasing it from thedrum 7. Thereafter the paper is fed to aheat setting unit 25 by means of the turningconveyor 24. In this way the toner image is fixed on the paper and the paper is fed to thereceiving plate 9. - The turning
conveyor 24 includesbelts 27 on which the paper travels and which run around a rotary drum, which is a member of thepaper separating unit 15, and asuction drum 26. The direction of movement of the paper is turned as it advances by means of the turningconveyor 24, the paper being held on the surface of thedrum 26 under suction as its direction movement is turned. Thereference numeral 28 denotes a fan whereby the paper is pressed onto the surface of thebelts 27 under air pressure. - As shown in Figures and 4, the
suction drum 26 includes a plurality of circumferentially extendingsuction surfaces 29 separated by circumferential recesses in which thebelts 27 are fitted in such a manner that thesuction surfaces 29 and the belt surfaces are on the same level', as best shown in Figure 5. The suction surfaces each have a series ofpores 31 through which suction is exerted on the paper placed on the drum by a negative pressure produced within the drum. In the embodiment shown in Figure I thepores 31 are arranged in two rows and spaced along the circumference at regular intervals. Theadjacent pores 31 are conencted to each other by means of asuction groove 32 which is adapted to allow the suction force to communicate evenly between the connected pores. Thus the paper can be subject to an equally distributed suction force from below. This will be of particularly advantage when the paper is placed inappropriate with its advancing leading or top edge spaced away from the pores. The suction force exerted via thegrooves 32 help to secure the paper adequately. - However, when the sucking force is excessively great, the paper will become difficult to release from the drum, which could result in inefficient conveyance of the paper. To avoid this difficulty a shaft of the
suction drum 26 is provided at an end with asprocket 34 with which adrive chain 35 is engaged. Thischain 35 is connected to anelectric motor 26 through a device which is constructed so that thesuction drum 26 operates in synchronism with thesensitive drum 7. - The number of the rows of pores is not limited to two but can be more than that for some or all of the
suction surfaces 29. - In the modified example shown in Figure 5 the
grooves 32 interconnecting the pores are arranged differently and each groove is produced so as to connect staggeredpores 31 in the two rows of pores in eachsuction surface 29. In addition, theadjacent suction surfaces 29 have thegrooves 32 oppositely angled. - The features disclosed in the foregoing description, in the claims and/or in the accompanying drawings may, both separately and in any combination thereof, be material fo: realising the invention in diverse forms thereof.
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- I. A sheet turning conveyor including a rotary suction drum which comprises suction surfaces and circumferential recesses for receiving conveying belts on which the sheet travels, in which conveyor the suction surfaces and the belt surfaces are flush with each other, each of the suction surfaces includes pores arranged around the circumference of the drum, and at least two adjacent pores of a suction surface are connected by a suction groove allowing air to communicate between the connected pores.
- 2. A sheet turning conveyor according to claim 1, wherein suction grooves extend from one pore of the suction surface to another in a ring around the circumference of the drum surface.
- 3. A sheet turning conveyor according to claim I, wherein the suction surface has a pair of circumferential rows of pores and suction grooves interconnect staggered pores in the two rows.
- 4. A sheet turning conveyor according to claim 3, wherein adjacent suction surfaces hae oppositely angled suction grooves.
- 5. A sheet turning conveyor according to any one of claims I to 4, wherein the shaft of the suction drum is connected to a driving means so that the suction drum drives the conveying belts fitted in the circumferential recesses in the drum surface.
- 6. A sheet turning conveyor according to claim 5, wherein the shaft of the suction drum is connected to the driving means through an endless chain.
- 7. A sheet turning conveyor according to any preceding claim, wherein the suction surfaces and the belt receiving recesses are alternately disposed across the width of the drum surface.
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JP6979285U JPS61185750U (en) | 1985-05-10 | 1985-05-10 | |
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JP7129285U JPS61185751U (en) | 1985-05-14 | 1985-05-14 | |
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EP1262433A2 (en) * | 2001-05-04 | 2002-12-04 | Mathias Bäuerle GmbH | Inverting device for single sheets |
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US3451754A (en) * | 1966-12-19 | 1969-06-24 | Nashua Corp | Synchronous paper feeding mechanism |
DE2701241A1 (en) * | 1976-01-15 | 1977-07-28 | Xerox Corp | REPLICATING PLANT |
GB1519560A (en) * | 1974-12-23 | 1978-08-02 | Gao Ges Automation Org | Stacking device for flat articles to be conveyed |
US4155639A (en) * | 1977-05-09 | 1979-05-22 | A. B. Dick Company | Flexible belt xerographic copier |
EP0038522A1 (en) * | 1980-04-21 | 1981-10-28 | EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY (a New Jersey corporation) | Vacuum document feeder |
EP0048826A1 (en) * | 1980-09-29 | 1982-04-07 | International Business Machines Corporation | Sheet transport apparatus |
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US3451754A (en) * | 1966-12-19 | 1969-06-24 | Nashua Corp | Synchronous paper feeding mechanism |
GB1519560A (en) * | 1974-12-23 | 1978-08-02 | Gao Ges Automation Org | Stacking device for flat articles to be conveyed |
DE2701241A1 (en) * | 1976-01-15 | 1977-07-28 | Xerox Corp | REPLICATING PLANT |
US4155639A (en) * | 1977-05-09 | 1979-05-22 | A. B. Dick Company | Flexible belt xerographic copier |
EP0038522A1 (en) * | 1980-04-21 | 1981-10-28 | EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY (a New Jersey corporation) | Vacuum document feeder |
EP0048826A1 (en) * | 1980-09-29 | 1982-04-07 | International Business Machines Corporation | Sheet transport apparatus |
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EP1262433A2 (en) * | 2001-05-04 | 2002-12-04 | Mathias Bäuerle GmbH | Inverting device for single sheets |
EP1262433A3 (en) * | 2001-05-04 | 2003-06-25 | Mathias Bäuerle GmbH | Inverting device for single sheets |
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