JP2001330894A - Image processing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image processing machine wherein an image forming controller can be attached to/detached from the very vicinity of an image forming device in a machine body even when the image forming controller is heavy. SOLUTION: In this image processing machine equipped with the image forming device 4 utilizing a laser beam and the image forming controller 7 controlling the driving of the device 4 in the machine body 1, the unitized controller 7 is supported on a supporting member 8 to which the device 4 is attached through a guide rail mechanism 9.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus provided with an image forming apparatus utilizing laser light and an image forming control device for controlling the driving of the image forming apparatus in a body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As an example of an image forming apparatus mounted on an image processing machine such as a photo processing machine or a copying machine, there is an apparatus using a laser beam. The image forming apparatus using this laser light is driven and controlled by the image forming control device, and scans the laser light of the image forming device with the drive control by the image forming control device to record the image on a recording unit of a control device such as a computer. The recorded digital image data is printed on a photosensitive material such as photographic paper.

An image forming apparatus using the laser light and an image forming control apparatus for controlling the driving of the image forming apparatus are unitized and mounted in the body of the image processing machine. The formation control device contains a plurality of types of substrates therein.

In general, in an image processing machine, a unitized image forming control device and an image forming device are connected by a plurality of wirings, and the image forming device is often disposed in an upper part of the inside of the device. .

[0005]

By the way, an image forming apparatus using a laser beam includes a laser, a polygon mirror,
A plurality of precision devices such as a reflection mirror and a dimming filter are mounted inside, and if the wiring between the image forming apparatus and the image forming control device is damaged, these precision devices do not operate normally. Therefore, it is preferable that the wiring between the image forming apparatus and the image forming control apparatus be as short as possible from the viewpoint of safety. When the image forming apparatus is provided on the upper part of the body, the image is located near the image forming apparatus. Preferably, a formation control device is provided.

Therefore, in order to utilize a dead space formed below the image forming apparatus, an image forming control apparatus is disposed immediately below the image forming apparatus, and the image forming control apparatus is fixed while being suspended from a frame of the machine body. There is a way to do it.

However, the image forming control device has a large number of control boards housed therein, and furthermore, the casing in which these boards are housed is made of metal. Become. Therefore, the image forming control device may be assembled in a suspended state on the frame so as to be disposed directly below the image forming device,
In addition, the removal operation is very difficult because it must be performed while lifting the image forming control device.

Further, since the image forming control device is very heavy, it is very difficult to work alone.
Since it is necessary to perform work by two or more workers, the method of assembling the image forming control device in a suspended state on the frame has a disadvantage that workability is extremely poor, and it takes time to assemble and remove.

Further, when replacing the substrate of the image forming control device, it is very difficult to perform the operation while the image forming control device is mounted on the body.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and is directed to an image forming control apparatus having a large weight.
It is an object of the present invention to provide an image processing machine which can be attached and detached by a simple operation in the immediate vicinity of an image forming apparatus in a body.

[0011]

Means for Solving the Problems Claim 1 of the present invention
The invention described in (1) is an image processing apparatus including an image forming apparatus using laser light, and an image forming control apparatus for controlling the driving of the image forming apparatus in the body, wherein the unitized image forming control apparatus is The image forming apparatus is configured to be supported by a support member to which the image forming apparatus is attached via a guide rail mechanism.

Examples of the image processing machine include a photographic processing machine for printing an image on photographic paper and a copying machine.

An image forming apparatus using a laser beam is an image forming apparatus that forms an image on the surface of a photosensitive material by scanning the surface of the photosensitive material with a laser beam irradiated from a laser irradiation unit. Say.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the image processing apparatus of the first aspect, the guide rail mechanism is attached to a receiving side rail member attached to a lower portion of the support member and to an upper portion of the image forming control device. And a member to be received placed on the receiving side rail member.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the image processing apparatus according to the first or second aspect, the guide rail mechanism includes a positioning unit for positioning the image forming control device with respect to the support member. Configuration.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The image processing apparatus according to the present embodiment prints an image on a photographic paper by scanning a surface of a photographic paper, which is a photosensitive material, with a laser beam. FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 show a part of the image processing machine provided with the printing processing unit 2.

A printing unit 2 in the image processing machine shown in FIG.
Is for printing, for example, an image of a developed film on a photographic paper P, which is a photographic photosensitive material, and includes two paper magazines 3 and 3 and an image forming apparatus 4 and 5 Transport units 51 to 55,
A main controller 6 for controlling the operation of the entire image processing machine;
An image forming control device 7 for controlling driving of the image forming device 4 is mounted.

Although not shown, the image forming apparatus 4 scans the laser beam continuously in one direction with a laser irradiating section for irradiating the laser beam, a mirror section for reflecting the light radiated from the laser irradiating section, and a laser beam. The unit is equipped with a polygon mirror and a light control filter.

Although not shown, each of the transport units 51 to 55 is composed of a driving roller which is driven to rotate by a driving motor, and a driven roller which is brought into pressure contact with the roller surface of the driving roller. It has a transport roller.

Further, of the five transport units, the first
The transport unit 51 is disposed near the exit of each of the paper magazines 3, 3, and transports the photographic paper P drawn from each of the paper magazines 3, 3 to the image forming apparatus 4.

The second transport unit 52 is disposed downstream of the first transport unit 51 and is
The transfer path is disposed on the optical axis 41 of the laser light irradiated from the photographic paper P, and an image is exposed on the photographic paper P while the photographic paper P is being transferred.

The third transport unit 53 is disposed on the outlet side of the second transport unit 52, the fourth transport unit 54 is disposed downstream of the third transport unit 53 in the transport direction, and the fifth transport unit 55 is disposed The photographic paper P is disposed downstream of the fourth transport unit 54 in the transport direction, and transports the photographic paper P to a developing unit (not shown).

Each of the paper magazines 3 and 3 of the printing unit 2
Contains a roll of photographic paper P, which is a photosensitive material.

In the printing processing section 2, image information of each frame of the developed film read by a scanner (not shown) is recorded in the main controller 6, and the main controller 6 controls the image formation. The image data is sent to the device 7, and the image data is scanned on the photographic paper P by scanning the laser beam of the image forming device 4 under the control of the image forming control device 7.

The main controller 6 mounted on the image processing machine
Is constituted by a computer, and the image forming control device 7 is constituted by a unit in which a large number of control boards are provided. As a control board of the image forming control device 7, for example, a power supply board, a laser control board,
A laser driver board for moving the dimming filter, a polygon driver board for moving the polygon mirror, and a laser signal processor board for adjusting the intensity of the laser light are installed.

The control board and each device of the image forming apparatus 4 are connected by wiring.

Further, since the image forming control device 7 controls the driving of the image forming device 4, it is disposed immediately below the image forming device 4.

In the image processing apparatus described above, the printing paper P is pulled out from the paper magazines 3 and 3 in the printing processing unit 2, and while the photographic paper P is being transported by the transport rollers, the photographic paper P is irradiated with the laser light of the image forming apparatus 4. After printing the image on P,
The sheet is sent to a developing section (not shown) by a transport roller to be subjected to a developing process, and is further dried in a drying section and discharged from a print discharge section.

The image forming apparatus 4 is fixed to a support member 8 fixed to the frame 11 of the machine body 1. The support member 8 is, as shown in FIGS. A bottom surface portion 81 facing the bottom portion, side surface portions 82 rising from both ends in the width direction (X direction) in FIG. 4 of the bottom surface portion 81, and a flange extending horizontally outward from upper ends of both side surface portions 82, 82. As shown in FIG. 3, the image forming apparatus 4 is fixed to the flanges 83, 83 via an elastic member 84, and the flanges 83, 83 are fixed to the frame 11 by bolts. Like that.

When assembling the image forming apparatus 4 to the body 1, first, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the upper cover 12 provided on the upper part of the body 1 is opened, and the support member 8 is attached to the frame 11 inside the body 1. The image forming apparatus 4 is fixed to the support member 8 via an elastic member 84. When the image forming apparatus 4 is to be taken out of the body 1, the upper cover 12 is opened. The operation is performed by removing the image forming apparatus 4 from the support member 8.

When the image forming control device 7 is disposed below the image forming device 4, the front cover 13 provided below the upper cover 12 of the machine body 1 is opened as shown in FIG. To be assembled.

In the above configuration, in the present embodiment,
The unitized image forming control device 7 is supported by a support member 8 to which the image forming device 4 is attached via a guide rail mechanism 9.

The guide rail mechanism 9 is, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a receiving rail member 91 attached to a lower portion of the support member 8 and an upper portion of the image forming control device 7 for receiving. And a receiving member 92 placed on the supporting member 92.

The receiving-side rail member 91 is made of two long plate-like members, and extends downward in the bottom direction 81 of the support member 8 so as to extend in the X direction in FIG. It is attached to the attachment projection 85 (shown in FIGS. 3, 5, and 6) by a bolt. The rail member mounting projections 85 are provided on both ends of the bottom surface portion 81 of the support member 8 in FIG.

The receiving rail member 91 is attached to the supporting member 8 so that the worker can open and close the front cover 13 and extend in the front-rear direction. When the 91 is attached to the support member 8, a receiving portion 91 a for mounting the received member 92 is formed on the opposite side of the receiving rail member 91.

The receiving member 92 is also composed of two long plate members, and when the image forming control device 7 is assembled to the body 1, it extends in the X direction in FIG. Is attached to the image forming control device 7. The receiving member 92 is fixed to the receiving portion 92a mounted on the receiving portion 91a of the receiving side rail member 91 and the upper surface of the image forming control device 7, as shown in FIGS. And a fixing portion 92b.

As shown in FIGS. 3, 5, and 6, the receiving portion 92a and the fixing portion 92b are formed by bending the receiving member 92 so as to be stepped in the width direction. When the image forming control device 7 is fixed to the image forming control device 7, the received portion 92 a floats from the upper surface of the image forming control device 7 so that it can be placed on the receiving portion 91 a of the receiving side rail member 91. Like that.

Image forming controller 7 for receiving member 92
Is fixed to the receiving portion 9 of the receiving member 92.
The receiving member 2a is fixed to a position on the receiving part 91a of the receiving rail member 91, and the received member 92 is fixed to the image forming control device 7 by welding.

At least one set of the receiving side rail member 91 and the received member 92 among the two sets of the receiving side rail member 91 and the received member 92 is slid to a predetermined position, and then each is fixed by a bolt. I have to. In this embodiment, fixing pieces 91b and 92c for fixing the receiving rail member 91 and the receiving member 92 on the left side in FIG. 3 are provided, and the fixing pieces 91b and 92c are connected to the receiving rail member 91. The receiving member 92 is projected downward from the left end in the X direction in FIG. 4 so that the fixing pieces 91b and 92c are overlapped with each other and fixed by the bolt 93. In addition, it is preferable to fix the receiving side rail member 91 and the received member 92 in two sets.

The guide rail mechanism 9 is provided with positioning means 94 for positioning the image forming control device 7 with respect to the support member 8.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 8, the positioning means 94 is provided on a shaft 94a protruding from the upper surface of the receiving rail member 91 and at the upper end of the shaft 94a.
The stopper 94 includes a stopper 94b having a diameter larger than the diameter of the shaft 94a, and a cutout 94c for receiving the shaft 94a provided on the receiving member 92. Note that the shaft portion 94a is formed of a screw member, and the shaft portion 94a is screwed to the receiving side rail member 91 so as to protrude from the receiving side rail member 91.

The shaft portion 94a protrudes from the right end in the X direction in FIG. 4, and a notch 94c provided in the receiving member 92 is also formed in the right end in the X direction in FIG. Received portion 92a of received member 92
Is placed on the receiving portion 91a of the receiving side rail member 91 and slid, the notch portion 94c
a, the receiving member 92 is prevented from going any further deeper, and furthermore, by fitting the notch 94c to the shaft 94a, movement in the left-right direction perpendicular to the sliding direction is prevented. In addition to the restriction, the upward movement is restricted by the retaining portion 94b.

As a result, the image forming control device 7 can be positioned with respect to the support member 8 by fitting the notch portion 94c to the shaft portion 94a.

According to the present embodiment, when assembling the image forming control device 7 to the body 1, first, the support member 8 is fixed to the frame 11 of the body 1. At this time, the receiving-side rail member 91 of the guide rail mechanism 9 is attached to the bottom surface portion 81 of the support member 8 fixed to the frame 11. It is preferable that the image forming apparatus 4 is assembled to the support member 8 before the image forming control apparatus 7 is assembled to the support member 8.

Next, the image forming controller 7 is connected to the machine 1
The image forming control device 7 is supported on the bottom surface portion 81 of the support member 8 via the guide rail mechanism 9.

Specifically, the image forming control device 7 is lifted and the receiving portion 92a of the receiving member 92 is lifted.
Is placed on the front end in the longitudinal direction of the receiving portion 91a of the receiving rail member 91, and the image forming control device 7 is slid forward.

A notch 94c provided in the receiving portion 92a of the receiving member 92 is provided with a spacer 94 provided on the receiving portion 91a of the receiving rail member 91.
a is fitted to the shaft portion 94b of FIG.
The image forming control device 7 is positioned with respect to the support member 8.

After the image forming control device 7 is positioned, the receiving member 92 and the receiving side rail member 91 are fixed by bolts 93, and the image forming control device 7 is connected to the support member 8 via the guide rail mechanism 9. Fixed.

According to the present embodiment, according to the present embodiment, the unitized image forming control device 7 is supported by the support member 8 to which the image forming device 4 is mounted via the guide rail mechanism 9. With this configuration, the image forming control device 7 can be guided to a predetermined position of the machine body 1 while the image forming control device 7 is slid by the guide rail mechanism 9, so that the heavy image forming control device 7 can also be guided through the guide rail mechanism 9. Since the image forming control device 7 can be guided to the inside of the machine body 1 while being supported by the support member 8, even one worker can easily assemble the machine body 1. As a result, the workability has become much better than before,
It takes less time to remove. Further, since the image forming control device 7 can be disposed directly below the image forming device 4, the length of the wiring can be shortened, and the damage to the wiring can be reduced.

The guide rail mechanism 9 is connected to the support member 8.
Receiving side rail member 91 attached to the lower part of
The receiving member 92 is attached to the upper portion of the image forming control device 7 and is placed on the receiving-side rail member 91, so that the front end portion of the receiving member 92 is simply placed on the receiving-side rail member 91. A part of the weight of the molding control device 7 can be received by the received member 92 fixed to the support member 8, and the burden on the operator can be reduced accordingly. Then, the image forming control device 7 can be guided to a predetermined position of the body 1 by a simple operation of simply sliding the image forming control device 7 as it is.

Further, since the guide rail mechanism 9 is provided with positioning means 94 comprising a cutout portion 94c provided in the receiving member 92 and a spacer 94a provided in the receiving rail member 91, the positioning means 9 is provided.
4, the positioning of the image forming control device 7 with respect to the support member 8 can be reliably performed.

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According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image processing apparatus including an image forming apparatus using a laser beam and an image forming control apparatus for controlling the driving of the image forming apparatus in the apparatus body. In the above, since the unitized image forming control device is configured to be supported by a support member to which the image forming device is attached via a guide rail mechanism, the image forming control device is slid by the guide rail mechanism while the unit is mounted. The image forming control device can be guided to a predetermined position. Accordingly, the heavy image forming control device can be guided to the inside of the machine body while being supported by the support member via the guide rail mechanism, so that only one worker can easily assemble the machine with the machine body. As a result, the workability is greatly improved as compared with the conventional art, and the assembling and dismounting operations are not required. Further, since the image forming control device can be disposed directly below the image forming device, the length of the wiring can be reduced, and the damage to the wiring can be reduced.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the image processing apparatus of the first aspect, the guide rail mechanism is attached to a receiving rail member attached to a lower portion of the support member and to an upper portion of the image forming control device. , And the receiving member mounted on the receiving rail member,
Just by placing a part of the received member on the receiving rail member, a part of the weight of the image forming control device can be received by the received member fixed to the support member, and the burden on the operator is reduced accordingly. You. Then, the image forming control device can be guided to a predetermined position of the machine body by a simple operation of simply sliding the image forming control device.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the image processing apparatus according to the first or second aspect, the guide rail mechanism includes a positioning unit for positioning the image forming control device with respect to the support member. Configuration
With this positioning means, the image forming control device can be reliably positioned with respect to the support member.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of an image processing apparatus according to the present invention as viewed from the front side.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the image processing machine according to the present invention as viewed from a side.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a state where the image forming control device of the image processing apparatus according to the present invention is assembled to a support member, as viewed from the front side of the image processing apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a state where the image forming control device of the image processing apparatus according to the present invention is assembled to a support member, as viewed from a side of the image processing apparatus.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a main part of a guide rail mechanism provided on the left side in FIG.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a main part of a guide rail mechanism provided on the right side in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a main part plan view showing a positioning means provided in a guide rail mechanism of the image processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a main part side view showing a positioning means provided in a guide rail mechanism of the image processing machine according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 body 4 image forming device 7 image forming control device 8 support member 9 guide rail mechanism 91 receiving side rail member 92 received receiving member 94 positioning means

Claims (3)

[Claims] In an image processing apparatus provided with an image forming apparatus using a laser beam and an image forming control apparatus for controlling the driving of the image forming apparatus, a unitized image forming control apparatus includes: An image processor, wherein the image forming apparatus is supported by a support member to which the image forming apparatus is attached via a guide rail mechanism. 2. The guide rail mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the guide rail mechanism includes a receiving rail member attached to a lower portion of the support member, and a received member attached to an upper portion of the image forming control device and placed on the receiving rail member. Item 2. The image processing apparatus according to Item 1. 3. The image processing machine according to claim 1, wherein the guide rail mechanism includes a positioning unit for positioning the image forming control device with respect to the support member.