JP2002354172A - Automatic original carrier - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic original carrier that stores commercially available stapler and can simply remove the staples of a stapled original or staple a copied paper bundle. SOLUTION: A housing 21 covers a mechanism part 20. A staple container section 30 is provided to the left of the housing 21 shown in Fig. 1. An opening 31 is formed to an upper part of the stapler container section 30 and a stapler 40 commercially available, is inserted to the opening 31 to accommodate the stapler 40 in the stapler container section 30.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic document feeder which can be mounted on an image forming apparatus such as a copying machine, a facsimile, a scanner and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, when a stapled original is copied by a copying machine or the like equipped with an automatic document feeder, the stapler must be removed. In this case, a stapler (stapler) which is commercially available is integrated with the stapler. In many cases, a provided staple release unit is used or a dedicated staple release device is used.

Further, when a plurality of copies are made in an image forming apparatus without a post-processing apparatus having a stapling function (especially, in many cases, a low-grade apparatus does not have a post-processing apparatus). Often, one wants to perform stapling after copying.

Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 61-61546 discloses a copying machine provided with a staple removing device and a staple receiving box capable of storing a staple removed by the staple removing device. However, the actual opening 61-615
In the related art disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 46-46, even if the stapler can be removed in front of the copying machine, the stapler must be moved to a certain location to perform stapling, which is very troublesome.

Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. Sho 59-127056 discloses a sorter in which a stapler is attached to an upper portion of a lid of a sorter. However, the actual opening 59-127
In the related art disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 056, the copied paper bundle can be stapled, but the stapler cannot be easily removed from the upper portion of the lid of the sorter. I couldn't do that.

Further, in order to make the product lineup uniform in copiers and the like, there are many types of copier main units but few types of automatic document feeders, and in some cases the same automatic document feeder is mounted on a plurality of copiers. Many. Recently, simple and inexpensive automatic document feeders for low-grade machines have been manufactured and sold. On the other hand, many post-processing devices are still expensive,
In particular, there are many cases where it is not installed on low-end machines. As described above, in recent years, there are many cases where an automatic document feeder is mounted on a copying machine and the like, and the same automatic document feeder is mounted on a plurality of types of copying machines and the like at present. (However, the post-processing device is not always installed). Such a situation is the same in a facsimile, a scanner, and the like.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

Therefore, in view of the above situation, if a storage box such as a staple removing device is provided on the copying machine side, it is necessary to individually provide the storage box at the time of designing all the copying machines. I have to do it. Further, if a stapler is provided in the post-processing apparatus, the post-processing apparatus cannot be mounted on all copying machines. In particular, no post-processing device is mounted on the scanner.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem, and a stapler is easily stapled by accommodating a commercially available stapler in an automatic document feeder commonly used by a plurality of copying machines and the like. The stapling of the original bundle can be removed, or the staple can be stapled to the copied bundle of sheets.

[0009]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automatic document feeder which can be mounted on an image forming apparatus. An automatic document feeder provided with a stapler storage section.

According to the present invention, since the stapler storage section is provided, the stapling of the stapled document bundle can be easily removed simply by storing a commercially available stapler in the storage section, or Staple binding can be performed on the copied sheet bundle. Further, since the stapler storage section is provided in the automatic document feeder, the number of times of correspondence at the time of design is smaller than that of a copying machine or the like, and the stapler storage section can handle most copying machines and the like. It will also be able to handle scanners equipped with.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the automatic document feeder can be mounted on an upper surface of the image forming apparatus, and can be opened and closed with one end of the upper surface as a fulcrum at the time of mounting.
2. The automatic document feeder according to claim 1, wherein the stapler storage section is provided on the fulcrum side.

According to the present invention, even in an automatic document feeder that can be opened and closed with respect to the image forming apparatus, the stapler storage section is provided on the opening / closing fulcrum side. The stapler is hard to come off from

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the automatic document feeder according to the second aspect, the stapler storage portion is inclined in a direction opposite to the opening and closing direction.

According to the present invention, since the stapler storage section is inclined in the direction opposite to the opening / closing direction of the automatic document feeder, the stapler is less likely to fall out of the stapler storage section by the opening / closing operation of the automatic document feeder.

[0015]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an automatic document feeder according to the present invention mounted on an image forming apparatus. First, referring to FIG. 1, an automatic document feeder 10 is mounted on an upper portion of an image forming apparatus main body 1. The image forming apparatus 1 includes a reading unit 2 that reads an original, and a paper feeding unit 3 that stores paper and feeds the paper when printing starts.
A transport unit 4 for transporting the paper fed from the paper feed unit 3 downstream in the paper transport direction; an image forming unit 5 for forming a toner image on the transported paper; And a discharge unit 7 that stocks the fixed paper.

The mechanism 20 of the automatic document feeder 10 mounted on the upper part of the image forming apparatus 1
1, a document feeder 12 for feeding a document placed on the document loading tray 11, a document transporter 13 for transporting the fed document downstream in the transport direction, A document reading unit 14 for reading a document by the reading unit 2 of the image forming apparatus main body 1, a document discharging unit 15 for discharging the read document, and a document discharging unit 16 for storing the discharged document in stock. It is mainly composed.

When the mechanism section 20 is used, a plurality of originals can be read automatically. However, when the mechanism section 20 is not used, the automatic document feeder 10 has The document can be read by opening the document from the forming apparatus main body 1 and setting the document on the contact glass 9.

The mechanism section 20 is covered by a housing 21. A stapler storage section 30 is provided on the left side of the housing 21 in FIG. The stapler accommodating portion has an opening 31 provided above, and has a configuration in which the stapler 40 can be accommodated by inserting, for example, a commercially available stapler 40 from the opening 31.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a main portion showing the stapler storage section according to the present invention, as viewed from the direction A in FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram when the automatic document feeder in FIG. 2 is opened. The stapler storage section will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. As described above, the stapler storage section 30 is provided on the right side in FIG. 1 and on the rear side in FIG. Similarly, a hinge mechanism (not shown) is provided on the rear side of the automatic document feeder 10 in FIG. Therefore, the automatic document feeder 10 can be opened and closed with respect to the image forming apparatus main body 1 around the rear side in FIG. FIG. 3 shows the automatic document feeder 10
3 is rotated (rotated in the direction of arrow B in FIG. 2) to release the automatic document feeder 10 from the image checking device main body 1. FIG.

Since the stapler storage section 30 is provided on the open / close fulcrum side (for example, the rear side in FIG. 2) of the automatic document feeder, the amount of movement when the automatic document feeder 10 is opened and closed is small, and Since the impact at the time is small, the stapler 40 does not easily fall out of the stapler storage unit 30.

As shown in FIG. 2, the stapler storage section 30 is inclined in the direction opposite to the opening and closing direction (the direction of arrow B). In the present embodiment, the opening angle β (see FIG. 3) of the automatic document feeder 10 is 70 degrees, and the inclination angle α of the stapler storage unit 30 is 30 degrees. Therefore, even if the automatic document feeder 10 is opened to the image forming apparatus main body 1 as shown in FIG. 3 with the stapler 40 stored in the stapler storage 30, the stapler storage 30 opens and closes the automatic document feeder 10. Since it is inclined in the opposite direction,
The stapler 40 is less likely to fall out of the stapler storage unit 30.

In the above embodiment, the inclination angle α of the stapler accommodating portion is set to 30 degrees. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the automatic document feeder is provided with an opening angle with respect to the image forming apparatus main body (as shown in FIG. 3). The inclination angle α may be determined appropriately according to β), and the inclination angle may be any number as long as the angle makes it difficult for the stapler to fall out of the stapler storage unit.

As described above, according to the present invention, a commercially available stapler can be stored in an automatic document feeder commonly used by a plurality of copying machines and the like, so that a stapled document bundle can be easily stored. The staple can be removed or stapled on the copied sheet bundle.

[0024]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing a case where an automatic document feeder according to the present invention is mounted on an image forming apparatus.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a main part showing a stapler accommodating portion according to the present invention, and is a diagram viewed from a direction A in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram when the automatic document feeder is opened.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Image forming apparatus main body 10 ... Automatic document feeder 30 ... Stapler storage part 40 ... Stapler

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An automatic document feeder mountable on an image forming apparatus, wherein a stapler storage portion is provided in a housing of the automatic document feeder. 2. The automatic document feeder can be mounted on an upper surface of an image forming apparatus, and can be opened and closed with one end surface of the upper surface as a fulcrum at the time of mounting, and the stapler storage portion is provided on the fulcrum side. 2. The automatic document feeder according to claim 1, wherein: 3. The automatic document feeder according to claim 2, wherein the stapler storage section is inclined in a direction opposite to the opening / closing direction.