JP2003104617A - Collecting cartridge for stacker - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a collecting cartridge for a stacker capable of reducing the labor to take out printing sheets from the stacker and preventing various misoperations likely to happed at that time by arranging so that the sheets can be taken out together with their vessel (cartridge) while they are aligned in the good order and allowing establishment of good convenience. SOLUTION: The cartridge 2 to be installed in a stacker device 1 is chiefly composed of a bottom plate 10 and a facade plate 11, side plates 12, 12, and abutting plates 13, 13 which are installed upright at the edges of the bottom plate 10. The bottom plate 10 is chiefly formed from projection parts 10a and 10b protruding from the side with the side plates 12, 12 and a projection part 10c protruding from the side with the facade plate 11. A stack of printed labels 20a is put on the oversurface of a stacker tray 15b of the stacker 15 installed in the stacker device 1 in such a way as capable of elevating and sinking. The bottom plate 10 is formed in such a way as not interfering with the tray 15b in the elevating and sinking motions and can receive the label stack 20a from the tray 15b upon certainly transferring by drawing out the cartridge 2 from the stacker device 1, which should facilitate the takeout operation.

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a stacker device, and more particularly to a stacker device that collects and collects print sheets discharged from a printing device on a stacker tray. 2. Description of the Related Art As a stacking / collecting mechanism in a printing apparatus represented by a conventional copying machine or printer, an stacking / stacking apparatus (hereinafter, referred to as a stacker apparatus) is provided on the front or side of the printing apparatus. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-2000 discloses a technique in which printing paper discharged from a printing apparatus is left to fall naturally and is stacked on a stacker tray, or the stacker tray is sequentially moved vertically downward according to the amount of printing paper to be stacked and collected. This is known from, for example, Japanese Patent Publication No. [0003] However, when stacking a large amount of printing paper and taking out the printing paper from the stacker device, the order may be incorrect, or the printing paper may be dropped and the order may be disturbed. There was a case. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made based on the above-mentioned drawbacks. By making it possible to collectively remove printing paper from containers (cartridges) while keeping the printing paper aligned in order, the time required to remove the printing paper from the stacker device is reduced. An object of the present invention is to provide a stacker recovery cartridge that prevents various mistakes that occur at that time and improves convenience. According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a stacker apparatus for collecting and collecting print sheets discharged from a printing apparatus on a stacker tray in order to achieve the above object. A collecting cartridge for collectively collecting the printing paper accumulated on the stacker tray is detachably provided in the stacker device, and the collecting cartridge has a comb-shaped bottom plate which does not interfere with the stacker tray; and a bottom plate. And a front plate and a side plate that are formed vertically from the front and hold the printing paper in alignment. According to the present invention, the printing paper can be taken out for each cartridge, and the printing paper can be securely held when being carried. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of a stacker recovery cartridge according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, with an example in which a stacker device is provided in a label printer. FIGS. 1 and 2 show schematic configurations of a stacker device and a label printer. As shown in FIG. 1, the stacker device 1 mainly includes a main body of the stacker device 1, a cartridge 2 incorporated in the stacker device 1, and wheels 3 for moving the stacker device 1 provided below the stacker device 1. Behind the stacker device 1, a label printer 4 is provided alongside the stacker device 1. The label printer 4 has a print label discharge port 5 provided on the front upper part thereof and a print label take-in port 6 provided on the stacker device 1 (see FIG. 2). The stacker device 1 has a device such as a stacker 15 described later inside the stacker device 1 and the like.
An operation unit 9 is provided for displaying the operation status of the stacker device 1 and for operating the stacker device 1 by an operator. Referring to FIG. 2, a description will be given of a stacker device 1 in which a cartridge 2 described later is incorporated. The stacker device 1 is provided alongside the front of the label printer 4,
The print label discharge port 5 provided at the upper front part of the label printer 4 and the print label intake port 6 provided at the upper rear part of the stacker device 1 are arranged close to each other. A paper roller 21 for introducing a print label 20 into the stacker device 1 is provided inside the print label take-in port 6 above the stacker device 1. Further, a holding arm 22 is provided so as to protrude from the center of the back surface of the stacker device 1, and this holding arm 22 is fitted into the label printer 4. The holding arm 22 has a key-shaped tip, and has a holding pin 22 fixed to the label printer 4 in the label printer 4.
The position shift between the label printer 4 and the stacker device 1 is prevented by being fitted with a. A cartridge receiver 23 is provided at the lower front of the stacker device 1. This cartridge receiver 23
Can be opened and closed at a certain angle from the front of the stacker device 1 by hinges 23a provided at both ends of the cartridge receiver 23. The lower portion of the cartridge 2 is held by the cartridge receiver 23, and the lower portion is stored in the stacker device 1. A guide groove 24 is formed in the cartridge receiver 23 so that the guide 18 provided in the cartridge 2 can be guided. The guide groove 24 is formed in a shape in which the upper portion is tapered. A driving motor 2 is provided in a lower portion of the stacker device 1.
The drive motor 27 is provided with motor pulleys 27 a, 27 a that are driven to rotate by the drive motor 27. A pulley 25a is provided at an upper portion in the stacker device 1,
25a is provided rotatably, and the timing belt 2
5 and 25 are wound around both of the pulleys 25a, 25a and the motor pulleys 27a, 27a in parallel with an interval therebetween, and can be driven to rotate by the drive motor 27. The holding members 15a,
The base of 15a is fixed. This holding member 15a,
Numerals 15a are arranged in parallel at intervals, and project toward the cartridge 2 from slots 28, 28 provided at intervals in the front center of the inner wall 1a (see FIG. 1) of the stacker device 1. As described above, when the drive motor 27 is driven to rotate, the holding members 15a, 15a move up and down while being guided by the slots 28, 28. The drive motor 27 can be controlled by a control signal of a control unit 26 provided inside the stacker device 1 near the drive motor 27. Holding members 15a, 1 protruding from inner wall 1a
A stacker tray 15b is laid over the upper portion 5a to form a stacker 15. This stacker tray 15b
In order to avoid interference with a bottom plate 10 of the cartridge 2 to be described later, its shape is formed in an inverted U-shape in FIG. The print labels 20 introduced from the paper rollers 21 are stacked on the upper portion of the stacker tray 15b, and are stacked as a print label stack 20a. An optical sensor 30 is provided in the vicinity of the paper roller 21, and transmits the integrated information of the print label assembly 20 a to the control unit 26 via a wiring (not shown). Further, an operation unit 9 is provided on the front of the stacker device 1 in addition to the cartridge 2. The operation unit 9 has a collection button 7, a lamp 8, and the like. The collection button 7 enables the operator to operate the stacker. 8, the status of the stacker device 1 is displayed. Next, the schematic structure of the cartridge 2 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the cartridge 2 mainly includes a bottom plate 10 and a front plate 1 vertically extending from an edge of the bottom plate 10.
1. Side plates 12 and 12 and contact plates 13 and 13 are provided, respectively. Further, the front plate 11, the side plate 12, the contact plate 13
Abut at right angles at each end. The bottom plate 10 mainly includes protrusions 10a, 10b protruding from the side plates 12, 12 side.
And a protruding portion 10c protruding from the front plate 11 side. The bottom plate 10 is formed in a shape that does not interfere with the stacker tray 15b even when the stacker tray 15b provided over the stacker 15 moves up and down. Holding members 16, 16 are formed to protrude from the upper ends of the side plates 12, and are provided in parallel with the bottom plate 10. The contact plates 13, 13 are provided facing the front plate 11, and are in contact with the side edges of the side plates 12, 12 at the lower portion. This contact plate 13,
13 has a lower height in the longitudinal direction than the front plate 11 and the side plates 12 and 12. Further, the side plates 12, 1
Above the contact plates 13, 13 at the end of 2, the contact plates 17, 17 are formed in parallel with the contact plate 13. Further, guides 18, 18 are provided at the lower portion of the side plates 12, 12 so as to project toward the outside of the cartridge 2 and perpendicular to the side plates 12, 12. In addition, a handle 14 for holding the cartridge 2 is provided in the upper center of the front plate 11. Next, the cartridge 2 configured as described above
The operation of will be described. First, the cartridge 2 is stored in the stacker device 1. In FIG. 1, the cartridge receiver 23 is opened from the front of the stacker device 1, and the guide 18 of the cartridge 2 is inserted into the guide groove 2 provided in the cartridge receiver 23.
Then, the cartridge 2 is stored in the stacker device 1 together with the cartridge receiver 23. The cartridge 2 is held by the contact portions 13 and 17 provided on the cartridge 2 contacting the inner wall 1 a of the stacker device 1. At this time, the guide groove 24 of the cartridge receiver 23 has a tapered upper portion, which facilitates insertion of the cartridge 2 into the stacker device 1. In FIG. 2, when a print label 20 printed in a label printer 4 is discharged from a print label discharge port 5, a paper roller provided in a print label intake port 6 for introduction through the print label discharge port 5 is provided. It is guided by 21 and discharged into the cartridge 2. The stacker device 1 is provided with a stacker 15 that moves up and down inside the cartridge 2 along the front plate 11, and the discharged print labels 20 are arranged in order on the upper surface of the stacker tray 15 b of the stacker 15 as a print label aggregate 20 a. Stacked and accumulated. When the print label assembly 20a is accumulated for a certain amount or more, an optical sensor 30 provided near the paper roller 21 is provided.
And the control unit 26 provided in the stacker device 1
In addition, information is transmitted through a wiring (not shown), and the control unit 26 gives a rotation instruction in the clockwise direction (arrow A) in FIG. Then, the timing belt 25 rotates with the rotation of the drive motor 27 (arrow B), and the stacker 15 descends at that position. The amount of drop may be a small distance in accordance with the amount of accumulation of the print label assembly 20a, and if the amount of fall is too large, there is a problem that the print labels 20 are turned over when stacked on the upper portion of the print label assembly 20a. Therefore, the diameter is preferably about 5 to 6 mm. The stacker tray 15b is lowered by a small amount according to the amount of the print label assembly 20a accumulated on the upper surface thereof. By repeating this process, the position of the upper surface of the print label assembly 20a integrated with the paper roller 21 is maintained substantially constant, and the print label 2 discharged from the paper roller 21 is maintained.
0 are smoothly accumulated on the stacker tray 15b. By repeating the above steps, the stacker tray 1
When the top surface 5b reaches the bottom surface 10 of the cartridge 2, the control unit 26 determines that the stack amount is at the limit. Then, the control unit 26 blinks the lamp 8 indicating the full stack amount on the operation unit 9 of the stacker device 1 together with a warning sound. Further, various functions of the stacker device 1 and the label printer 4 are stopped from the control unit 26 via wiring (not shown). Note that the height of the upper surface of the stacker tray 15b at this time is desirably higher than the upper surface of the bottom plate 10 of the cartridge 2;
A position raised by about 0 mm is preferable. An example of the operation of collecting the printed label assembly 20a as described above will be described below. First, the operation unit 9
By pressing the collection button 7 provided on the control unit 26, an instruction to rotate in the direction of arrow A is transmitted from the control unit 26 to the drive motor 27 via a wiring (not shown). As a result, the timing belt 25 rotates in the direction of arrow B, and lowers the stacker 15 to the lowermost end. In this case, the lowermost position of the stacker 15 is a position where the upper surface of the stacker tray 15b is lower than the bottom plate 10 of the cartridge 2. This allows the stacker 15
Of the print label assembly 20a accumulated in the cartridge 2
Can be replaced on the upper surface of the bottom plate 10. On this occasion,
Due to the shape of the bottom plate 10 formed by the protrusions 10a, 10b, and 10c, the print label assembly 20a falls from the cartridge 30 in order to reliably hold the print label assembly 20a that has been replaced on the upper surface of the bottom plate 10. Never. The print label assembly 20a is inserted into the cartridge 2
, The cartridge 2 of the stacker device 1 is once pulled out together with the cartridge receiver 23 and tilted, and the cartridge 2 is further inserted into the guide groove 24.
Pull up along. At this time, the operator holds the handle 14 and the holding member 16 for holding the cartridge 2 provided at the upper center of the front plate 11 of the cartridge 2,
The cartridge 2 can be easily taken out. The bottom plate 1 formed by the protruding portions 10a, 10b, 10c
The print label assembly 20a is held by the shape of 0, and the print label assembly 20a can be collectively taken out by the cartridge 2. Therefore, when taking out the print label assembly 20a, the order of the print label assembly 20a is not mistaken, and there is no possibility that the print label assembly 20a is erroneously scattered. Further, even when the amount of the print label assembly 20a is small, the contact plate 13 protrudes toward the inside of the cartridge 2, so that it does not accidentally drop from the cartridge 2. After the cartridge 2 is taken out, when the front plate 11 of the cartridge 2 is laid down on a desk or the like, the handle 14 for holding the cartridge 2 provided at the upper center of the front plate 11 of the cartridge 2 comes into contact with the desk. , The cartridge 2 is inclined at a certain angle. Thus, even if the cartridge 2 is laid down, it is possible to maintain the accumulation state of the print label assembly 20a. Further, since the contact plate 13 side has a large opening, for example, when the partition paper is inserted between the print label stacks 20a or when the number of print label stacks 20a is counted, the stack is kept in the cartridge 2. It is possible, and therefore, it can be performed without disturbing the order of the print label assembly 20a. Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and in the present embodiment, the printing device is shown as the label printer 4, but it can be replaced with a printing device such as a printer. Further, in the cartridge 30 shown in FIG. 4, a bottom plate 31 and a front plate 32 and side plates 33 and 34 are formed vertically from an end of the bottom plate 31. Further, the shape of the bottom plate 31 is changed to 31a, 31b, 3 protruding from the front plate 32 side.
1c, projecting portions 31d, 31 projecting from the side plate 33 side
e, The protrusions 31f and 31g protruding from the side plate 34 are formed in a comb shape. Further, the shape of the stacker tray 35 is formed as 35a, 35a protruding toward the front plate 32, protruding portions 35b, 35b protruding toward the side plate 33, and protruding portions 35c, 35c protruding toward the side plate 34. 31 to avoid interference. Thereby, the inside of the cartridge 30 is moved along the front plate 32 to the stacker tray 35.
Even if the vertical movement, the interference with the bottom plate 35 can be prevented. Also, the print label assembly 20a is provided on the upper surface of the bottom plate 35.
Is accumulated, the print label assembly 20a is securely held by the comb shape of the bottom plate 35, so that the print label assembly 20a does not fall from the cartridge 30. In the cartridge 36 shown in FIG.
A comb-shaped bottom plate 37 formed of a plurality of projecting portions 37a and a comb-shaped stacker 38 are arranged to avoid mutual interference. Further, openable and closable doors 39a, 39 formed in a shape that does not interfere with the raising and lowering of the stacker 38.
b is provided, and the key can be locked. This allows the printed label assembly 20a accumulated in the cartridge to be carried without dropping even during movement. In addition, the provision of the wheels 41 below the cartridge facilitates carrying. On the other hand, in a printing apparatus such as a copying machine having a stacker device conventionally used in offices and the like, a cartridge having a bottom plate that does not interfere with the shape of the stacker tray can be detachably attached to the stacker device. The print papers collected on the stacker tray can be collectively collected by the bottom plate, so that the print paper can be easily taken out and can be used in a general printing apparatus. As described in detail above, according to the collection cartridge for stacker of the present invention, the printing paper in the stacker can be taken out of each cartridge while being arranged in order, thereby facilitating carrying. It is possible to prevent the trouble of taking out from the device and various mistakes occurring at that time, and to improve the convenience.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a stacker collecting cartridge according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a stacker collecting cartridge incorporated in a stacker device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a side view showing a detailed structure. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing details of a configuration of a stacker collection cartridge according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a stacker collection cartridge according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a stacker collection cartridge according to another embodiment of the present invention. [Description of References] 1. Stacker device, 2, 30, 36.
... Label printer (printing device), 10, 31, 37 ... Bottom plate, 11, 32 ... Front plate, 12, 33,34 ... Side plate, 13 ... Contact plate, 15, 38 ... Stacker, 20 ... Print label ( Printing paper), 20a ... print label assembly,

Claims (1)

1. A stacker device for collecting and collecting printing paper discharged from a printing apparatus on a stacker tray, wherein a collecting cartridge for collectively collecting printing paper collected on the stacker tray is provided. The collection cartridge is detachably provided on the stacker device, and the collection cartridge has a comb-shaped bottom plate that does not interfere with the stacker tray, and a front plate and a side plate that are formed perpendicularly from the bottom plate and align and hold print paper. A collection cartridge for a stacker, comprising: