JP2005039843A - Document carrier and document reader - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To correctly output detected results with a detecting means installed to obtain the position information of a document. <P>SOLUTION: A hole part 10c for loosely fitting the free end of an actuator of a sensor for detecting the front and rear ends of the document by swinging is formed in a part of a lower guide plate 10a on the upstream side in the document carrying direction than a contact image sensor, and projections 10e, 10e are formed in the vicinities on both sides of the hole part 10c. As a result, when the document passes the position to be detected with the sensor, since the gap of a guide plate is narrowed with the projections 10e, 10e, the document can pass the position to be detected with the sensor in a state where the shape of the end of the document and the position coming in contact with the actuator of the document are stabilized. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a document conveying device and a document reading device applied to a copying machine, a facsimile machine, or a multifunction machine having these functions.

  FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing the configuration of a conventional document conveying apparatus. 1 is a document placing table on which a document is set, 2 is a pick-up roller that comes into contact with the topmost document in the document set on the document placing table 1, Is a feed roller 4 that conveys a document conveyed by the rotation of the pickup roller 2, and a separation roller 5 that contacts the feed roller 3 and separates one by one when a plurality of documents are conveyed from the pickup roller 2. An R0 roller pair that conveys the document conveyed by the rotation of the feed roller 3, 6 is an S0 sensor that detects the leading and trailing edges of the document conveyed by the rotation of the R0 roller pair 5, and 7 is conveyed by the rotation of the R0 roller pair 5. An R1 roller pair for conveying the original, 8 is an S1 sensor for detecting the leading and trailing edges of the original conveyed by the rotation of the R1 roller pair 7, and 9 is an image of the original. Contact image sensor for reading the biological, 10 denotes a guide plate for guiding to guide the document conveyed by the rotation of the feed roller 3, the contact glass 9a through R0 roller pair 5, R1 roller pair 7. The guide plate 10 includes a lower guide plate 10a (described later based on FIG. 10) for guiding the image surface side of the document, and an upper guide plate 10b (based on FIG. 10) for guiding the opposite surface side of the image surface of the document. (To be described later).

  Reference numeral 11 denotes an R2 roller pair that conveys a document that has passed through the contact image sensor 9, 12 denotes a document discharge roller pair that discharges the document conveyed by the rotation of the R2 roller pair 11, and 13 denotes a document discharge roller pair 12. A paper discharge tray 14 for stacking the discharged originals, and an auxiliary document placement table 14 for placing a document for sending the document to the contact image sensor 9 via the R1 roller pair 7.

  The image reading apparatus shown in FIG. 7 includes a document conveying unit in which a pickup roller 2, a feed roller 3, one roller of a R0 roller pair 5, a guide plate 10 and the like are unitized, a separation roller 4, and a R0 roller pair 5. The other roller, the S0 sensor 6, one roller of the R1 roller pair 7, one roller of the R2 roller pair 11, one roller of the document discharge roller pair 12, etc. , The other roller of the R1 roller pair 7, the contact image sensor 9, the contact glass 9a, the other roller of the R2 roller pair 11, the other roller of the document discharge roller pair 12, and the like. . The document transport unit is rotatably installed on the upper part of the document reading unit. In the document transport path from the R1 roller pair 7 to the document discharge roller pair 12, the lower surface of the document transport unit is the upper guide plate 10b. Thus, the upper surface of the document reading unit becomes the lower guide plate 10a.

  FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing the configuration of an actuator type photosensor, 15 is a main body, 16 is an actuator rotatably installed on the apparatus main body 15, and 17 is a torsion coil that urges the actuator 16 in a certain direction. Shows a spring.

  For reasons of space saving and low cost, the S0 sensor 6 or the S1 sensor 8 is often an actuator type photosensor shown in FIG. The upper guide plate 10b corresponding to the original detection position of the S0 sensor 6 or S1 sensor 8 is provided with a hole 10d (described later with reference to FIG. 10), and the actuator 16 is loosely fitted in the hole 10d. As shown, the main body 15 is attached to the back side of the guide plate 10. At this time, one end of the actuator 16 is loosely fitted in a relief hole 10c (described later with reference to FIG. 10) of the actuator 16 provided in a portion of the lower guide plate 10a facing the hole 10d. The actuator 16 is positioned on the document conveyance path. The main body 15 includes a light projecting unit and a light receiving unit, and the other end of the actuator 16 is disposed between the light projecting unit and the light receiving unit.

  When there is no document, the actuator 16 is in the initial position by the urging of the torsion coil spring 17, and the other end blocks light from the light projecting unit. Therefore, the output of the S0 sensor 6 or S1 sensor 8 is Turns off. When there is a document, the actuator 16 is pushed up by the document and rotates against the bias of the torsion coil spring 17. As a result, the blocking state of the light from the light projecting unit by the other end is released, and the light from the light projecting unit is detected by the light receiving unit, so that the output of the S0 sensor 6 or S1 sensor 8 is turned on.

  FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a configuration in the vicinity of the contact glass of FIG. A hole 10c in which the free end of the actuator 16 of the S1 sensor 8 is loosely fitted is formed in the lower guide 10a on the upstream side in the document conveyance direction with respect to the contact image sensor 9. Further, FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of the vicinity of the hole portion of FIG. 9, in which a hole portion 10d is formed in a portion of the upper guide plate 10b facing the hole portion 10c, and the actuator 16 protrudes from the hole portion 10d. .

  The document placing table 1 is arranged so that the document on the first page is at the top and the image surface is on the top. The document conveyed from the document table 1 is reversed until the image surface is guided by the upper guide plate 10b and the opposite surface of the image surface is guided by the lower guide plate 10a and reaches the R1 roller pair 7 from the R0 roller pair 5. Then, the image surface is directed to the document reading unit. At this time, when the leading edge of the document passes through the S0 sensor 6, the S0 sensor 6 detects the leading edge of the document and is turned on. Further, when the S1 sensor 8 detects the leading edge of the document and turns on, the feed roller 3 and the R0 roller pair are turned on. 5 and the R1 roller pair 7 are temporarily stopped and the document conveying speed is changed. The document surface is conveyed to the contact glass 9a with the image surface facing downward, and the image surface of the document passes through the contact glass 9a at a constant speed. At this time, an image is optically read by the contact image sensor 9.

Then, after the S0 sensor 6 detects the trailing edge of the document and is turned OFF, the conveyance of the second page of the document starts, and when the S0 sensor 6 detects the leading edge of the second page of the document and is turned ON. Then, the feed roller 3 and the R0 roller pair 5 are stopped to be in a standby state. Thereafter, after the S1 sensor 8 detects the trailing edge of the first page of the document and is turned OFF, the feed roller 3 and the R0 roller pair 5 are rotated, and the second page of the document is contact glass based on the rotation control described above. It is made to convey to 9a. Further, after the S1 sensor 8 detects the trailing edge of the first page of the document, after a period of time has passed for the trailing edge of the document to pass the image reading position, the R2 roller pair 11 and the document discharge roller pair 12 rotate. The document of the first page is discharged to the paper discharge tray 13 in advance.
Microfilm of Japanese Utility Model No. 61-85853 (Japanese Utility Model Application No. 62-197641) Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-122851 Microfilm of Japanese Utility Model No. 60-175435 (Japanese Utility Model Application No. 62-83034)

  By the way, in order to guide the document, a certain gap is required between the pair of guide plates 10. However, the position of the original passing through the gap varies due to the thickness of the original or the curled state of the end of the original, and as a result, the angle of the actuator of the S1 sensor 8 varies. This may cause a problem that the reading start / end positions of the image information of the original document vary.

  In this case, if the gap between the guide plates 10 is reduced, the above-described variation can be reduced, but instead, it is opened and closed in the case of a conveyance failure or a structure in which one guide plate is moved by opening and closing the unit. May cause damage.

  The present invention solves such problems and provides a document conveying device and a document reading device in which detection means provided for acquiring position information of a document can output a detection result more accurately. Objective.

  In order to achieve the above object, the document conveying apparatus of the present invention comprises a conveying unit that conveys a document, a pair of guide units that come into contact with both sides of the document when the document is conveyed, and a detecting unit that detects the leading and trailing edges when conveying the document. In the document conveying apparatus provided, a convex portion is provided in a portion of the guide means in the vicinity of a detection position by the detecting means, and the convex portion is provided in a portion that is in contact with the opposite surface of the image surface of the document. To do.

  The document reading apparatus of the present invention includes the document conveying apparatus of the present invention described above and an image reading unit that reads an image of the document conveyed by the document conveying apparatus. With this configuration, it is possible to perform document conveyance control during image reading based on more accurate document position information.

  According to the present invention configured as described above, the gap between the upper and lower guide means is reduced by the convex portion provided in the vicinity of the document detecting means, so that the thickness of the document, the curled state of the document edge, etc. As a result, variations in the original passing position are suppressed, and as a result, detection variations in the original detection unit are reduced, and it is possible to accurately obtain information relating to the reading start / end positions of the original image information based on the original detection unit. . In addition, it is possible to prevent the image information of the original from being lost due to the rubbing between the convex portion and the original surface, and the occurrence of reading abnormality due to the toner or paper dust falling in the conveyance path.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Members having the same or the same function as those in the prior art shown in FIGS. 7 to 10 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a main part in the vicinity of an image reading unit in an original reading apparatus including an original conveying apparatus as Reference Example 1 for explaining an embodiment of the present invention, and reference numerals 10e and 10e denote holes 10c. The convex part formed in the both sides vicinity is shown.

  The convex portions 10e and 10e are formed so as to extend long in the document conveying direction, and both end portions of the convex portions 10e and 10e are formed as gentle slopes.

  FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the vicinity of the image reading unit in the apparatus of Reference Example 1, and reference numerals 10f and 10f denote concave portions formed in a portion of the upper guide plate 10b facing the convex portions 10e and 10e.

  Here, the configuration shown in FIG. 1 is a configuration in the vicinity of the S1 sensor 8, but a similar configuration is also applied in the vicinity of the S0 sensor 6.

  When the document passes through the detection position by the S1 sensor 8, the gap between the lower guide plate 10a and the upper guide plate 10b is reduced by the convex portions 10e and 10e, so that the shape of the document end and the actuator 16 (see FIG. 8). ) Can be passed through the detection position in a stable state.

  According to the reference example 1 configured as described above, by providing the convex portions 10e and 10e in the vicinity of the hole portion 10c (or the concave portion), it is possible to stabilize the passage position of the trailing edge of the document with respect to the S0 sensor 6 or the S1 sensor 8. Can do. As a result, the reliability of the detection result of the S0 sensor 6 or the S1 sensor 8 can be improved. Further, by forming the concave portions 10f and 10f at the portions of the upper guide plate 10b facing the convex portions 10e and 10e, the gap between the lower guide plate 10a and the upper guide plate 10b is reduced to the width that allows the thickest document to pass through. be able to.

  FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the vicinity of the image reading unit in the apparatus of Reference Example 2. The apparatus of the reference example 2 has a configuration in which the positions of the convex parts 10e and 10e on both sides of the hole part 10c and the hole part 10d and the one convex part 10e and the concave part 10f in the concave parts 10f and 10f in the apparatus of the reference example 1 are exchanged. It is a thing.

  According to the reference example 2 configured as described above, it is possible to detect the passage timing of the trailing edge of the document with respect to the S0 sensor 6 or the S1 sensor 8 more stably.

  4 is a cross-sectional view of the vicinity of the image reading unit in the apparatus of Reference Example 3. In Reference Example 3, as shown in FIG. 4, a convex portion 10e is provided only on one side of the hole portion 10c, and an upper guide plate is provided. In this configuration, a concave portion 10f is provided at a portion of 10b facing the convex portion 10e.

  FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the vicinity of the image reading unit in the apparatus of Reference Example 4. In Reference Example 4, as shown in FIG. 5, convex portions 10e are provided on both sides of the hole portion 10c, and convex portions on the upper guide plate 10b. The concave portion 10f is not provided at a portion facing the portion 10e.

  FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the vicinity of the image reading unit in the apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, a convex portion 10e is provided on the upper guide plate 10b. In this configuration, it is possible to prevent the image information of the document from being lost due to the rubbing between the convex portion and the document surface, or reading abnormality due to the toner or paper dust falling in the conveyance path. Moreover, since the hole 10c may function as a relief of the tip of the actuator 16, it may be formed as a recess.

  The present invention can be used in the field of a copying machine, a facsimile machine having a document conveying device and a document reading device, or a multifunction device having these functions.

1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a main part near an image reading unit in an original reading apparatus including an original conveying apparatus as Reference Example 1 for explaining an embodiment of the present invention. Sectional view near the image reading unit in the apparatus of Reference Example 1 Sectional view near the image reading unit in the apparatus of Reference Example 2 Sectional view near the image reading unit in the apparatus of Reference Example 3 Sectional view near the image reading unit in the apparatus of Reference Example 4 Sectional drawing of image reading part vicinity in the apparatus of one Embodiment of this invention Explanatory drawing showing the configuration of a conventional document feeder The perspective view which shows the structure of an actuator type photosensor The perspective view which shows the structure of the contact glass vicinity of FIG. Sectional view around the hole in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1 Document Placement Table 2 Pickup Roller 3 Feed Roller 4 Separation Roller 5 R0 Roller Pair 6 S0 Sensor 7 R1 Roller Pair 8 S1 Sensor 9 Contact Image Sensor 9a Contact Glass 10 Guide Plate 10a Lower Guide Plate 10b Upper Guide Plate 10c, 10d Hole 10e Convex part 10f Concave part 11 R2 roller pair 12 Document discharge roller pair 13 Paper discharge table 14 Auxiliary document table

Claims (2)

In a document conveying apparatus comprising a conveying unit that conveys a document, a pair of guide units that come into contact with both sides of the document when the document is conveyed, and a detection unit that detects the leading and trailing edges during document conveyance,
An original conveying apparatus, wherein a convex portion is provided in a portion of the guide means in the vicinity of a detection position by the detecting means, and the convex portion is provided in a portion that is in contact with the opposite surface of the image surface of the original.   An original reading apparatus comprising: the original conveying apparatus according to claim 1; and image reading means for reading an image of the original conveyed by the original conveying apparatus.

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