JP2851171B2 - Recording device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording apparatus such as a facsimile apparatus and a printer for encoding information such as characters and image information, performing information communication, and printing out the received information on recording paper.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a device in which roll paper wound in a cylindrical shape is used as a recording paper and the roll recording paper is housed in an apparatus main body, the roll is determined by the length of the recording paper. The outer diameter of the paper is determined, and the formation of the roll recording paper storage portion has a drawback that the device body is enlarged, which is an obstacle to miniaturization.

[0003]

In order to accommodate the roll recording paper inside the main body of the apparatus and to reduce the size of the apparatus, the length of the roll paper is extremely shortened and the outer diameter is reduced. I had to keep it down. For example, when the height of the apparatus is set to about 30 mm, the maximum outer diameter of the roll recording paper is about 26 mm, and the length of the roll recording paper is about 5.
This is a device capable of printing and outputting only 18 sheets of A4 size at a time, and cannot be a practical device. Further, roll recording paper has a problem in that the portion close to the winding core has a strong curl and the paper curls after printing, making filing difficult. Since the curl is becoming stronger, the effect of the problem is great.

[0004]

Means for Solving the Problems A main body case in which a recording paper insertion opening is opened on the upper surface and a recording section is provided therein and a recording paper discharge opening is opened, and an upper surface of the main body case adjacent to the recording paper insertion opening is provided. And a recording paper mounting portion substantially coplanar with the upper surface, and provided between the recording paper insertion opening and the recording paper mounting portion, and the recording paper insertion opening during a recording operation. And a recording paper stopper for preventing the remaining recording paper placed on the placement section from moving toward the insertion port side by the recording paper inserted from above.

[0005]

The roll paper placed on the recording paper placement section is sequentially fed out by a roller such as a platen together with the printing output of the recording section, and is rotated with this feeding, thereby moving by the rotational force. However, the front end of the roll paper is stably fed out while preventing the action of the front end of the roll paper from moving on the recording paper stopper surface. The folded continuous home paper placed on the recording paper mounting portion is fed out by the printing output of the recording portion, and tends to move in the horizontal direction with the feeding, but the front end of the home paper is fed. The side is stably fed out while preventing the side from moving on the recording paper stopper surface.

[0006]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a facsimile apparatus showing one embodiment of the present invention, in which a lid 2 is provided to open and close an upper surface 1a of a main body case 1, and an upper surface of the main body case 1 is provided. 1a, a display panel section 3, various function keys 6 such as a transmission key-4 and a reception key 5, and keys such as a numeric keypad 7 are provided.
An input section 8, a slot-shaped original insertion slot 9, a recording paper insertion slot 10, and a concave portion formed on the surface of the main body case 1 at both ends on the rear side of the recording paper insertion slot 10. A lever having one end pivotally attached to the side edge, and which can be raised and lowered with respect to the surface of the main body case 1 while being held at a predetermined rotation angle at the pivoted portion.
Recording paper stoppers 11 and 11 having a shape are provided. When the apparatus is in use, the recording paper stoppers 11, 11 are manually raised from the surface of the main body case 1 by the shaft attachment portion and held at a predetermined rotation angle. When the device is not used, it is pushed back into the concave portion of the main body case 1 and is kept flush with the surface of the main body case 1. Further, the upper surface 1a of the main body case 1 is formed in a substantially flat surface, and a long groove-shaped document discharge port 12 and a recording paper discharge port 13 are formed in a side surface 1b on the front surface of the main body case 1. ing.

One end of the cover 2 which covers the upper surface 1a of the main body case 1 so as to be openable and closable is mounted on the rear ends on both sides of the main body case 1, and the main body case is frictionally engaged with the shaft mounting portions. -Surface 1 top 1
The upper surface 1a of the main body case 1 is openably and closably rotatable by 180 degrees with respect to a, and is held at an arbitrary angle by the frictional engagement of the shaft mounting portion within this range.

As shown in FIG. 2, a document feed roller 21 and a contact reading sensor 22 are provided inside a main body case 1 along a document path 20 communicating with a document insertion port 9 and a document discharge port 12. And a reading roller 23, and a paper detection sensor 31 and a thermal print head along a recording paper path 30 communicating with the recording paper insertion port 10 and the recording paper discharge port 13. A recording unit 34 including a platen roller 32 and a platen roller 33 is disposed.

A mechanism (not shown) for driving the original feed roller 21, the reading roller 23 and the platen roller 33, a memory, a central control unit (CPU) for controlling input / output of each part, and the like. The data control section 40 is mounted on and housed in a wiring board.

In order to use the recording paper of this apparatus, a recording paper mounting portion 45 having the upper surface 1a of the main body case 1 formed in a substantially flat shape is provided, and a roll paper 50 is mounted on the mounting portion 45. Alternatively, the folded continuous form paper 55 can be selectively installed and used. That is, the upper surface 1 of the main body case 1
In this configuration, a recording paper storage unit is not provided inside using a.

Then, continuous form paper 55 is used as recording paper.
5 and 6, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a paper is provided on the back surface between the folding perforations 56 of the continuous form paper 55.
A mark 57 is provided, and the page mark is recorded during recording.
The paper detection sensor 31 detects the mark 57, for example, so that the printing position for each page of the continuous form paper 55 can be recorded in a predetermined range corresponding to the A4 size of the paper.

The recording paper placing portion 45 forms a placing surface for the recording papers 50 and 55 on the upper surface 1a of the main body case 1 behind the recording paper insertion slot 10, and the leading end side thereof is formed as the above-mentioned. In the case of the present embodiment, the recording paper stoppers 11 and 11 are formed by the inner surface side of the lid 2 in which the upper surface 1a of the main body case 1 is opened. Further, the recording paper placement unit 4
As shown in FIG. 2, the leading ends of the recording papers 50 and 55 held on the mounting surface on the
The recording paper is inserted into the recording paper insertion slot 10 over the top of
The leading edges of the remaining roll paper 50 and continuous form paper 55 are stably abutted against the inner surfaces of the recording paper stoppers 11, 11 without hindering the feeding of the recording paper. .

With these structures, the external shape of the main body case 1 is a thin rectangular shape suitable for portable use as a so-called book type.

Next, the use state of the facsimile apparatus will be described. First, when transmitting a document,
The manuscript paper is set in the manuscript insertion slot 9, dialing operation is performed by the transmission key-4 and the numeric keypad 7 of the key input unit 8, and thereafter, the line is connected and the manuscript paper is read by the manuscript reading unit 24. Send sequentially.

At the time of reception and copying, first, when the roll paper 50 is used as the recording paper, it is provided on the upper surface of the main body case 1 as shown in FIGS. The recording paper stoppers 11, 11 are raised by hand at a substantially right angle to the upper surface 1 a of the main body case 1, and
After the roll paper 50 is placed on the recording paper loading portion 45 of the main body case 1 along the axial direction of the roll paper 50 in parallel with the rear surfaces of the rolls 1 and 11,
The leading end of the roll paper 50 is inserted into the recording paper insertion slot 10 over the recording paper stoppers 11 and 11 so as to reach between the recording portion 34 of the thermal print head 32 and the platen roller 33. The print control unit receives the received data or the copy data signal, and rolls the roll paper 50 to the platen roller 33.
Is printed by the thermal print head 32 while feeding, and the leading end of the recorded roll paper 50 is sequentially carried out from the recording paper discharge port 13. At this time, the roll paper 50 placed on the recording paper placing portion 45 is rotated and is sequentially fed out in order to move forward by this rotational force. The front end side of the roll paper 50 is a recording paper stopper. The rear surfaces 11 and 11 are stably fed out while preventing the effect of moving forward.

When the roll paper 50 is more stably placed on the recording paper placement unit 45, as shown in FIG.
A recording paper holder 46 that covers the entire outer periphery of the roll paper 50 is provided, and the roll paper 50 is rotatably held in the holder 46 while eliminating lateral runout in the direction of the winding axis. Both ends thereof are fixedly positioned outside the recording paper stoppers 11, 11 and are detachably held by the mounting portion 45 on the case upper surface 1a. The recording paper holder 46 may have a shape such that a part of the outer periphery of the roll paper 50 is covered with a frame.

When the continuous form paper 55 is used as the recording paper, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4 , the recording paper provided on the upper surface 1a of the main body case 1 according to the thickness of the continuous form paper 55. The stoppers 11, 11 are manually raised upward with respect to the upper surface 1 a of the main body case 1, the leading edges of the continuous form paper 55 are aligned in parallel with the rear surfaces of the recording paper stoppers 11, 11, and the trailing edges are aligned. After being held on the inner surface of the lid 2 and placed on the recording paper placement portion 45 of the main body case 1, the leading end of the continuous form paper 55 passes over the recording paper stoppers 11, 11 and is inserted into the recording paper insertion slot. 10 and a recording unit 3 of a thermal print head 32 and a platen roller 33.
Face between four. Then, the recording unit 34 sequentially carries out the leading end of the continuous form paper 55 from the recording paper discharge port 13 in the same manner as in the case of the roll paper 50. At this time, the recording paper placement unit 4
The continuous form paper 55 placed on the sheet 5 is sequentially lifted upward and is sequentially fed out. The front end of the continuous form paper 55 acts to move forward at the leading end and the rear surface of the recording paper stoppers 11, 11. It is fed out stably sequentially while blocking.

By using a recording paper provided with a page mark 57 on the back surface between the folding perforations 56 of the continuous form paper 55 as shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. The position of the mark 57 is determined by the sheet detection sensor 31.
Is detected, the platen roller 33 rotates by a predetermined amount to feed the leading end of the recording paper outward from the recording paper outlet 13, and then temporarily stops the recording paper feeding. The recording paper is fed out to the position where the position of the perforation 56 of the recording paper coincides with the outer edge of the recording paper outlet 13, and the outer edge of the recording paper outlet 13 is also used as the recording paper cutter unit. The recording paper can be separated from 56. After the recording paper feed is temporarily stopped, the platen roller 33 is reversely rotated by a predetermined amount with the elapse of a predetermined time, and the recording paper is returned to a start position as an initial printing position to start printing. The thermal print head 32 prints out and records the continuous form paper 55 while continuously repeating this operation.

Further, the leading end of the recording paper is the recording paper discharge port 1.
After the print paper is sent out of the printer 3, the recording paper can be continuously stopped at a predetermined position by inputting the print key 6 of the function keys within a predetermined time, and the next print key can be stopped. By inputting No. 6, it is also possible to release the stop of the recording paper, move the recording paper in the returning direction, print out and record. The printing range of one page of the recording paper is set by the data memory, and the receiving paper of each page can be accurately aligned to the A4 size, there is no curl, and the file becomes easy. .

In the above embodiment, the recording paper stoppers 11, 1
Although the reference numeral 1 is provided at the both ends on the rear side of the recording paper insertion slot 10 so as to be able to undulate, it is not limited to this configuration, but is fixed to the upper surface of the main body case 1 along the rear side of the recording paper insertion slot 10. One or more protruding ridges may be formed on the upper surface of the main body case 1 at the longitudinal center of the insertion slot 10 at the rear side of the insertion slot 10. May be provided.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the facsimile for transmission / reception has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and the present invention can be applied to various recording apparatuses.

[0022]

According to the present invention, there is provided a main body case having a recording paper insertion opening formed on the upper surface thereof, a recording section provided therein and a recording paper discharge opening being opened, and an upper surface of the main body case adjacent to the recording paper insertion opening. provided, the recording sheet placing portion forming the top surface and substantially the same plane, disposed between the recording sheet placing portion and said recording sheet insertion opening, is inserted from the paper inserting port during a recording operation the recording paper, since the rest of the recording paper placed on the placement section is provided with the recording paper stopper to prevent moving the insertion port side, roll paper, continuous follower over beam feeding both length It is possible to selectively hold long recording paper, to reduce the size of the equipment, and to make the recording surface almost flush with the top surface.
Recording paper placed on the recording paper tray is stable on the recording paper tray
It has the effect of doing .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a device showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the device.

FIG. 3 is an overall perspective view of a device showing a first modified example to which one embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 4 is an overall perspective view of a device showing a second modification.

FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing continuous home paper used in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a development view showing the continuous home paper.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body case 10 Recording paper insertion port 11 Recording paper stopper 13 Recording paper discharge port 34 Recording part 45 Recording paper placing part 50, 55 Recording paper

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A main body case having a recording paper insertion port opened on an upper surface and a recording section provided therein and having a recording paper discharge port opened, and a main body case provided adjacent to the recording paper insertion port on an upper surface of the main body case , A recording paper placing portion substantially flush with the upper surface , provided between the recording paper insertion opening and the recording paper placing portion, and a recording paper inserted from the recording paper insertion opening during a recording operation. A recording apparatus, comprising: a recording sheet stopper for preventing a remaining recording sheet placed on the placing portion from moving toward the insertion port.