JP2930754B2 - Paper handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention is discharged onto a bottle
Use Kamisho MakotoSo location in <br/> relates you to move to a means binding the paper, about the use Kamisho MakotoSo location of particular features in the movement control to binding means of the sheet bundle.

[0002]

For the Background of the Invention image-formed paper discharged on the bin, sort, Sutatsuku, stapling, punching, Kamisho management apparatus use for performing post-processing such as stamping, use
Kamisho management methods have been proposed. Such use Kamisho management device, in the method, after having conducted an aligned against the sheet bundle discharged sorter bins, it is moved a predetermined amount sheet bundle stapler apparatus, such as a stapling process by stapler device Is performed.

[0003]

However, in the prior art, the amount of movement of the paper discharged onto the bin to the stapler apparatus position is fixed and cannot be changed. In the case where the position to be stapled is deviated from the set value due to the mechanical error generated in the above, it is difficult to correct it, and there is a problem that it cannot be easily dealt with. In general, a stepping motor is used as a driving source of the moving means for moving the sheet bundle. However, the stepping motor is structurally configured so that a clock output, which is an operation mode, an operation signal on state, and a stop state. A first mode, clock stop, an operation signal on state, and a stopped second mode, clock stop,
It has an operation signal off state. Here, in the first stop mode, the maximum torque is generated during the stop, and although there is an effect on the stop accuracy, the current is still consumed. In the second stop mode, no current is consumed, but the torque during the stop is small. However, there is a disadvantage that the reliability of stopping accuracy is reduced.
The present invention has been made based on such background, while maintaining the stopping accuracy of the paper, the drive source paper use the current consumption (scan Tetsu ping motor) can be minimized
An object of the present invention is to provide a treatment MakotoSo location.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The object of the present invention is to provide a sorter having bins arranged in multiple stages in the vertical direction, binding means for binding sheets discharged onto the bins of the sorter, and discharging devices onto the bins. A sheet processing apparatus having a moving unit for moving the sheet to the binding unit.
Stepping motor to be driven, motor-on signal and motor
Control means for independently controlling two kinds of signals of tacroc;
The stepping motor has a motor-on signal and
And the motor clock are turned on and output, respectively.
The stepping motor is in the operating state,
Controlled to stop state, stop state, off and stop respectively
When controlled to the state, the three states that become the stationary steady state
This is achieved by the first means provided .

[0005]

[Action] In the first means, the two signals control means are independent, when controlling the motor on signal and Motakurotsuku respectively on the output state, the scan Tetsu ping motor operating state, when the control respectively on the stopped state When the vehicle is controlled to the off state and the stopped state, respectively, the stationary state is established.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 shall apply a front view showing an embodiment of a use Kamisho management apparatus, the receiving port A of the copy paper discharged from the copying machine is a device body inlet guide plates 101, 102 are provided, the inlet guide Following the plates 101 and 102, a switching claw 103 is provided for selecting a transport path for copy paper. Switching claw 1
The paths above 03 are the entrance guide plate 101, the guide plates 110 and 114, the transport roller 108, the driven roller 109, the discharge roller 111, the driven roller 115, and the proof tray 1.
16 is provided, and the path below the switching claw 103 is an oblique portion guide plate 205,
Oblique portion driven guide plate 217, lower transport portion guide plate 308,
Driven guide plates 309 and 310, inclined portion receiving rollers 201,
Oblique roller 202, oblique section discharge roller 203, driven roller 21
4, 216, the ball 215, the conveying rollers 301 and 302, the driven rollers 305 and 306, and the oblique portion 2 following the path of the deflecting portion B.
00. Deflection claws 312 and deflection unit discharge rollers 3 are provided at positions corresponding to the bins 350 in the deflection unit B path.
The driven rollers 307 are in pressure contact with the deflecting unit discharge rollers 304 with the copy vertical feed path interposed therebetween. The transport roller 108 and the discharge roller 111 are driven by a proof motor 117, and the oblique portion receiving roller 20 is driven by a proof motor 117.
1. The oblique rollers 202, the oblique section discharge rollers 203, the transport rollers 301 and 302, and the deflection section discharge rollers 304 are driven by a sorter motor 313.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of this embodiment of FIG.
Beside the group of bins 350, a stapler 701 as stapling means to be described later, a device (checking unit) 615 for moving a copy sheet to the stapler 701, and a vertical moving mechanism for moving the stapler 701 and the chucking unit 615 to each bin 350 The stapler device (binding means) 700 is arranged. Further, on the side of the group of bins 350 on the opposite side where the stapler device 700 is arranged, a swing shaft 502 which will be described later as an aligning means for aligning copy sheets before stapling, and the swing shaft 502 portion are copied. An oscillating device 500 including a device for moving to a place suitable for the size of the paper is arranged. The sorter of this embodiment is a 20-bin sorter as shown in FIG. 1, and has bin sensors 321 and 323 and paper discharge sensors 322 and 324 provided vertically. These sensors 321, 32
Reference numerals 3, 322, and 324 are transmission-type optical detection sensors each including an LED and a phototransistor. The sheet ejection sensor 32 performs an operation of detecting whether the copy sheet has been ejected.
2, 324, and whether the operation for determining whether or not copy paper is present in the bin 350 is performed.
323. Copy paper discharged from the copier
It is guided by the guide plates 101 and 102 and transported to the switching claw 103. The switching claw 103 operates to feed the copy paper to the oblique portion 200 provided below the upper transport unit 100 when the solenoid is turned off, and to feed the copy paper into the upper transport unit 100 when the solenoid is turned on. When the solenoid is turned on, the switching claw 103 is actuated, and the copy paper guided into the upper transport unit 100 is transported by the transport roller 108 and the driven roller 10.
The sheet is discharged to the proof tray 116 by the transfer device constituted by the combination of No. 9 and No. 9. Next, in the mode of using the bin 350 such as sorting or stacking, the bin 350 is guided by the switching claw 103 and fed to the lower oblique portion receiving roller 201.

When the copy paper discharged from the copying machine main body is the center reference, a unit for changing to the front end face reference in the conveyance path is the oblique portion 200. Bevel 200
The copy paper sent out from the lower conveyance guide plate 3 in FIG.
08 and driven guide plates 309, 310,
Conveyance rollers 301 and 302 and driven rollers 305 and 30
At 6 the light is sent to the deflecting unit B. The deflecting unit B includes a deflecting unit discharge roller 304, a driven roller 307, a driven guide plate 311,
Each of the deflecting claws 312 is individually operable by a solenoid. The copy paper is guided to each bin 350 by being opened and closed by the solenoid in accordance with the designated mode condition, and loaded.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the outline of the oscillating device 500, FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the relationship between the oscillating device 500 and the bin 350, and FIG. 5 is a side view of the oscillating device 500. A bin fluence 460 is provided upright on one side edge of the bin 350, and a bin rear end rising portion 508 is provided upright on another side edge orthogonal to the edge provided with the bin fluence 460. . In addition, the bin fence 460
A slot 511 is provided on the edge opposite to the edge provided with
Is provided. As shown in FIG. 4, the elongated hole 511 has a distance a from the bin rear end rising portion 508 and a distance b from the bin rear end rising portion 508 to the bin fence 460.
, And further extend between the width c of the bin fence 460 toward the bin fence 460 over a predetermined length. 3 to 5, a swing shaft 502 is provided upright so as to vertically penetrate the inside of each slot 511 provided in each bin 350.
The swinging shaft 502 is used for aligning the position by contacting the end surface of the sheet bundle. Further, the upper end and the lower end of the swing shaft 502 are connected to the holder 50 as shown in FIGS.
4a and 504b are inserted into the recesses of the bottle 35.
Timing belts 507a and 507b extending substantially in the same direction as the extending direction are arranged in the upper region and the lower region, respectively. A holder 504 is provided for the concave portions of the timing belts 507a and 507b.
The projections a and 504b enter and are fixed. Of the pulleys 509, 510, 512 on which the timing belts 507a, 507b are respectively hung, the pulleys 509 and 512 are respectively fixed to both ends of a drive shaft 514 provided to extend in the vertical direction. I have. The lower timing belt 507b is hung on a pulley 512 provided on the output shaft of the size movement motor 515. The movement of the swing shaft 502 according to the size is managed by the number of pulses given to the size movement motor 515.

A size moving motor 5 for a certain paper size
The swing shaft 502 stops at a predetermined distance from the copy paper to be ejected by 15 (10 in this embodiment).
mm). After the paper is discharged, the copy paper rises at the rear end of the bin 5
At the same time as dropping to 08, the swing shaft 502 is moved to the copy paper side, and is managed by pulses so as to have a certain amount of bite (5 mm in this embodiment) from the end face of the copy paper. When the swinging shaft 502 finishes pushing the copy paper and returns, it temporarily stops at the copy paper size width and then returns to the home position, or a method in which the moving speed of the swinging shaft 502 is varied to form the copy paper once aligned. Is binfuence 46 due to the waist of paper
It is prevented from moving away from zero again. The copy sheet bundle is pressed against the bin fence 460 by the swing shaft 502, and as a result, the position of one end face of the copy sheet bundle is aligned. Copy paper is abutted against a bin rising portion 508 orthogonal to the bin fence 460 for aligning the other side end surface,
As one means for aligning, a method of dropping copy paper using the inclination of the bin 350 is used. The copy sheet bundle that has been aligned as described above is taken out in the direction of the arrow x in FIG. 4 after various post-processing such as a stapling operation to be described later is executed. Since there is no obstacle in the take-out direction in the take-out direction, the copy paper take-out operation can be easily performed. 503a, 503
b denotes a spring that supports the swing shaft 502.

Next, the stapler 700 will be described. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the stapler apparatus 700, showing the bins 350 for stacking copy paper provided in multiple stages.
A stapler device 700 is disposed on the side of the stapler device 700. In this stapler device 700, the stapler 701
And a sheet pulling device (chucking unit) 615,
It is attached to the upper part of the plate-shaped bracket 703 and is fixed respectively. The stapler 701 drives a stapler into each of the finished copy paper bundles stacked on each of the bins (not shown), and the paper drawing device 615 grips the copy paper bundles on each of the bins. , Which are transported almost horizontally. Drive motor 72
The drive belt 717 is transported and driven by the drive force transmission mechanism 0, and thereby the stapler 701 and the sheet pulling device 615 are vertically moved.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view for making the movement of the stapler apparatus 700 easy to understand. The movement of the copy paper P discharged onto the bin 350, the movement of the chuck section 620, and the position of the stapler 701 will be described. The copy paper P discharged onto the bin 350 is discharged to a position indicated by 730d. After that, the bin fluence 460 is set by the rocking device described above.
It is provided at a position where it abuts. Thereafter, when the stapling operation is started, the check section 620 is moved to the position 6 indicated by the alternate long and short dash line.
20b to the position 620c indicated by the alternate long and short dash line, closes the check section 620, sandwiches the copy paper P, and moves to the position 620 indicated by the solid line.
Stop at 20a. By this operation, the copy paper P becomes 73
0f and bin 3 by the stapler 701.
On the sheet 50, a certain number of copy sheets P are stapled.
Thereafter, the operation reverse to the previous operation is performed, and the copy sheet P is returned to the position of 730d. This completes the work for one bin 350, goes to the next bin 350, and repeats this operation.

FIG. 8 is a front view of the sheet pulling device 615, and includes a check section 620 for gripping the copy sheet bundle P on the bin 350, and a reciprocating mechanism 640 for reciprocating the check section 620 substantially horizontally. And In the check section 620, a pair of swing lever upper 622 and swing lever lower 624 are swingably attached to the substrate 621, and the swing lever upper 622 and swing lever lower 624 are connected to a solenoid 626. , The upper chuck 623 and the lower chuck 625 operate to hold the copy sheet bundle P. Reciprocating mechanism 6
40 is a shaft 64 for sliding the chuck portion on the frame 641.
2 is fixed, a bearing 629 fixed to the substrate 621 is engaged with the shaft 642, and the chuck portion 620 is guided by the shaft 642 to reciprocate. The frame 641 is provided with a timing belt 643 for moving the check section 620 toward and away from the copy sheet bundle P. The check section 620 and the timing belt 643 are fixed by an arm section 621a of the substrate 621. Both ends of the timing belt 643 are wound around pulleys 644 and 645, and one pulley 644 is attached to a stepping motor 646. The pulley 644 rotates by the driving of the stepping motor 646, and the timing belt 643 moves. Timing belt 643
As a result, the check section 620 fixed to the timing belt 643 via the arm section 621a reciprocates. The frame 641 has a position sensor 6
A detection plate 630 is set up on the substrate 621 as a detection target, and the position sensor 650 detects the home position of the check section 620.

In the embodiment having such a configuration,
When the stapling mode is started, first, the stapler 701 and the sheet pulling device 615 move up and down integrally by the drive belt 717 shown in FIG. 6, and as shown in FIG. 615 is transported toward a predetermined bin 350 where the copy paper bundle P on which staples are to be driven is deposited, and the position sensor 72 shown in FIG.
Based on the signal from 7, the bin is stopped at a position close to a predetermined bin 350. At this time, the solenoid 626 is turned off, so that the swinging levers 622 and 624 and the chucks 623 and 625 are in an open state. At the same time as the above operation, the fence motor 462 is turned on and the bin fence 460 is opened. Next, the stepping motor 646 rotates a predetermined amount, moves the timing belt 643, and moves the check section 620 forward toward the copy sheet bundle. By changing the rotation speed of the stepping motor 646, the speed of the check unit 620 at the time of movement is controlled. In the case of this embodiment, the check section 620 grips the aligned copy paper bundle with the check pieces 623 and 625, gradually accelerates at the start when returning to the staple position, and gradually decelerates at the stop, thereby aligning. This prevents used copy paper from fluctuating due to inertia during acceleration and deceleration. In the case of moving at the same distance within the same period of time, since the maximum value of the inertial force is the smallest in the uniform acceleration movement, in the present embodiment, the acceleration / deceleration is performed at the constant acceleration.

When the chucks 623 and 625 move to a position where they can grip the copy sheet bundle, they stop there and at the same time the solenoid 626 is turned on. Solenoid 6
The check 623, 625 is closed by turning on 26, and the edges of the copy sheet bundle are gripped by the check 623, 625. If only one corner of the copy paper is gripped by the check 623 or 625, a moment is applied to the copy paper P due to inertia at the time of drawing the paper, and the copy paper P
Is tilted on the bin 350, and there is a problem that the staple position varies. Therefore, a plurality of portions of the copy paper P are gripped so that the copy paper does not tilt even when a moment due to inertia is applied. Next, the stepping motor 64
As a result of the reverse rotation of 6, the chuck unit 620 returns to the original position while holding the copy paper bundle, whereby the copy paper bundle moves in a substantially horizontal direction and is drawn to the stapler 701 side. When the edge portion of the copy sheet bundle is transported to a position where stapling is possible, it stops there. After that, the stapler 701 performs stapling on the edge portion of the copy sheet bundle. When the stapling operation is completed, the stepping motor 646 rotates forward, the check section 620 moves forward, and the stapled copy paper P is returned onto the bin 350, and then the solenoid 626 is turned off. As a result, the top of the previously closed chuck 62
3 and the lower check 625 are opened. Thereafter, the check portion 62 is rotated again by the reverse rotation of the stepping motor 646.
0 retreats to a predetermined position. After that, stapler 70
1 and the sheet pulling device 615 are transported downward toward the next bin 350, where the same stapling operation as described above is repeatedly performed. When stapling has been performed on all copy paper bundles, the stapler 701 moves up and returns to the highest home position.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing the bin fluence 460 of the embodiment. In the figure, the bin fluence 460 is pressed against each bin 350 so that the paper alignment of all the bins 350 is performed by one sheet. The fence 460 is rotatably attached to upper and lower rotation fulcrums 460a and 460b. The rotation fulcrum 460b has a gear 460c, and the gear 460c is meshed with a gear 461.
The gear 461 is driven by a drive motor 462. When aligning the copy paper, the fence 460 aligns the paper with the bin 350 as shown in FIG. When all sorts are completed and stapling is performed, the bin fence 460 is rotated by about 90 °, separated from the bin 350, and the copy paper P can be moved to the stapling position.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of a control system according to this embodiment. The control system is a CPU 800 as a control means.
ROM801, RAM802, 1 / O port 8
03, 806, a clock timer controller 804 (hereinafter abbreviated as CTC), and a universal asynchronous receiver transceiver 805 (hereinafter abbreviated as UART).
RAM as needed by ROM 801 in which the program is written
Sensor switch (SW) to be described later using 802
A signal from the group is received via an I / O port 806,
The output of O port 803 and CTC 804 causes SSR8
07, various drivers 808, 809, 810, 811,
812, and controls each load described later via a phase signal generation unit 813. An optical fiber (not shown) is connected to the copying machine by a UART 805 via a receiver 814 and a driver 815 to exchange status and instruction signals. Among the signals exchanged with the copier, the signals sent from the copier to the stapler 700 of the sorter include a sorter start signal, a copier discharge signal, a staple start signal, a staple end signal, a system reset signal, and a service. Call reset signal (SC reset),
There are a status request signal, a mode signal, a size signal, a discharge bin instruction signal, and the like. The signals sent from the stapler 700 to the copying machine include a model recognition signal, a tray paper signal,
There are a stackover signal, a binover signal, a cover open signal, a needleless signal, a JAM signal, a staple disable signal, a paper discharge signal, a WAIT signal, a BUSY signal, a mode end signal, a staple count signal, an abnormal signal, and the like.

FIGS. 11 and 12 are flow charts showing the overall operation of this embodiment. First, a mode signal sent from a copying machine is received (step 1-1), and after a copy is started, a size signal is received (step 1-1). Next, a sorter start signal is received (step 1-2). With this reception, the sorter motor (at the time of sorting or stacking) or the proof motor (at the time of proofing or interrupting) is turned on by the mode signal. First, the proof mode (steps 1-4) will be described. The proof motor 117 shown in FIG. 1 is turned on (step 1-
5) After that, the switching SOL is turned on (step 1-6),
Upon receiving the paper discharge signal (step 1-7), the copy paper carried in (step 1-8) from the entrance guide 102 is discharged to the upper proof tray 116. After the copy sheet is discharged (step 1-9), a discharge signal is transmitted to the copying machine (step 1-10) to notify that the copy sheet that has been carried in has been discharged. Thereafter, this operation is repeated until the copy is completed (step 1-11). At this time, the jam detection of the copy paper (not described in the flowchart) is naturally performed. After the copy is completed, the switching SOL and the proof motor 117 are turned off (step 1-12), and the process stands by until the next copy operation.

Next, the sort and stack modes will be described. After turning on the sorter motor 313 in FIG. 1 (step 1-13), it is determined whether swinging is possible or not based on a size signal or the like. If swinging is possible (step 1-14), a position corresponding to the received size signal is determined. Then, the swing shaft 502 in FIG. 3 is moved (step 1-15). Next, when the copy paper is discharged from the copying machine, a copy destination bin designation signal and a discharge signal of the discharged copy paper are transmitted from the copying machine (step 1-16). The destination bin 350 is determined by receiving the discharge signal (step 1-17). Next, copy paper is carried in from the copying machine (step 1-1).
8). After the carry-in, the entrance sensor is turned on. At a timing after the entrance sensor is turned on, the deflection solenoid (SOL) determined by the discharge destination bin instruction signal is turned on (step 1-19), and the copy paper is transferred to the bin 350. Lead. When the copy paper is discharged (step 1-20), a paper discharge signal is transmitted to the copying machine (step 1-21) to notify the copying machine that the paper has been reliably discharged onto the bin 350. Based on this signal, the copying machine determines the next discharge destination and the discharge destination after the recovery of the jam. Bin 350 from which copy paper has been discharged
After a suitable time elapses (for example, after 300 ms; Step 1-22) until the copy paper operation is settled on, the size movement motor 515 in FIG.
Is moved (step 1-23), the paper is aligned in the direction (horizontal) perpendicular to the discharge direction. The swing shaft 5
02 is moved based on the detection of the trailing edge of the copy paper by the paper discharge sensors 322 and 324, and based on this (step 1-24).

The above operation is performed every time a copy is ejected, and sorting is performed. When the sorting is completed in this manner (Step 1-25), the sorter motor 313 is turned off (Step 1-26), and the stapling operation is performed. When the stapling start signal is received (Step 1-27), the stapler 700 is operated (Step 1-28), and stapling of the stacked copy sheets is performed. When the stapling operation is completed (Step 1-29), the stapler 700 and the swing shaft 502 move to the home position (Step 1-30). By the way, after the number of stacks of copy sheets in the bin 350 exceeds the number of staples (30 sheets in this embodiment), stapling of the discharged copy sheets is prohibited and sorting is hindered. The swing is stopped, and the swing shaft 502 is retracted to the home position.

The stapling operation will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. After the sorting, if a copy sheet is loaded on the bin 350, the copying machine transmits a staple start signal, receives this signal, and sets the sequence counter to 0 (step 4-1) to start the operation. I do. First, the stapler device 700 in the home position is moved to the first bin to be stapled (step 4-2). In addition, the fence motor 462
Is turned on, and the bin fence 460 is opened so that the copy sheet can be moved to the staple position. At this time, the fluence motor 462 is driven at the maximum speed at full power to increase system productivity. Stapler 700
After moving to the leading bin, the operation proceeds based on the value of the staple operation sequence counter described in FIG. When the stapler 700 has finished moving to the first bin, the value of the staple sequence counter is set from 0 to 1 (step 4-3). When the value of the staple sequence counter is 1 (step 4-4), as shown in FIG. 14, a chuck motor (stepping motor) is used.
646 is turned on (step 4-5), and the check section 620 in FIG. 8 is advanced. Since the movement amount is a stepping motor, it is determined by the number of pulses corresponding to the movement amount (step 4-6). The movement amount at this time is determined by the check section 620.
Is the amount from the home position (the position where the chuck home sensor 650 is turned on) to the time when the copy paper bundle on the bin 350 can be checked. When the forward movement of the check section 620 is completed (step 4-7), 2 is set to the staple sequence counter (step 4-8), and the operation proceeds to the next step. When the value of the staple sequence counter is 2,
As shown in FIG. 15, the check SOL 626 is turned on (step 4-9), whereby the copy sheet bundle is checked. Then, 3 is set in the staple sequence counter (step 4-10), and the operation proceeds to the next step. When the value of the staple sequence counter is 3, as shown in FIG. 16, the timer is started (step 4-11), the state is held for 0.2 seconds, and after 0.2 seconds elapses (step 4-1).
2) The timer is stopped (step 4-13), 4 is set in the staple sequence counter (step 4-14), and the operation proceeds. When the value of the staple sequence counter is 4, as shown in FIG. 17, the check motor 646 is turned on (step 4-15), and the check section 620 is moved to the home position. Check part 6
The check home sensor 650 for detecting the end of the home movement of the switch 20 is turned on (step 4-16), and the check section 62 is turned on.
0 home position movement ends, and the check motor 64
6 is stopped (step 4-17). Then, 5 is set to the staple sequence counter (step 4-1).
8) Then, the operation proceeds. At this time, the check motor 646
In this speed, a uniform acceleration motion is performed so as to prevent the checkered copy paper bundle from shifting. In this embodiment, 600 pp
It starts from s and throws up to 2000 pps.

The speed value is based on the size signal from the main body and the value of the paper discharge counter, and when the size is large or the number of stacked sheets is large, the moving speed is reduced. The shift is prevented, and conversely, when the size is small or the number of stacked sheets is small, the moving speed is increased to improve the productivity. Other information for changing the speed includes the thickness of the paper. Of course, when there is no paper in the chuck unit 620 as in the case of the forward movement of the staple sequence counter 1 and the backward movement of the staple sequence counter 7 described later, it goes without saying that the speed is the highest. Further, when the stapled paper is being chucked, such as when the chuck advances in the staple sequence counter 6 described later,
Needless to say, since the paper is not displaced anymore, the speed is high enough to prevent defects such as scratches on the paper bundle. When the value of the staple sequence counter is 5, as shown in FIG. 18, the output of the paper presence / absence sensor 675 of FIG. 8 is checked (step 4-19). When there is paper, the staple motor is turned on (step 4-20). ), A binding operation of the copy paper bundle is performed. The completion of the binding operation is detected by the staple home sensor 650 (step 4-21), the staple operation is completed (step 4-22), 6 is set to the staple sequence counter (step 4-23), and the next operation is advanced. . When the output from the paper presence / absence sensor 675 indicates that there is no paper, the stapling operation is not performed and the check SOL 626 is turned off (step 4-24), and the staple sequence counter is set to 8 (step 4-25). Move on to operation. When the value of the stapling sequence counter is 6 (step 4-26), the chuck motor 646 is advanced again to return the stapled copy sheet bundle to the bin 350 as shown in FIG. 19 (step 4-27). After transmitting the set pulse (step 4-28), the check motor 646 is stopped (step 4-29), and the check S
The OL 626 is turned off (step 4-30), and the check arms 622, 624 of the copy paper bundle are released. Thereafter, the timer is started (step 4-31), and the check SO
After seeing the L626 response time of 0.2 seconds (step 4-3)
2) Stop the timer (step 4-33), and set the staple sequence counter to 7 (step 4).
-34), and proceed to the next operation. During the above operation, the output of the paper presence sensor 675 is checked. If the output of the paper presence sensor 675 does not change from the paper presence state to the paper absence state even after the operation of the check motor 646 ends, there is an abnormality in the stapling operation. The staple operation is interrupted as a staple jam. When the value of the staple sequence counter is 7, as shown in FIG. 20, in order to move to the lower bin, the check unit 620 is moved to such an extent that it does not hit the bin 350. As a result, the time from the check per bin to the end of stapling can be shortened, and the system productivity increases. That is, the check motor 646 is started (step 4-35), and is moved backward by the set pulse (step 4-36).
Step 46 is stopped (step 4-37). Thereafter, the staple sequence counter is set to 8 (step 4-
38). When the stapling is completed, that is, at the time of the staple sequence counter 8, as shown in FIG.
0 is turned on (step 4-39), and the stapler device 7
Increase 00. When the vertical home sensor 727 is turned on (Step 4-40), the vertical moving motor 720 is turned off (Step 4-41). Thereafter, the staple sequence counter is set to 0 (step 4-
42).

The above-described stapling operation is performed only on the bin from which the copy paper has been discharged, and the bin on which the copy paper has not been discharged is moved to the next bin without stopping at the bin to increase the system productivity. ing. Further, the number of pulses of the check motor 646 set by the staple sequence counters 1 and 6 is a numerical value for changing the staple position, and it is easy to correct the staple position by increasing or decreasing the number of pulses. The increase / decrease amount is variable depending on input data from a dip switch of the apparatus or command data transmitted from a copying machine. The above-described operations of the staple sequence counters 0 to 8 are performed until the staple ends. Thereafter, the size movement motor 515 is turned on, and when the size home sensor 501 is turned on, the size movement motor 515 is turned off.

FIG. 22 is a diagram for explaining control when the check motor (stepping motor) 646 is stopped. In order to suppress current consumption while the check motor 646 is stopped, FIG.
The check motor ON signal is OFF and the motor clock is stopped. However, when stopping from operation,
In order to increase the stop accuracy, a full power hold control is performed in which the check motor ON signal is ON and the motor clock is stopped. In the embodiment of the present invention, the hold time is 50 minutes.
msec, and the hold time may be a value that is considered and considered in terms of stopping accuracy and system productivity.

[0025]

Effects of the Invention According to the present invention Symbol mounting, for scan Tetsu ping motor stopped to reduce current consumption, motor Tao <br/> tone signal off and Motakurotsuku and summer and stopped state, but , when stopping the running, since the full power hold control in the state of Note Taon signals on and Motakurotsuku stop was <br/> increasing the stopping accuracy, while maintaining stopping accuracy, current consumption in the stopped steady It can be kept low.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 is a front view of the use Kamisho management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a plan view of the use Kamisho management device.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view schematically showing a swing device.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a relationship between the swing device and a bin.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the swing device.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a stapler device.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing the movement of the stapler device.

FIG. 8 is a front view of the sheet pulling device.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a bin fence.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of a control system of the entire apparatus.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of the entire operation.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of the entire operation.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of a staple operation.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart of a staple operation.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart of a staple operation.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart of a staple operation.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart of a staple operation.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart of a staple operation.

FIG. 19 is a flow chart of a staple operation.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart of a staple operation.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart of a staple operation.

FIG. 22 is a control timing chart of the chuck motor of the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 322, 324 Discharge sensor 350 Bin 615 Paper pulling device 646 Check motor (stepping motor) 700 Stapler device 800 CPU 801 ROM 802 RAM

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] A sorter having a 1. A bottle arranged in multiple stages in the upper downward direction, a binding means for binding the discharged sheets on the bin of the sorter, to said binding means the discharged sheets on the bin in Kamisho management apparatus use with moving means for moving a scan Tetsu ping motor for driving said moving means, and control means for independently controlling the two kinds of signals motor on signal and Motakurotsuku, the scan Tetsu ping motor, When the motor ON signal and the motor clock are controlled to ON and output respectively, the stepping motor is in the operating state, when controlled to ON and stopped, respectively, when stopped, and when controlled to OFF and stopped, respectively, the stationary state is stopped. Kamisho management apparatus use, characterized in that the the so can take three states.