JPH02163262A - Delivery device for photocopied sheet - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to put photocopied sheets orderly in one lot with a simple structure by making the space of parallel guide rails provided at the receiving tub part below a discharge opening in the falling direction of the photocopied sheet narrower than the width of the photocopied sheet. CONSTITUTION:Color paper with each frame printed continuously is cut by each frame and discharged sheet by sheet from a discharge opening 12. This print photograph 11 is guided by a pair of guide plate 20 provided at the lower part of the discharge opening 12 and tilt angle freely setting guide plate 22, and falls into a receiving tub 16. At this time, as the print photograph 11 is delivered in the state of being curved to the sensitive face side, this curved protruding face falls along two guide rails 25 with the space narrower than the width of the print photograph 11 disposed at the upper guide plate 29 of the receiving tub 16. Accordingly, the lateral movement of the print photograph 11 is regulated by the guide rails 25, so that the print photograph 11 falls in the approximately fixed position and posture.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a copy sheet delivery device for delivering copy sheets such as printed photographs and copies to a shelf section for each order.

[Conventional technology]

Soak to sort printed photos into each order.
is used. As one of these sorters, for example, as shown in Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 63-26662, a copy sheet receiving gutter is provided below the copy sheet discharge port, and one order of copy sheets is collected in this receiving gutter. Later, there was a system in which this one order of copy sheets was sent to a shelf set at a loading position, and the copy sheets of each order were sorted onto each shelf.

[Problem to be solved by the invention] However, like the sorter mentioned above, it is possible to let the printed photos fall naturally into the receiving gutter and collect them for one order.
If the copy sheets are fed all at once to a shelf set at the loading position, the copy sheets fall in a free state, so the falling position and posture after falling within the receiving machine are not determined, and one order's worth of copies are printed. Photos are piled up in the receiving gutter in a disorganized manner. As a result, the copy sheet cannot be smoothly delivered to the shelf, and in the worst case, the copy sheet may get caught in the receiving gutter and be damaged during delivery.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is intended to solve the above problems, and provides a copy sheet feeding device that can neatly collect printed photographs that are discharged one by one into a receiving gutter into one group with a simple configuration. With the goal.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a plurality of parallel guide rails in the falling direction of the copy sheet in the receiver section below the copy sheet ejection port, and the interval between the guide rails is larger than the width of the copy sheet. They are also narrowly spaced.

[Effect]

Printed photographs have an emulsion layer coated on the photosensitive surface (image recording surface), so they tend to curve slightly toward the photosensitive surface when they are developed.9 When these slightly curved printed photographs are dropped, they are attached to the receiving gutter. For example, the convex side of the guide rails fits between the parallel guide rails, so that its lateral movement is restricted. As a result, each print photo is always guided to a constant position in the receiving gutter in the same posture, and one order of printed photos is neatly accumulated in the receiving gutter.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 is a printer processor;
As is well known, a photographic film is printed and exposed on color paper, and after being developed, each frame is cut, and the finished printed photograph 11 is discharged from a discharge port 12. Below the discharge port 12, the discharged print photograph 11 is
A delivery device 15 is provided which collects orders one by one, sends the sorted items to the device 13, and sends them out into the shelf section 14 set at the loading position. Sorting is done by device 1
3 is attached to the side of the printer processor 10, and each shelf 14 is arranged in a step-like manner.

A pair of guide plates 20 are attached to the printer processor 10 side at a position below the discharge port 12 of the printer processor 10 for guiding the discharged printed photograph 11 to the receiving gutter 16 of the sending device 15. This guide plate 20 can be set at any position on the guide bar 21 so that the interval between the guide plates 200 can be set according to the width of printed photographs of various sizes.

A guide plate 22 is attached to the upper part of the sending device 15 via a mounting shaft 23 for receiving the leading end of the printed photograph 11 coming out of the discharge port 12 and guiding it into the gutter 16.

The guide plate 22 can be set at any angle so that its inclination angle can be changed according to the length of the printed photograph 11.

The sending device 15 includes a receiving gutter 16 disposed below the discharge port 12 in the width direction of the printer processor 10, and a receiving gutter 16 for storing printed photographs 11 accumulated for each order in the receiving gutter 14 on a receiving shelf 14. A delivery rod 26 for delivery is provided. As shown in FIG. 2, the receiving gutter 16 includes a receiving gutter main body 27 formed by bending into a 7-shaped cross section, and an upper end flange of the receiving gutter main body 27 on the print photo outlet side of the receiving gutter 27A. It is comprised of an upper guide plate 29 arranged in the extension line direction of the receiving plate 27A with a gap 28 provided on the side thereof. The gutter groove of the receiving gutter body 27 is printed in photo 11.
The gap 28 is used as a moving path for the delivery rod 26.

As shown in FIG. 3, since the printed photograph 11 has an emulsion layer coated on the photosensitive surface (image recording surface) side, it has the property of being slightly curved toward the photosensitive surface side when subjected to development processing. Focusing on this property, in order to prevent the printed photo from moving in the lateral direction of the printer processor 10 when it falls, the upper guide plate 29 has a pair of A parallel guide rail 25 is attached in the direction in which the printed photograph 11 falls. That is, by fitting the curved convex side of the printed photograph 11 between the pair of guide rails 25, the guide rails 25 restrict the lateral movement of the printed photograph. Thereby, each printed photograph 11 can be guided in a constant position and in a constant posture in the receiving gutter 16. The cross-sectional shape of the guide rail 25 may be triangular, square, circular, semicircular, or the like. Note that this embodiment is used in a printer processor that outputs the printed photo 11 with the convex side facing downward; however, the printed photo 11 is ejected with the convex side facing upward. Similarly, the guide rail 25
can be guided by.

As shown in FIG. 2, one end of the delivery rod 26 is attached to an endless chain 32 via a bracket 30 and a screw 31. This farewell offering 2
Four pieces 6 are provided at a predetermined pitch in the direction in which the endless chain 32 is stretched. And the free end is the receiving gutter body 2
The delivery bar 26 is slidably supported by a stepped portion 33 formed on the other receiving plate 27B of the receiving trough 16, so that the delivery bar 26 is in a horizontal state within the receiving gutter 16. Note that the free end has a stepped portion 3.
A cap 34 made of synthetic resin is attached to ensure smooth sliding contact with the cap 3 . The stepped portion 33 is formed to be inclined so that the tip of the sending rod can be reliably supported and the falling printed photograph 11 will not be caught on the stepped portion 33.

The endless chain 32 has a pair of chain sprockets 3
It is stretched horizontally between 3. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the chain 32 is placed at a predetermined position in the stretching direction when it detects that the feed-out of the printed photograph 11 by the feed-out rod 26 is completed. A feeding rod detection means 35 is provided for stopping the feeding rod at a certain point. This delivery rod detection means 35 is configured such that each delivery rod 26 is attached with a screw 31.
It consists of a detection protrusion 36 provided integrally with the detection protrusion 36, and a limit switch 38 having an actuator 37 that is pushed by the protrusion 36. The actuator 37 is pushed by the protrusion 36 to turn on the limit switch 38 when the protrusion 36 passes the detection position.

When the protrusion 36 pushes this actuator 37, the endless chain 32 to which the protrusion 36 is fixed is pushed and escapes laterally, preventing the chain from escaping so as not to become undetectable. A guide 39 is provided. This escape prevention guide 39 enters the guide groove of the chain 32 and restricts its lateral movement, and a short chain rail is used. The escape prevention guide 39 is provided only at the detection position of the protrusion 36 to simplify its configuration, but instead of this, when a rail is provided only on the upper part of the endless chain 32, ,
This rail can be used as an escape prevention guide. Further, although the detection protrusion 36 is attached integrally to the screw 31, instead of this, the attachment end of the delivery rod 26 may be directly detected by the actuator 37. In addition to mechanical position detection using the actuator 37 and limit switch 38, the position of the delivery rod 26 can also be detected optically.

As shown in FIG. 6, the sorting device 13 includes a pair of chain sprockets 51 and 52 arranged at different levels, an endless chain 53 that is looped around these chain sprockets 51 and 52, and this chain 53. A large number of shelf boards 55 are installed at a predetermined pitch in the tensioning direction. As shown in FIG. 7, the shelf boards 55 are bottom plates 55 attached at a predetermined pitch in the direction in which the endless chain 53 is stretched.
A, and a partition plate 55B vertically connected to the upper edge of the bottom plate 55A. Endless chain 5
3 is composed of two chains, and is designed to prevent the shelf board 55 attached to this chain from swinging from side to side on the chain. To attach the shelf board 55 to the endless chain 53, as shown in FIG.
3A is installed by fixing the bottom plate 55A with screws or the like.

As shown in FIG. 9, a plurality of band-shaped notches 56 are formed on the lower edge side of the bottom plate 55A, which are long in the direction in which the endless chain 53 is stretched. Further, at a position opposite to the bottom plate connection side of the partition plate 55B, the bottom plate 55A
A support plate 58 is attached to the partition plate 55B. This support plate 5 protrudes in the tensioning direction of the endless chain 53, and its upper end edge 58A extends from the partition plate 5.
It is formed at right angles to 5B. This support plate 58 is configured to fit into a notch 56 formed in the bottom plate 55A of the shelf board 55 that follows. Therefore, the upper chain 53 stretched between the chain sprockets 51 and 52 has a shelf section 14 partitioned by each shelf board 55.
It is formed into a step-like shape with the ridges standing upright. Since the bottom of each shelf 14 is formed with the support plate 58 inserted into the notch 56 of the bottom plate 55A, the bottom edge of the printed photo 11 is reliably supported by the bottom plate 55A and the support plate 58. Ru. Thereby, even when each shelf board moves, the printed photographs in the shelf section 14 do not come into direct contact with the main body of the apparatus, and the lower edge of the printed photographs 11 is protected.

Furthermore, when the partition plate 55B stands up due to the rotation of the endless chain 53 by a predetermined amount, the bottom Fi 55B becomes inclined, so that the lower edge of the printed photo 11 that was previously in contact with the bottom plate 55A is now on the bottom plate 55. Sliding support plate 58
It is supported by the upper end edge 58A of. Upper edge 5
8A is formed at right angles to the partition plate 55B, the upper and lower edges of the printed photographs 11 are aligned horizontally along this upper edge 58A, and the sorted printed photographs 11 can be taken out. can be done easily.

The printed photographs 11 are loaded onto the shelf 14 on the uppermost shelf 14 on the chain 53 that is looped around the upper chain sprocket 51. Since each partition plate 55B opens radially, the uppermost shelf section 14 opens upward to be larger than the opening width of the normal shelf section 14. Therefore, in the sending device 15, the receiving gutter 16
It is sufficient to simply send out the printed photograph 11 inside without squeezing it with a guide plate as in the conventional case, and it is possible to eliminate the need for a guide plate or the like that also serves as a squeeze.

When loading the printed photographs 11, as shown in FIG.
The temporary partition 55B of the shelf 14 is in a state where the printed photo is protruding from the tip of the shelf 14 and is set at the loading position.
Since the shelf 14 is tilted, the printed photographs may fall off the shelf 14 due to their own weight. To prevent this, diagonally above the partition plate 55B of the receivable shelf section 14,
A support arm 60 is provided for supporting the upper part of the printed photograph 11 loaded in the shelf section 14. The support arm 60 is formed into a gate shape by a horizontal guide part 60A and a support column part 60B for supporting the horizontal guide part 60A so that the temporary partitions 55B do not interfere with each other when the shelf parts 14 are moved. . The support arm 60 is arranged at a position where it does not protrude upward from the extension line of the upper guide plate 29 of the receiving gutter 16, so that it does not protrude upward from the extension line of the upper guide plate 29 of the receiving gutter 16. is prevented from coming into contact with the support column 60B.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained. The printer processor 10 records a cut mark in the margin of each frame of a roll of color paper during printing, and also records a sort mark for each order. By detecting these cut marks and sort marks with each detection sensor, the color paper is cut frame by frame using the cut mark detection signal, and the printed photos 11 are sorted into each order using the sort mark detection signal. The signals are output to the sorting device 13 and the sending device 15.

In this way, the color paper on which each frame has been successively printed is cut frame by frame and discharged one by one from the discharge port 12. This printed photo 11 is the output port 12.
It falls into the receiving gutter 16 while being guided by a pair of guide plates 20 and a guide plate 22 whose inclination angle can be freely set. At this time, the printed photograph 11 is discharged while being curved toward the photosensitive surface as shown in FIG. fall along. Therefore, since the printed photograph 11 is restricted from moving in the lateral direction by the guide rail 25, it falls into the receiving gutter 16 at a more or less constant position and with a constant attitude.

Moreover, since the printed photograph 11 is guided into the receiving gutter 16 by the upper guide plate 29 so as to overcome the gap 2 days, the printed photograph 11 will not be caught in the gap 28. Also, the tip of the printed photo 11 is the feeding rod 2.
Even if it hits the step 33 that receives the tip of the printed photo 11, since this step 33 is formed at an angle, it will slide down on the step 33 and the tip of the printed photo 11 will get caught on this step 33. Nor.

Eventually, the printed photos 11 for the order will be delivered to the outlet 12.
When the particles are discharged from the container and accumulated in the receiving gutter 16, the motor of the endless belt 32 rotates based on the sorting signal. As a result, the sending rod 26 moves within the receiving gutter 16 toward the shelf section of the sorting device 13, and a group of printed photographs 11 is sent out. When the next delivery rod 26 is detected by the delivery rod detection means 35, the rotation of the endless chain 32 is stopped based on this detection signal. As a result, one group of printed photographs 11 is intermittently moved by one pitch of the sending rod 26, and the portion of the receiving gutter 16 below the discharge port 12 becomes empty. Then, the next order of printed photographs 11 is placed into this empty receiving gutter 16.

When all 1 orders of printed photos 11 are ejected,
Similar to last time, the feed rod 16 moves intermittently by one pitch based on the sort signal, and the group of printed photos 11 sent out last time is transferred from the tip of the receiving gutter 16 to the shelf 14 at the loading position by the feed rod 26. Push it inward. By this extrusion, the side edges of the printed photographs 11 within the shelf section 14 are aligned.

In this way, when a batch of printed photographs 11 for each order is loaded into the shelf section 14, the sending device 15
The motor of the endless chain 53 of the sorting device 13 moves intermittently by one shelf in conjunction with the intermittent movement of the delivery rod by one thousand steps. As a result, the partition plate 55B of the shelf 14 loaded with the printed photos 11 changes from the inclined state to the upright state, and the printed photos 11 in the shelf 14 slide on the bottom plate 55A which is now in the inclined state, and the support plate 58 It rests on the upper edge 58A. Therefore, the lower edge of the group of printed photographs 11 in the shelf 14 is the upper edge 5 of the support plate 58.
Aligned by 8A. Furthermore, by moving each shelf 14 one step, a new unloaded shelf 14 is set at a position facing the receiving gutter 16. In this way, each shelf 1
4 contains 1 set of printed photos for each order 11
will be loaded. The operator takes out a group of printed photographs 11 from each shelf 14 and stores them in a delivery bag.

In the above embodiment, the endless chain is arranged at an angle, and the shelves sectioned by each shelf board are provided in a stair-like manner. Alternatively, each shelf may be provided horizontally.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, a guide rail is provided in the receiving gutter below the copy sheet discharge port to guide the fall of the copy sheet by utilizing the curvature of the copy sheet, so that the copy sheet falls freely. Movement of the copy sheet in the width direction can be restricted by the guide rail. As a result, the copy sheets can be dropped at a constant position in the receiving gutter in a constant posture, and the copy sheets of the order of 1 can be accumulated in the receiving machine in an orderly manner.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing the main parts of a copy sheet sorting apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the overall configuration of the same embodiment. FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line ■-■ in FIG. 2. FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the feeding rod detection means. FIG. 5 is a side view of the same. FIG. 6 is a side view showing each shelf of the sorting device. FIG. 7 is an enlarged side view of the shelf. FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along the line ■-■ in FIG. 7. FIG. 9 is an enlarged plan view of the shelf. 3rd - Printer processor, printed photos, sorting equipment, shelves, delivery device, receiving gutter, guide rail, delivery rod. Figure 7 Figure 9 Figure 8

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A receiving gutter that guides the movement of copy sheets from below the copy sheet discharge port to a shelf set at the copy sheet loading position of the sorting device, and a receiving gutter that moves along the copy sheet transport path. and a sending means for pushing out the copy sheet onto the shelf, wherein a plurality of parallel guide rails are provided in the receiving gutter portion below the ejection port in the falling direction of the copy sheet; A copy sheet feeding device characterized in that the interval between the guide rails is narrower than the width of the copy sheet.