JPH0257392A - Automatic binding device for facsimile copy output sheets - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To save labor and time of arranging to rationalize office works by automatically binding a plurality of copy output sheets at each communication sentence and to prevent the sheets from losing by energizing sheet binding means using a reception end signal generated from a facsimile device. CONSTITUTION:Facsimile copy output sheets 3 conveyed from a facsimile device by the operation of a cutter 1A at each end of printing of one page are sequentially conveyed at each page with the printing face down onto a placing base 4. When the end of reception of one communication is detected to output an end detection signal, electromagnetic plungers 6, 7 are energized, and the sheet bundle is bound by a stapler 5. On the other hand, even if the end detection signal is not generated, if it arrives at the number of limited sheets of stapler's stylus, the sheet bundle is bound. After the bundle is bound, it is slid from the base 4 by the rotation of the front wall 4A of the base 4. Accordingly, a labor and time of arranging the sheets while confirming the page numbers are saved, and an inconvenience of losing partial sheet is eliminated beforehand.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to an automatic binding device for facsimile copy output sheets, which is capable of automatically binding one copy of multiple output sheets discharged from a facsimile machine.

(Prior art and its problems) In many conventional facsimile receiving devices, after the received signal is printed on paper, it is automatically cut off page by page and ejected as is into, for example, an ejection basket. If the paper feed is a rolled paper type, the cut pages will not be curled properly and will curl up, so if there is a large amount of paper to be received, the ejection basket will quickly fill up with facsimile copy output paper, and the paper will not be removed from the ejection basket. It often overflowed and fell to the floor, and as a result, there was a risk of losing some of the pages that served as the backbone of the communication. Further, there is a problem in that it takes a lot of effort to organize and bind the facsimile copy output sheets in the ejection basket in the order of page numbers. In addition, even if paper is fed in sheet form rather than rolled paper, if there is a large amount of received paper, many copies of facsimile output paper will accumulate in the output basket, so it is necessary to organize and bind each correspondence while checking the page numbers in order. There was a problem that it took a lot of time.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention is characterized by focusing on the use of a reception completion signal generated by a facsimile machine, and by energizing the paper binding means using the reception completion signal. , a plurality of output copies are automatically bound for each communication, thereby solving the problems of the prior art described above.

(Example) Embodiments of the present invention shown in the drawings will be described in detail below.9 In Fig. 1, 1 is a facsimile machine equipped with at least a reception function, and a cutter 1 for automatically cutting facsimile copy output paper page by page. ^ and an electronic circuit IB having a function of electrically detecting the end of reception of one message. 2 is an automatic binding device according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which facsimile copy output paper (hereinafter simply referred to as paper) 3 that has been withdrawn from a facsimile machine is sequentially placed on a mounting table page by page with the printed side facing down. It is carried and placed on top of 4.

The leading end of the paper 3 comes into contact with the front wall 4^ of the mounting table 4, which has a shallow box-like structure and is tilted forward, and stops, so the paper 3 is shown by the dotted line in FIG. are arranged as follows. By setting the forward slope of the mounting table 4 at a steep angle, it is possible to properly align each sheet of the stack of sheets without shifting them. It is also effective to use it to generate slight vibrations. The sheets of paper corresponding to the correspondence are stacked in order of page number with the printed side facing down at one corner (as shown in Fig. ) are bound, for example, with staples (trademark) 5). This stapler can be driven, for example, by biasing the electromagnetic plunger 6. This stapler 5 is another device for binding papers (
For example, it is possible to replace the electromagnetic 1-lunger 6 with a drive device using other means, such as a motor and an eccentric cam.

As shown in Fig. 1, the front wall 4^ of the mounting table 4 installed tilting forward is made of a plate material and is rotatable as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. For example, when the electromagnetic plunger 7 is actuated, the front wall 4^ rotates to the position shown by the dotted line against a spring 8 that biases the front wall 4^ so as to keep the front wall 4^ upright at all times. (See Figure 4) In this state, the front wall 4^ of the mounting table 4 loses its function as a stopper to stop the paper 3 from sliding down, and becomes only a single flat plate, causing the paper 3 to fall under its own weight. You can slide down. The naturally fallen paper 3 slides down to the take-out table 9 and comes to rest.

This front wall 4^ may be constructed using other driving means so that instead of rotating, a portion of the front wall sinks and loses its function as a swing member.

Also, stopper 8 like this! As a means for losing the function, the leading end of the bound paper bundle is lifted by a rod that protrudes from the lower surface of the 61 holder 4, and the paper bundle is moved over -F'6A of the front wall. It may also be configured to slide down.

Next, the operation 5, particularly the electrical control operation, of the binding device having the configuration described above will be explained in detail with reference to FIG. The electronic circuit IB outputs 2-
A signal S1 for operating i^ is output, and the counter 1
It is input to 0. The counter 10 outputs a signal S4 from the terminal C1 to turn off the electronic switch 11 in response to the first (first page) signal S1, and the second (second page) signal S
The electronic switch 11 is turned on by the signal S5 from l,
The on state is maintained for the subsequent signal S1. When the stapler 31 penetrates the bundle of papers and reaches the maximum number of sheets that can be properly stapled (for example, 30 sheets), the electromagnetic plungers 6 and 7 are activated via the OR gate by the signal S2 output from the counter IO. After the bundle of papers is bound by the button 5, it slides off the mounting table 4 by rotation of the mounting table 4 toward the front wall 4.8 As mentioned above, the range in which the bundle of papers can be bound is When the electronic circuit 113 of the facsimile machine 1 detects the end of reception for one of the 30 sheets and outputs the end detection signal S3, the electromagnetic plunger 6 and 7 is energized and the stack of papers is bound. On the other hand, even if the end detection signal S3 is not generated L2, when the maximum number of sheets for the stapler is reached, the stack of sheets is bound and discharged by the signal S2. In this way, even if a large number of received messages, such as 50 or 80 sheets, are received, 30 sheets at a time are bound and sent out, thereby preventing the paper from scattering.

The electromagnetic plungers 6 and 7 can also be energized by operating the manual operation button 13. electronic switch 11
The reason for providing this is to prohibit the stapling operation of the stapler 5, since there is no need to bind when only one copy output sheet is received for one copy. Further, it is desirable to provide a delay circuit 14 so that, for example, after the electronic switch 11 is reliably turned on by the second or later signal S5, the stapler 5 is operated by the end detection signal S3.
Note that the counter lO is reset at its reset terminal R upon generation of the end detection signal S3.

Further, a means is provided to delay the opening operation of the front wall 4A so that the front wall 4^ of the mounting table 4 is driven after the operation of binding the paper bundle with the stapler 5 is completely completed. For example, it is also effective to provide a delay circuit (not shown) just before the drive signal is input to the electromagnetic plunger 7, or to apply high viscosity oil to the rotating parts of the spring 8 and the front wall. It is.

Note that illustration of a drive circuit for driving the cutter IA is omitted. Further, the position of the staples of the stapler used to bind the bundle of papers relative to the paper can be appropriately selected in consideration of convenience in use. Further, the stapler 5 has its needle bending portion 5^ fixed to the base (not shown) of the device, and its needle pressing portion 5B.
is bent by the needle bending part 5^ by the plunger of the electromagnetic plunger 6.
It is desirable that the stapler used as a binding means be configured such that three types of staplers, large, medium, and small, are installed in the device to correspond to the number (thickness) of the paper bundle. It is also possible to configure the system so that the type can be automatically selected. In addition, an appropriate means (first
It is desirable to provide a

In addition, the copy paper 3 output from the facsimile till
When the paper is discharged with the printed side facing up, it is desirable to turn the paper upside down before reaching the loading table 4, but this may be done using known means such as rollers or belts. is possible.

If the paper 3 is in the form of a sheet, the problem of "curl 1" will not occur, but if it is a roll-type paper, curling (in the direction of paper travel) will occur to ensure alignment on the mounting table 4. An example of a curl removing means that is desirable to remove curls (curvature at the edges) is shown in FIG. The paper 3 is fed in one direction as if being squeezed by the tip of the rod 15. At this time, it is desirable to apply appropriate tension to the paper 3 by varying the paper conveyance speed by the rollers on both sides of the rod 15. The curl removing means as in the embodiment is advantageous in that by combining one or more rods 15, it is possible to easily turn the paper inside out as described above.

A second embodiment of the decurling means is shown in FIGS. 7 and 8. A pair of plates 16, 17 are stacked one on top of the other with a gap as narrow as possible to allow the passage of the paper 3.
As shown in FIG. 7, the paper 3 has a flat plate shape at its inlet, but has a curved shape at its outlet so that curls can be removed.

For example, a plurality of small rollers 18 made of an elastic material are provided on the upper plate 16 so as to be rotatable relative to the plate 16, as shown in FIG. It can be rotationally driven as appropriate by rotation of the driving means 19 such as. Due to the synchronized rotation of the small rollers 18 as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the paper 3 is forcibly fed even within a narrow gap, thereby eliminating curls. A third embodiment of curl removal means that is considered to be effective for paper with strong curls is shown in FIG. 9.
As in the second embodiment, a pair of plates 16^ and 17^ are stacked with a gap in between, but in this embodiment, a pair of relatively sharp upper and lower protrusions 20 are formed at two locations on each plate. ing. As the paper 3 is forcibly passed through this protruding portion 20 by a plurality of small rollers as described in the second embodiment, two slight wrinkles are formed on the paper, making the paper curl more strongly. can be removed. Further, when the slight wrinkles are formed, when the sheets of paper 3 are stacked one by one on the mounting table 4, there is an advantage that each sheet of paper 3 is easily aligned properly without shifting.
The curl removing means of each of the embodiments described above is such that the paper is
It can be installed at an appropriate location before being transported to the

FIG. 10 shows another embodiment of the block circuit diagram shown in FIG. 5, in which the same members and signals as those shown in FIG. 5 are given the same reference numerals.

The cutter operation signal S1 output from the electronic circuit IB is sequentially input to the binary counter (5 bits) 21.
Since the signal S1 of the first page is input to the OR gate 23 via the inverter 22 connected to the first bit of the binary counter 21, even if the reception end signal S3 is generated from the electronic circuit IB at this time, the signal S1 is not output from the AND gate 24. There is no output signal.

In other words, as will be described later, if there is only one page, the paper will not be bound.Next, when the signal S1 for the second or subsequent page is generated, the OR gate 23 will always output an output signal, so the end detection signal S3 will not be bound. At the same time as the occurrence, an output signal is output from the anime game) 24.

On the other hand, when the signal S1 is generated, for example, 30 times, each bit from the first bit to the fifth bit of the binary counter 21 is sequentially set to Oll, 1.1.1 (0+2+4+8+16
= 30>, so after passing through the inverter 22, it is 1.1, 1.1. ], and the output signal is output from the AND gate 25.1 As mentioned above, when the signal S3 is generated after the second page or when the 30th page is counted,
Further, when the manual operation button 13 is operated, an output signal is generated from the OR gate 26, which turns on the transistor 28 of the electronic switch 27, thereby turning on the relay 29. Therefore, the circuit power supply voltage V is applied to the electromagnetic solenoids 6 and 7, and the stapler 5 and the front wall 4A are driven. Incidentally, at the same time as the signal S3 is generated, the binary counter 2
1 is reset.

FIG. 11 shows an example of means for notifying that the stapler is used up. For example, if the stapler can be used 50 times in a row once it is replenished, the cutter operation signal S] is set to 5 on the binary counter (6 bits) 30.
When input 0 times, each bit from the 1st bit to the 6th bit becomes 0.1, 0.0.1.1 (2+1
6132-50), so if the AND gate 31 and the NOR gate 32 are connected as shown in FIG. 10, an output signal is output from the AND gate 33 and the switch SW is closed. A lamp L and an alarm buzzer B can be energized through the contacts provided to warn that the stapler is used up. This switch SW has another contact that is open, and when this is closed, the binary counter 30 is reset by the circuit power supply voltage . The two contacts of the switch SW are configured to interlock with each other by operating one operating knob 34, so when the operator who hears the above-mentioned alarm operates the operating knob 34, the alarm is stopped.
And the binary counter 30 can be reset. Incidentally, the circuits shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 can also be constructed using a microcomputer.

As described above, according to the present invention, when one facsimile message (one message) is two or more pages, it is reliably bound and ejected. Moreover, even if the number of messages exceeds the binding capacity limit of the stapler, only the predetermined limit number of messages can be surely stapled, so that they are prevented from being discharged in pieces.
Note that the facsimile file as an example described above
It is desirable to connect the binding device 2 with the automatic binding device 2 described below by an appropriate mechanical coupling means.
It is obvious that the facsimile machine 1 can be combined with the facsimile machine 1 and incorporated into a single housing to form a facsimile receiving apparatus as a whole.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, according to the present invention, one stack of paper (one stack and one page) is reliably ejected in a bound state, so unlike the conventional method, the page number is assigned for each page. Not only is the labor and time required for checking and arranging the documents greatly saved, streamlining office work, but also eliminating the inconvenience of losing some papers due to scattering.

The effect of the present invention becomes more significant as the amount of data received through facsimile communication increases.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing one embodiment of the device of the present invention, and FIG.
The figure is a plan view showing the details of the mounting table, FIGS. 3 and 4 are configuration diagrams showing the structure and operation of the front wall of the mounting table, and FIG. 5 is the operation of one embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1. , in particular, a block circuit diagram for explaining the electrical control operation, FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional configuration diagram showing a first embodiment of the curl removing means, and FIGS. 7 and 8 show a second embodiment of the curl removing means. 9 is a sectional view showing a third embodiment of the curl removing means, and FIG. 10 is a block circuit diagram showing another embodiment of the block circuit diagram shown in FIG. FIG. 11 is a block circuit diagram showing an embodiment of a means for warning that the stapler is used up. , counter 11. ,, child switch 12°, or gate 13. ,,Manual operation button 14.
,,Delay circuit 15. ,,rod 16.17. ,, plate members 16A, 17A. , plate member 18. ,, Small roller 19° drive means
20. ,, protruding part 21.30°, binary counter 22. ,,inverter 23.26111. Or Gate 24.25.31.33. ,,And gate 27° electronic switch 28. ,,) transistor
2916. Relay 32. ,, Noah Gate 34
10. Operation knob R19, reset terminal SW, switch 01. Warning lamp B90. alarm buzzer
■011 circuit power supply voltage 100. Facsimile machine 21
9. Automatic binding! 3. ,,Facsimile copy output paper 451. Placement table 4A, Front wall 5゜Stapler 5A, Needle pressing part 5B, Needle bending part
6.7. ,,electromagnetic plunger 881. spring 90
．． 2 Retrieval stand 10゜5th (81a Fig. 9 Protruding part Protruding part Fig. 11 Binary counter alarm buzzer alarm lamp

Claims (1)

[Claims] means for sequentially arranging and placing copy output sheets ejected from a facsimile machine having at least a receiving function on a predetermined paper mounting table; and a binding means for binding the ends of the plurality of aligned copy output sheets. and energizing means for energizing the binding means in response to a reception completion signal from the facsimile machine, the plurality of copy output sheets being automatically bound after one facsimile reception is completed. Features: Automatic binding device for facsimile copy output paper.