JPH0420456A - Automatic sheet sorting/classfying device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enhance the easiness in handling a sheet and increase the degree of freedom in the number of fabricated copies by furnishing an automatic sheet sorting/classifying device with a marking means for marking sheets at certain intervals. CONSTITUTION:As a marking means, a unit 1 is furnished in the neighborhood of the surface of each sheet S, being equipped with a rotary arm 3 rotating round a stationary shaft 4, wherein the rotary arm 3 will come in contact with the surface when having rotated to the sheet S surface side as shown by arrow. Rollers are arranged at the contacting part and fixed part of taxis rotary arm 3, and a band-shaped member 5 carrying a tape 2 with low adhesiveness is applied to the surface of each roler to permit gliding unidirectionally on the rotary arm 3. Every time one set of recorded document sheets is made out, the rotary arm 3 contacts the surface of the first sheet S, and tape 2 is affixed. Thereafter the rotary arm 3 is restituted to the original position, and the band 5 is taken up on the roller in the amount corresponding to one sheet of tape 1, followed by awaiting the next marking.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to an automatic sorting and sorting device for sheet materials used in copying machines, printers, printing machines, etc.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, sheet material transfer devices have been known that can align the pages in the same manner as the recorded manuscript even when the recorded manuscript has multiple pages, and can produce multiple copies of transfer sheets at the same time. If the sheets u are stacked in a medium-thin size, the sheets must be turned over and sorted by hand in order to make each set corresponding to the original.

Therefore, automatic sorting and sorting apparatuses for sheet materials having sorting and sorting functions have been devised. Typical examples include those shown in FIGS. 14 and 15. First, what is shown in FIG.
By sliding left and right, each set (each part) can be sorted. Furthermore, the one shown in FIG. 15 is a sorter 102 having a plurality of receiving trays 103 arranged in the discharge section of the sheet material S, and documents are sorted one set at a time for each tray. be.

In addition, conventionally, as a means of sorting without using a sorter,
For example, it has been proposed to make the cover of the transfer material a colored sheet material, or to provide stabilization for each set.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, such conventional technology has the following problems. That is, (1) When the sliding type sorter shown in FIG. 14 is used, if the sheet materials on the sorter are not lifted carefully, the sides of the sheet materials will coincide, and the sorted parts will be unclear.

(2) When the multi-tray type sorter shown in FIG. 15 is used, the number of transfer sheets that can be produced per rotation is limited by the number of trays.

(≦) If a colored sheet material is used as a cover, a separate supply means must be provided, resulting in an increase in size, which goes against the requirements of small size and low price. Furthermore, devices that sort documents by stabilizing them cannot be used for documents that do not want to be stabilized.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the problems of the prior art described above, and its purpose is to improve the handling of sheet materials and the degree of freedom in the number of sheets to be produced. Our goal is to provide the following.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object 1), the present invention provides an automatic sheet material sorting device that automatically sorts and classifies sheet materials that are sent in sequence. , characterized in that a marking means is provided for marking the sheet material every predetermined number of sheets.

The marking means is a rotating arm that can come into contact with the surface of the sheet material, and a band-shaped body that carries a marking tape on the surface and slides on the surface of the rotating arm, and the marking means includes: A rotating arm that can come into contact with the surface of the sheet material of the transfer foil, and a dyeing means provided at the contact portion of the rotating arm, and the marking means is a means for bending a part of the surface of the sheet material. It can be configured as follows.

(Function) Thus, markings are applied to the sheet materials by the marking means for each required number of sheet materials.

(Example) The present invention will be explained below based on the illustrated example. 1st
A first embodiment of the present invention is shown in the figures.

FIG. 1 shows the basic configuration of the first embodiment in a perspective view.
S is a sheet material on which transfer is performed based on the recording original and is discharged. A unit 1 is disposed near the surface of the sheet material S as a marking means. This Uni/
The toe 1 has a rotating arm 3 that rotates around a fixed shaft 4, and when this rotating arm 3 rotates toward the surface of the sheet material as shown by the arrow, it comes into contact with the nuclear surface. It has become.

Further, rollers are arranged at the abutting portion and the fixed portion of the rotating arm 3. A 17-shaped body 5 carrying a tape 2 with low viscosity is stretched on the surface of this roller, and is dirty so that it slides in one direction on the rotating arm. In FIG. 2, which is a rough and detailed representation of FIG.

Although not shown in Figures 1 and 2 in Section 1-1, means for driving the rotary arm 3 and roller 8 are disposed in the marking unit l, and the driving timing thereof is The main unit is designed to correspond to pages of recorded manuscripts that are manually input.

According to the above configuration, according to this embodiment, when one set (one copy) of the recorded document is completed, the rotating arm 3 comes into contact with the surface of the first sheet material, and the tape 2 is made to read. As the rotating arm 3 returns to its original position, the strip 5 is wound around the roller 8 by one sheet of tape 2 and is ready for the next marking. FIG. 83 shows the rotated sheet material marked with the tape 2 in this manner.

4 and 5 illustrate a second embodiment of the invention. Similar to the first embodiment, the characteristic configuration will be explained. Note that the same parts as in the first embodiment are given the same reference numerals.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11 is driven in accordance with the number of pages of a document to be recorded that is input to the main body of the apparatus.

According to this embodiment having the above configuration, markings 9 are made on the first or last page of a set (each part) as shown in FIG.

Note that this embodiment has the following differences with respect to the first embodiment described above.
It is possible to lengthen the replacement cycle of the marking unit, which has the effect of keeping running costs low.

FIGS. 6 to 13 show a third embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment as well, similar to the first embodiment, the characteristic structure will be mainly explained.

This embodiment is based on the first example described above. Unlike the second embodiment, a means for bending the surface of the sheet material is provided for marking.

To explain based on FIG. 6, two plates 13.1
4 are arranged in substantially parallel in the width direction and at different levels.

The plates 12, 13 are each independently rotatable about a rotation axis 14. However, when the plate 13 falls toward the sheet material side, the plate 13 comes into contact with the sheet material S, but the plate 12 stops above the plate 13. Among the two plates above, play) 12 is
This is a plate for bending the sheet material, and when it rotates toward the sheet material S side and falls down, it can rotate in the direction of arrow a about a rotation shaft 15.

The operation will be explained below based on FIGS. 7 to 12. First, as shown in FIG. 7, the plate 12 rotates around the fulcrum 14 and waits before the sheet material that will become the cover is discharged. In FIG. 8, the sheet material S (cover) is discharged onto the plate 12. In FIG. 9, the plate 13 rotates around the fulcrum 14 and presses the cover S (cover) from above. At this time, the plate 12 is located above the plate 13, and as shown in Figure 1O, the sheet material S is held down by the plate 13.
The plate 12 rotates around the rotation axis 5. At this time, the plate rotates so as to rub the top of play) 13,
Fold the sheet material S. Then play in the order shown in Figures 11 and 12) 12.13 returns to the original position,
Wait for next marking. FIG. 13 shows how the sheet material marked by bending in this manner is placed on the vi.

The third embodiment has an advantage over the first and second embodiments described above in that it is not necessary to replenish or replace the marking material. Regarding the drive of the plates 12 and 13,
Above 1st. As in the second embodiment, the control is performed based on the number of pages of the document to be recorded.

(Effects of the Invention) The present invention has the above-described structure and operation, and the marking means for marking on the sheet material is made to sink and seal the markings for each required number of sheets.
Hunting, such as holding sheet materials after sorting, is improved.

Also, the tray f! There are fewer restrictions on the capacity, and the number of copies can be increased without reducing production costs.

Furthermore, because the equipment itself can be made smaller, this is a compact machine that was not previously equipped with a sorting device.

Various effects can be obtained, such as ease of introduction into the field of low-cost machines.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 and 2 are perspective views showing a first embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a sheet material marked according to the first embodiment, FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a sheet material marked according to the second embodiment. 6 is a perspective view showing the operation of the third embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 7 to 12 are diagrams sequentially showing the operation of the third embodiment, and FIG. 13 is a marking according to the third embodiment. 14 and 15 are diagrams showing conventional sorting means. Explanation of code 1... Marking means (marking unit) 2...
・Marking tape 3.11... Rotating arm 5... Band-shaped body 10... Staining means 12.13... Bending means (plate) Figure 8 Figure 10 Figure 14 Figure 15

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) An automatic sheet material sorting and sorting device that automatically sorts and sorts sheet materials that are sent in sequence, characterized in that a marking means is provided for marking the sheet materials every predetermined number of sheets. Automatic sorting and classification equipment. (2) The marking means is characterized in that it is a rotary arm that can come into contact with the surface of the sheet material, and a band-shaped body that carries a marking tape on the surface and slides on the surface of the rotary arm. Automatic sorting and sorting equipment for sheet materials. (3) The sheet material according to claim 1, wherein the marking means is a rotary arm that can come into contact with the surface of the sheet material, and a dyeing means provided at the contact portion of the rotary arm. Automatic sorting and classification equipment. (4) The automatic sorting and classification apparatus for sheet materials according to claim 1, wherein the marking means is a means for folding a part of the surface of the sheet material that has been transferred.