JPH0459522A - Sheet feeding and discharging device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve safety, to prevent the loss of a sheet, and to improve operability by containing sheets in a removable type cassette and preventing a hand from touching a moving machine part, in a sheet feeding and discharging device. CONSTITUTION:When a feed sheet cassette 12 is mounted on a device body 10, a lift 15 is driven by a lift drive device 15a and a document table 14 of the cassette 12 is pushed up. As a result, a topmost document loaded on the document table is pulled in a body by means of a document conveying device 18 and carried to a letter reading part 19, and reading processing of a letter is carried out. Thereafter, a document gate 20 is operated according to a reading processing state. When a document is readable, it is fed to a normal document cassette 16a and when it is impossible to read, it is fed to a reject document cassette 16b. As noted above, since documents 11 are contained in the cassettes 12, 16a, and 16b, a hand is prevented from touching a moving machine part, safety is maintained, the loss of the document 11 is prevented from occurring, and operability is improved.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Purpose of the Invention (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to
Regarding a paper ejecting device.

(Prior Art) Optical character reading devices that can read information such as characters and marks written on forms in an extremely short time have been widely used in various office fields.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a conventional optical character reading device.

In the figure, 1 indicates the main body of the apparatus. A vertically movable hopper table 3 for holding forms 2 is provided on the upper side of the main body of the apparatus. This hopper table 3 is driven in the vertical direction by a hopper table driving device 4. Further, a normal stacker 5a and a reject stacker 5b are provided at the lower side of the apparatus main body 1, respectively.

Further, a form conveyance path 6 is formed inside the apparatus main body 1, and a form conveyance device 7 is provided along this single form conveyance path 6. During the process of transporting the form in the form transport path 6, the characters written on the form 2 are read by the character reading section 8. Furthermore, a form gate 9 is provided in the middle of the form conveyance path 6 for distributing the form 2 that has undergone the reading process to each stacker 5a, 5b according to the reading state.

Next, the operation of the conventional optical character reading device described above will be explained.

First, single-sheet forms 2 are stacked on the hopper table 3. The hopper table 3 is raised by the drive of the hopper table drive unit 4, and the topmost form 2 is sent to the character reading unit 8 via the form transport path 6 by the form transport device 7, where it is read. Thereafter, the form gate 9 is activated depending on the reading processing status of the character reading section 8, and forms 2 whose characters can be read normally are sent to the normal stacker 5a, and forms 2 whose characters cannot be read are sent to the reject stacker. Sent to 5b.

The forms 2 stored in each stacker are taken out by the operator inserting his/her hand into each stacker.

However, in such conventional optical character reading devices, the operator directly loads the forms 2 onto the hopper table 3, which moves up and down.
There was a danger that he might get his hands involved. Furthermore, when reading a large number of forms 2 at the same time, there is a problem that the forms may be lost due to forgetting to take them from the hopper table 3 or the stackers 5a, 5b.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As mentioned above, with conventional paper feeding and ejecting devices such as optical reading devices, a person directly places a form on a hopper table that moves up and down, which can lead to malfunctions that cause hands to get involved. There was danger. Furthermore, when reading a large number of documents at the same time, there is a problem that documents may be lost in the hopper table or stacker section.

The present invention has been made to solve these conventional drawbacks, and there is no risk of getting your hand caught in a form conveyance device or the like, and there is no risk of losing the form, and it is possible to set the form before reading and to set the form after reading. It is an object of the present invention to provide a paper feeding/discharging device that can easily take out paper.

[Configuration of the Invention (Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the paper feeding/discharging device of the present invention has the following features:
A main body, a paper feed cassette that is removable from the main body and stores paper that has not been subjected to predetermined processing on a paper tray that is movable along the stacking direction of the paper, and this paper feed cassette. a paper tray moving means for moving the paper tray of the paper feed cassette so that the uppermost sheet in the paper feed cassette is located at a predetermined paper feed position when the paper feed cassette is mounted on the main body; It is characterized by being equipped with a paper ejection cassette that is removably attachable to the main body and stores paper that has undergone predetermined processing.

(Function) In the paper feeding/discharging device of the present invention, first, sheets of paper that have not undergone one predetermined process are stacked and stored on a paper tray in a paper feeding cassette. Next, this paper feed cassette and an empty paper discharge cassette for storing the paper after predetermined processing are attached to the main body.

A paper tray of a paper feeding cassette containing predetermined unprocessed forms is moved by a paper tray moving means, the stacked sheets are sent into the main body, and the sheets are processed.

The paper that has undergone predetermined processing is sent to a paper ejection cassette and stored therein.

After that, the paper ejection cassette is removed from the main body, and the paper stored in the paper ejection cassette is taken out.

Therefore, according to the present invention, since the paper is stored in the cassette, there is no risk of getting one's hand caught in the movable mechanical part, and there is no possibility of the paper being lost.

(Example) Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing a cross section of an optical character reading device to which the paper feeding/discharging device of the present invention is applied, and FIG.
It is an A sectional view.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, 10 is the main body of the apparatus.

At the upper side of the main body 10 of the apparatus, there is provided a mounting section 13a for a paper feeding cassette 12 that stores the forms 11 before being read.

This loading section 1.3a is provided with an L-shaped lift 15 as a form table moving means for lifting up the sheet feed cassette 12 (described later), and a lift drive device 15a.
It is designed to move up and down along the loading direction.

At the lower side of the apparatus main body 10, mounting portions 13b113C for a normal form cassette 16a and a reject form cassette 16b, which are used as paper ejection cassettes, are provided.

A form conveyance path 17 is formed inside the apparatus main body 10, and a form conveyance device 18 comprising a plurality of roller sections is provided along this form conveyance path 17.

In the middle of the form transport path 17, a character reading section 19 reads the characters written on the form.

Further, in the middle of the form conveyance path 17, there is a form gate 2 that distributes the forms that have been read or processed to the normal form cassette 16a and the direct form cassette/sort 16b according to the reading state.
0 is set.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the paper feeding cassette 12.

This paper feeding cassette 12 has a form table 14 and a top cover 1a which are oriented so that the form table 4 can be moved up and down.
1a can be opened and closed around the upper lid support member 22a. The sheet feeding cassette 12 has a form supply port 23a on the mounting surface with the apparatus main body 10, and a lift 15 on the side surface.
An insertion port 24 is provided.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the normal form cassette 16a.

The normal form cassette 16a includes an upper lid 21b, and the upper M21b can be opened and closed around the upper lid support member 22b. Further, a form storage opening 23b is formed on the mounting surface of the normal form cassette 16a to the main body 10 of the apparatus.

The reject form cassette 16b is the same as the normal one form cassette 16a.

Next, the operation of the optical character reading device of this embodiment will be explained.

First, in the optical character reading device of this embodiment, forms 11 are stacked and stored on the form stand 14 of the paper feed cassette 12 in the empty paper feed cassette 12 that has been removed from the main body 10 of the device. do.

Next, the paper feeding cassette 12, the empty normal form cassette 16a, and the reject form cassette 16b are respectively attached to the attachment parts 13a, 13b, and 13c of the apparatus main body 10.

When the paper feed cassette 12 is attached to the apparatus main body 10, the lift 15 is driven by the lift drive device 15a to push up the form table 14 of the paper feed cassette 12. As a result, the highest form loaded on the form table is transferred to the form conveying device 1.
8 into the main body and sent to the character reading section 19. The character reading section 19 performs a process of reading characters written on the form. Thereafter, the form gate 20 is activated depending on the state of the reading process, and if the form can be read, it is sent to the normal form cassette 16a, and if it is not readable, it is sent to the normal form cassette 16a. It is sent to the direct form cassette 16b.

The forms whose reading process has been completed in this way are stored in the normal form cassette 16a and the reject form cassette 16b.
It is sorted and stored.

In this way, according to the optical character reading device of this embodiment, the form 11 is the paper feeding cassette] 2, the normal form cassette 1
6a and the reject form cassette 16b, it is safe because there is no need to directly touch the movable mechanical parts, and the form 11 is not lost and operability is improved.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the paper feeding/discharging device of the present invention, since paper is stored in a removable cassette, there is no need to touch moving mechanical parts, so safety is high. Paper is no longer lost and operability is improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing a cross section of an optical character reading device to which the paper feeding/discharging device of the present invention is applied, and FIG.
A sectional view, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a paper feeding cassette, FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a normal form cassette, and FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing a cross section of a conventional optical character reading device. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10... Apparatus body, 11... Form, 12... Paper feeding cassette, 14... Form stand, 15... Lift, 1
5a... Lift drive device, 16a... Normal form cassette, 16b... Reject form cassette, 19
...Character reading section. Applicant: Toshiba Corporation

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A main body, and a paper feed cassette that is removably attached to the main body and stores paper that has not yet been subjected to predetermined processing by loading it on a paper tray that is movable along the stacking direction of the paper. , a sheet for moving the paper tray of the paper feed cassette so that the uppermost paper in the paper feed cassette is located at a predetermined paper feed position when the paper feed cassette is attached to the main body; A paper feeding/discharging device comprising a table moving means and a paper discharging cassette which is removably attached to the main body and stores paper after predetermined processing.