JPH0480129A - Sheet supply/discharge device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To set a document before reading and take the document out after reading easily without a possibility of rolling a hand in or losing the document by containing sheets before processing mounted on a sheet table movable along the mounting direction of the sheets, and providing a cassette for containing the sheets after processing to be freely detachably installed. CONSTITUTION:When a sheet supply/discharge cassette 12 is installed in a device main body 10, a lift 15 is driven by a lift drive 16 to push up a document table 14 of the sheet supply/discharge cassette 12. As a result, the uppermost document mounted on the document table is drawn into the device main body 10 by a document transfer means 18 to be sent to a character reading part 19. A process of reading characters written in the document is performed at this character reading part 19. After this, the document after completion of the reading process is sent to and contained in a discharged sheet and document containing box 22 of the sheet supply/discharge cassette 12. In case the document reading process is completed, the sheet supply/discharge cassette 12 is removed from the device main body 10, and the documents are taken out.

Description

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

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

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a conventional optical character reading device.

In the figure, 1 indicates the main body of the apparatus. A hopper table 3 which can be moved up and down for holding forms 2 is provided on the upper side of the main body 1 of the apparatus. This hopper table 3 is driven in the vertical direction by a hopper table driving device 4. Further, a stacker 5 is provided at the lower side of the main body 1 of the apparatus.

Further, a form conveyance path 6 is formed inside the apparatus main body 1, and a form conveyance device 7 is provided along this 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 5.

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 by the form transport device 7 to the character reading unit 8 via the form transport path 6, where it is read. Thereafter, the form 2 whose characters can be read is sent to the stacker 5. The form 2 that has been stored in the stacker 5 is taken out by the operator inserting his or her hand into the stacker 5.

However, in such conventional optical character reading devices, the operator or the form 2 is directly loaded onto the hopper table 3 which moves up and down.
There was a risk of getting your hands caught. Furthermore, when reading a large number of forms 2 at the same time, there is a problem that the forms may be lost on the hopper table 3 or the stacker 5.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As mentioned above, in the conventional paper feeding/discharging device such as an optical reading device, a person or person directly places a sheet on a hopper table that moves up and down. There was a risk of getting involved. Furthermore, when reading a large number of documents at the same time, there is a problem that documents may be lost due to the hopper table or stacker section.

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

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problem) In order to achieve the above object, the paper feeding/discharging device of the present invention has the following features:
A main body, which is removable from the main body, and stores paper before a predetermined process on a paper tray that is movable along the stacking direction of the paper, and stores the paper after the predetermined process. and a paper tray for moving the paper tray of the cassette so that the uppermost unprocessed paper in the cassette comes to a predetermined paper feeding position when the cassette is installed in the main body. It is characterized by comprising a transportation means.

(Function) In the paper feeding/discharging device of the present invention, first, sheets of paper before predetermined processing are stacked and stored on a paper table in a cassette, and this cassette is installed in the main body.

Then, the paper tray of the cassette is moved by the paper tray moving means, and the stacked sheets to be processed are fed into the main body, and the sheets are subjected to a prescribed process.

The form that has undergone predetermined processing is sent to the cassette and stored therein.

Thereafter, the cassette is removed from the main body, and the paper stored in the cassette and subjected to predetermined processing is taken out.

Therefore, according to the present invention, since the paper is stored in a removable cassette, there is no risk of getting one's hand caught in a moving mechanical part, and there is no risk of 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, 1o is the main body of the apparatus.

A mounting portion 13 for a cassette 12 is provided on a side surface of the apparatus main body 10 for storing the form 11 before and after the reading process.

This mounting portion 13 includes a form stand 1 (described later) of the cassette 12.
An L-shaped lift 15 is provided as a form table moving means for pushing up the form table 4, and is moved up and down along the loading direction by a lift drive device 16.

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. Furthermore, a numbering mechanism section 20 is provided in the middle of the form conveyance path 17 for printing a serial number on the read form.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the cassette 12.

As shown in the figure, the cassette 12 is composed of a paper feed form storage box 21, a paper discharge form storage box 22, and an upper lid 23.

The paper feeding form storage box 21 includes the form table 14 and the form table 1.
A stopper 24 that supports 4 is provided. Further, the form table 14 can be moved up and down.

Furthermore, there is a form supply port 25 on the mounting surface of the paper feed form storage box 21 to the device main body 10, and an insertion port 26 for the lift 15 on the side surface.
Or is provided.

A form ejection port 27 is provided on the surface of the ejected form storage box 22 that is attached to the main body 10 of the apparatus.

Then, the paper feed form storage box 21 is placed on the paper discharge form storage box 22, and the top lid 23 is further placed on the paper feed form storage box 21, and the integrated paper feed form storage box 21 is inserted into the main body 10 of the apparatus.

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

In the optical character reading device of this embodiment, the forms 11 are stacked and stored on the form stand 14 of the paper fed form storage box 21 of the paper feed/discharge cassette 12.

Next, the paper feed form storage box 21 is placed on the empty paper discharge form storage box 22, and the top lid 23 is further placed over the paper feed form storage box 21 to integrate the paper feed form storage box 21.

This integrated paper feeding/discharging cassette 12 is mounted on the mounting section 13 of the main body 10 of the apparatus.

When the paper feed/discharge cassette 12 is installed in the device main body 10,
A lift 15 is driven by a lift drive device 16 to push up the form table 14 of the paper feed/discharge cassette 12. As a result, the highest form stacked on the form table is pulled into the main body 10 by the form conveyance device 18, and the character reading section 19
sent to.

The character reading section 19 performs a process of reading characters written on the form.

Thereafter, the numbering mechanism section 20 prints a serial number on the document for which the reading process has been completed.

Then, the form with the serial number printed thereon is sent to and stored in the paper discharge form storage [22] of the paper supply/discharge cassette 12.

When the document reading process is completed, the paper feed/discharge cassette 1
2 from the device main body 10 and take out the form.

In this way, according to the optical character reading device of this embodiment, since the form 11 is stored in the removable paper feed/delivery cassette 12, there is no need to directly touch the moving mechanical parts, so it is safe. , the form 11 will not be lost and operability will be improved.

In addition, in the case of this embodiment, the read form is stored in the space left open by the unread form supplied to the device main body 10, so the space for storing the form can be reduced as a whole, and optical character reading is possible. It is possible to downsize the device.

[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 showing the configuration of an optical character reading device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a cassette, and FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a conventional optical character reading device. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10... Apparatus body, 11... Ledger, 12... Cassette, 14... Ledger stand, 15... Lift, 16... Lift drive device, 19... Character reading section. Applicant: Toshiba Corporation

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A main body, which is removably attached to the main body, and stores paper before a predetermined process by stacking it on a paper tray that is movable along the stacking direction of the paper, a cassette for storing processed paper; and a cassette that stores the paper in the cassette in such a way that, when the cassette is installed in the main body, the uppermost predetermined unprocessed paper in the cassette comes to a predetermined paper feeding position. A paper feeding/discharging device characterized by comprising a paper table moving means for moving a table.