JPH05219282A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To increase the quantity of imbeding when the facsimile equipment is imbeded to part of a vehicle or into a wall face. CONSTITUTION:A paper feeding port 11 for an original carrying path for carrying an original 50 when the original is sent, a paper discharge port 12, a paper discharge port 13 for a print paper path used for print-out when document data are received, and an operation section 90 operating the facsimile equipment are arranged to one side of housing 1, that is, to a front side 1a. The facsimile equipment is installed to a vehicle while being imbeded to part of the vehicle and leaving the side of the front side 1a of the housing 1 or installed while being imbeded to a wall face, then the quantity of imbeding is increased.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and more particularly to a structure of a housing having good operability.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a housing of a conventional facsimile machine, there is one disclosed in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 62-109561.

The housing of a facsimile apparatus of this type has a path for feeding and ejecting an original when transmitting an original, a path for a print sheet for receiving and printing print data on a built-in thermal paper, and a facsimile. The operation surfaces on which the key switches for operating the apparatus are arranged are the upper surface and the front surface, and at least a plurality of surfaces of the housing constituting the facsimile apparatus are used to supply and discharge the original passage for transmitting the original. A mouth, a paper discharge port for printing out on a recording paper such as a thermal paper, and an operation surface are provided.

The thus constructed facsimile apparatus is used by being placed on a desk.

[0005]

However, the facsimile machine having the above-mentioned structure has a large amount of embedding when it is installed in a vehicle so as to be embedded in a part of the vehicle or embedded in a wall surface. There was a problem that I could not do much. That is, there is a problem that the effect of the embedding cannot be sufficiently obtained because the paper feed / eject port of the document path for transmitting the document, the paper ejection port of the path for printing output on the thermal paper, and the operation surface are exposed. It was

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile apparatus in which the embedding amount can be increased.

[0007]

A facsimile apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a recording paper discharge port, a document insertion port, and a document discharge port on the outer surface of a housing, and the recording paper discharge port and the document insertion port are provided. , And a document discharge port are arranged on one side of the housing.

A facsimile apparatus according to another invention is provided with a recording paper discharge port, a document insertion port, a document discharge port, and an operating portion on the outer surface of the housing, and the recording paper discharge port and the document insertion port are provided. The document discharge port and the operation section are arranged on one side of the housing.

A facsimile apparatus according to another aspect of the present invention includes a housing capable of accommodating recording paper therein, an image sensor accommodated in the housing, the image sensor having a reading surface parallel to one surface of the housing, and the housing. A document insertion port provided on the one surface and extending to the reading surface,
A document discharge port provided on the one surface of the housing in parallel with the document insertion port and extending to the reading surface, and a place provided between the document insertion port and the document discharge port provided on the one surface of the housing A recording sheet discharge port provided in parallel with the document insertion port and the document discharge port, and recording means for recording on the recording paper housed in the housing. The discharge can be performed only on the one side.

[0010]

In the present invention, the recording paper discharge port, the document insertion port, and the document discharge port are provided on the outer surface of the housing, and the recording paper discharge port, the document insertion port, and the document discharge port are provided in the housing. By arranging the recording paper or the original on one side, the transport system is moved only on a specific side.

According to another aspect of the invention, a recording paper discharge port, a document insertion port, a document discharge port, and an operating portion are provided on the outer surface of the housing, and the recording paper discharge port, the document insertion port, and the original document are inserted. By arranging the discharge port and the operating portion on one side of the housing, the recording paper or the document can be moved only on a specific side of the transport system, and the operation is also performed on the same side.

According to another aspect of the invention, the recording paper can be housed in the housing, and the image sensor is provided on the inner surface of the housing as a reading surface.
A document insertion port extending to the reading surface is provided, and a document ejection port is provided in parallel with the document insertion port on the surface of the housing, except between the document insertion port on the surface of the housing and the document ejection port. A recording paper discharge port is provided at a place in parallel with the document insertion port and the document discharge port, and the document is inserted and discharged and the recording paper is discharged only on the surface.

[0013]

EXAMPLES Examples of the present invention will now be described.

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a section line X- of FIG.
It is a principal part sectional view by X. Further, FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which a document is fed when transmitting by the facsimile apparatus of one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a thermal paper when receiving by the facsimile apparatus of one embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view which shows a sending state.

In the figure, a housing 1 is formed by integrally molding a front surface 1a, a bottom surface 1b, and both side surfaces 1e, 1f, a back surface 1c is attached thereto, and most of the housing 1g is provided with a lid portion 1g rotatably attached. The upper surface 1d has an outer box of the facsimile apparatus. The front surface 1a of the housing 1 has a paper feed port 11 and a paper ejection port 12 of a document passage for feeding and ejecting the document 50 when transmitting the document 50. A gate 11a is provided that rotates to close or release the opening and guides the document 50 together with the opening.

A reading device 20 for reading the written image data of the document 50 when transmitting the document 50 is disposed in the document passage, and the reading device 20 includes a light emitting diode array 21 and an optical lens 22. , Image sensor 2
It is composed of 3.

A feed roller 30 is provided in the original passage.
The document 50 is pressed against the pressing plate 31 by the
When the original 50 is fed from the side of the paper feed port 11 by the rotation of 0,
Transfer to side 2. Further, a document detection sensor 33 is arranged on the side of the paper feed port 11 of the document passage, and the paper feed port 11 is provided.
The insertion of the document 50 inserted into the document is detected.

The original 50 in the original passage thus configured
Is carried out as follows. First, the gate 11a
When the document 50 is released and the document 50 is inserted into the paper feed port 11, the document detection sensor 33 detects it and rotates the feed roller 30. The document 50 is pressed between the feed roller 30 and the pressing plate 31, and the document 5 is rotated by the rotation of the feed roller 30.
0 is transferred from the paper feed port 11 side to the paper ejection port 12 side.

When the document detection sensor 33 detects the passage of the document 50, the feed roller 30 rotates to cause the document 5 to move.
The predetermined feeding of 0 is performed, and when the discharging is completed, the rotation of the feeding roller 30 is stopped.

A paper receiver and a guide 71 are provided in an opening on the upper surface 1d side of the housing 1, and a roll paper 60 made of a thermal paper is placed thereon. The roll paper 60 has a paper feed roller 70 at its end and a thermal head 8 to be described later.
When the paper feed roller 70 is pressed between 0 and 0, the document data is printed from the paper discharge port 13 of the print paper path formed between the upper portion of the front surface 1a of the housing 1 and the cutter portion 1h of the lid portion 1g. The rolled paper 60 is discharged. It should be noted that the thermal head 80 and the like for recording on the roll paper 60 made of heat-sensitive paper as recording paper contained in the housing 1 constitutes the recording means of this embodiment.

A lid portion 1g on the upper surface 1d of the housing 1
Is rotatably supported by a bearing (not shown), and the spring 7
The elastic force of No. 3 is urged, and when the engagement with the lid portion 1g is released by pressing the paper exchange lever 74, the elastic force of the spring 73 opens the lid portion 1g.

A thermal head 80 and its heat radiating plate 82 are held inside a lid portion 1g of the upper surface 1d of the housing 1 via a bracket 81, and the end portion of the thermal head 80 and the paper feed roller 70 are held. A roll paper 60 made of heat-sensitive paper is disposed between and. A guide plate 72 for guiding the discharge from the roll paper 60 is arranged inside the lid portion 1g.

Therefore, the stretched end of the roll paper 60 is clamped between the paper feed roller 70 and the thermal head 80, which is rotated by the rotation of the paper feed roller 70.
The paper is ejected from a paper ejection port 13 formed between the upper portion of the front surface 1a of the housing 1 and the cutter portion 1h of the lid portion 1g.

Operation unit 90 for controlling the facsimile machine
Is arranged on the front surface 1 a of the housing 1. In the illustrated embodiment, only the automatic reception switch is used, but as the operation unit 90, switches such as a transmission switch and a mode selection switch may be provided if necessary.

The facsimile apparatus of this embodiment constructed as described above can perform transmission and reception as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.

First, when transmitting a document, as shown in FIG. 3, when the gate 11a is opened and the document 50 is inserted into the paper feed port 11, the document detection sensor 33 detects it and is not shown. The feed roller 30 is rotated by the control circuit. After confirming the receiving state of the other party, the original 50 is pressed between the feed roller 30 and the pressing plate 31, and the original 50 is transferred from the paper feed port 11 side to the paper ejection port 12 side by the rotation of the feed roller 30. To do. At this time, the light emitting diode array 2
The light generated in 1 illuminates the original 50, which is condensed by the optical lens 22 and detected by the image sensor 23, and is transmitted to the other side as the line drawing data for each line.

When the document detection sensor 33 detects the passage of the document 50, the control circuit rotates the feed roller 30 to rotate the document 50 so that the discharge of the document 50 is completed, and then stops the rotation of the feed roller 30.

When receiving the drawing data, for example,
By turning on the automatic receiving switch, reception printing is performed as shown in FIG.

That is, when the control circuit receives the document image data, the thermal head 80 prints the document image data on the roll paper 60 held between the paper feed roller 70 and the thermal head 80. This is continuously performed by the rotation of the paper feed roller 70, and the roll paper 60 is ejected from the paper ejection port 13. The end of the ejected roll paper 60 is the lid 1
It is cut by the cutter part 1h of g.

As described above, the facsimile apparatus according to the above-described embodiment prints when receiving the document feed port 11 and the discharge port 12 of the document passage for transporting the document 50 when transmitting the document 50, and the document data. The discharge port 13 of the print sheet path for outputting and the operation section 90 for operating the facsimile apparatus are arranged on one side of the housing 1, that is, the front surface 1a.

Therefore, the front side 1a side of the housing 1 of the facsimile apparatus can be left as it is, and it can be installed by being embedded in a part of the vehicle for vehicle installation, or can be installed by being embedded in the wall surface. I can do a lot.

Replenishment of the roll paper is performed by pulling out the housing 1 installed by being embedded in a part of the vehicle or being installed by being embedded in the wall surface and opening the lid 1g.

By the way, in the above-described embodiment, the paper feed / eject port of the document passage for transferring the document when transmitting the document is
Although the paper feed port and the paper discharge port are separately arranged vertically, in the case of implementing the present invention, a document fed from the paper feed port makes a U-turn in the housing and is fed from the same paper feed port. The original may be provided with a single paper feed port and a single paper ejection port so as to be ejected. Further, a branch path is formed with a gate or the like at the paper feed / discharge port of the document path for feeding / discharging the document when transmitting the document, and the discharge port of the print sheet path for printing output when the document data is received. You can become one by doing.

Further, the discharge port of the print sheet path for performing print output when receiving the document image data of the above-mentioned embodiment is provided with a step portion at the upper part of the front surface of the housing, and a step portion and a lid portion at the upper part of the front surface. Although it is formed between the cutter portions of the above, when the present invention is carried out, the discharge port may be provided only on the front surface of the housing. It is desirable that this discharge port has a structure in which the discharge port can be separated for setting roll paper.

The operation unit for operating the facsimile apparatus of the above embodiment is only an automatic reception switch, but a plurality of switches may be provided when the present invention is carried out.

Further, in the case of implementing the present invention, as in the facsimile apparatus of the above-described embodiment, the paper feed / eject port of the document passage for receiving and feeding the document when transmitting the document and receiving the document image data. By arranging the discharge port of the print paper path for performing the print output and the operation section for operating the facsimile device on one side of the housing, the embedded amount can be increased. By only setting it, the embedding amount can be maximized.

[0037]

As described above, the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention is capable of feeding and discharging a document passage for feeding and discharging a document when transmitting a document, and a printout when receiving the document data. Since the discharge port of the printing paper path to be performed is arranged on one side of the housing, for example, it is installed in a part of the vehicle for vehicle installation and the operation unit is separated by remote control etc. Will be suitable. Also, it can be installed by embedding it in the wall surface, and the amount of embedding can be increased.

Further, a facsimile apparatus of another invention is a paper feed / eject port of a document passage for feeding / discharging a document when transmitting a document, and a print sheet path for performing a print output when receiving document data. Since the paper discharge port and the operation unit for operating the facsimile device are disposed on one side of the housing, it can be installed in a part of the vehicle for mounting on a vehicle or installed on a wall surface. It can be embedded and installed, and the amount of embedding can be increased.

Further, the facsimile apparatus according to another aspect of the present invention has an image sensor attached to one surface of the housing, and has an original insertion port, an original ejection port, and a recording paper ejection port on the surface thereof. However, even if the embedding amount is increased, the ease of managing the facsimile apparatus is not affected.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a main part taken along the section line XX in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a document feeding state when a document is transmitted by the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a feeding state of the thermal paper when receiving by the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of reference numerals] 1 housing 11 paper feed port of document passage 12 paper ejection port of document passage 13 paper ejection port of printing paper path 50 original document 60 roll paper 90 operation unit

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile apparatus having a recording paper discharge port, a document insertion port, and a document discharge port on an outer surface of a housing, wherein the recording paper discharge port, the document insertion port, and the document discharge port are provided in a housing. A facsimile machine characterized by being arranged on one side. 2. A facsimile apparatus comprising a recording paper discharge port, a document insertion port, a document discharge port, and an operating section on an outer surface of a housing, wherein the recording paper discharge port, the document insertion port, the document discharge port, And a facsimile apparatus characterized in that the operation section is disposed on one side of the housing. 3. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the housing is a substantially rectangular parallelepiped. 4. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the facsimile apparatus can be embedded in a state that one side of the housing is exposed. 5. A housing capable of accommodating recording paper therein;
An image sensor housed in the housing and having a reading surface parallel to one surface of the housing; a document insertion opening provided on the one surface of the housing and continuing to the reading surface; an original insertion opening on the one surface of the housing A document outlet provided in parallel and continuing to the reading surface; provided on the one surface of the housing and parallel to the document insertion port and the document ejection port at a position other than between the document insertion port and the document ejection port And a recording means for recording on the recording paper housed in the housing, and at least the original can be inserted and discharged and the recording paper can be discharged only on the one surface. And a facsimile machine. 6. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising an operation section for instructing transmission or reception on the one surface of the housing. 7. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the recording paper is rolled up. 8. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the recording paper device has a recording surface in a direction perpendicular to the one surface of the housing.