JPH05246600A - Paper sheet discharging device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To perform fractionation and recovery of a receipt image paper sheet and a copying image paper sheet, in a facsimile device having a facsimile function and a duplicator function. CONSTITUTION:A paper discharge tray 3 for receipt and a copy paper discharge tray 4 juxtaposed with each other as the paper discharging device 2 of a composite machine 1 having a facsimile function and a duplicator function. When the facsimile function of the composite machine 1 is used, a receipt image paper sheet discharged during transmission of an image from a facsimile device at other station is recovered by the receipt paper discharge tray 3. When the duplicator function of the composite machine 1 is used, a discharged copying image paper sheet is recovered by the copy paper discharge tray 4.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a paper ejecting device for ejecting and collecting received image paper and copy image paper which are developed in a developing section in a multifunction machine having a facsimile function and a copying machine function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional facsimile machine having a copying machine function is well known. In the paper discharge device of the facsimile machine having such a composite function,
Received image paper that is ejected when using the facsimile function,
It is collected on one common discharge tray without being distinguished from the copy image paper discharged when the copying machine function is used.

[0003]

However, in the above-described conventional facsimile apparatus, the original image is copied using the copying machine function without noticing that the received image paper is collected on the discharge tray, for example. Then, there is a problem that the copy image paper is overlapped on the previously received image paper on the paper discharge tray, and management of the image paper is confused.

In view of the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, the present invention provides a paper discharging device capable of separately collecting received image paper and copied image paper in a multifunction machine such as a facsimile machine having a facsimile function and a copying machine function. To do.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a receiving image paper discharged at the time of using the facsimile function in a paper discharging device of a multifunction machine having a facsimile function and a copying machine function. It is characterized in that a receiving paper discharge tray for receiving and a copying paper discharge tray for receiving copy image paper discharged at the time of using the copying machine function are provided.

[0006]

According to the above construction, when the facsimile function of the multi-function peripheral is used, the received image paper discharged during the image transmission from the facsimile machine of the other station is collected in the receiving paper discharge tray. Also, when using the copier function of the multifunction machine,
The discharged copy image paper is collected in the copy discharge tray.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway side view showing a facsimile machine 1 incorporating a paper discharge device 2 according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a plan view and a partial vertical sectional view of the paper discharge device 2. A facsimile machine 1 shown in FIG. 1 is a multifunction machine having a copying machine function in addition to a facsimile function, and its paper discharge device 2 includes a receiving paper discharge tray 3, a copying paper discharge tray 4, a discharge switching guide 5, and the like. Composed by.

The sheet feeding device 11 includes a sheet feeding tray 12, a sheet feeding roller.
13 and 14, auxiliary rollers 15 and 16, feed rollers 17 and 18, and the like. The sheet feeding device 11 in this case has an upper sheet feeding function. That is, a bundle of originals is set on the paper feed tray 12 with the image surface facing upward, and the originals on the originals are fed to transmit or copy the original image.

A contact sensor 20, a glass plate 21 and the like are arranged on a document table 19 on which the document P is fed by the paper feeding device 11. The contact sensor 20 is a device for reading the image of the original P pressed by the polyester film 22, and when transmitting the image of the original P, the image data read by the contact sensor 20 is converted into a digital signal and transmitted. To be done. The glass plate 21 irradiates the image surface of the fed document P with light from a light source 23 constituting an exposure device, and its optical image is arranged below the document table 19 by a SELFOC lens 24. The outer peripheral surface of the drum-shaped photoconductor 25 is exposed. The document P sent onto the glass plate 21 is collected by a document receiving stand 27 via a discharge roller 26.

Around the photosensitive member 25, in addition to the exposure device, a charging device 28, an LED print head 29, a developing device.
30, the transfer / separation device 31, and the cleaning device 32 are arranged in this order in the rotation direction of the photoconductor 25 (indicated by arrow R). The LED print head 29 is a device that converts image data received by a facsimile function into an optical signal and exposes the outer peripheral surface of the photoconductor 25.

A paper feed / transport path 34 is provided from the paper feed port 33 to the transfer / separation device 31, and a paper discharge / transport path 36 is provided from the transfer / separation device 31 to the fixing device 35. The image paper discharged through the fixing device 35 is discharged to the receiving paper discharge tray 3 or the copying paper discharge tray 4 by the operation of the paper discharging device 2 described later.

In the paper discharge device 2 shown in FIG. 1, the receiving paper discharge tray 3 is the fixing device when the facsimile function is used.
The tray is a tray for collecting the received image paper discharged through 35 and is arranged in front of the fixing device 35. Further, the copy discharge tray 4 is also the fixing device 35 when the copying machine function is used.
It is a tray that collects copy image paper discharged through
It is arranged below the receiving paper discharge tray 3.

The fixing device 35 of the receiving paper discharge tray 3
As shown in FIG. 2, a discharge switching guide 5 is rotatably supported at an end portion opposite to the shaft 6 via a shaft 6. The discharge switching guide 5 is a guide member for switching and discharging the image paper from the fixing device 35 to the receiving paper discharge tray 3 or the copying paper discharge tray 4 according to the rotational posture set to be switched, and the arm. It is connected to the rod 9 a of the solenoid 9 via 7.

That is, the guide pin 9b projecting from the rod 9a of the solenoid 9 is inserted into the elongated guide hole 8 of the arm 7 fixed to one side of the discharge switching guide 5, and the guide pin 9b is advanced or retracted in accordance with the advance / retreat of the rod 9a. The discharge switching guide 5 is shown in FIG.
It is possible to switch between the rotational posture shown in FIG. 2B and the rotational posture shown in FIG. When the solenoid 9 is driven, its rod 9a
The rod 9a retracts against the urging force of the compression coil spring 10 attached to the discharge switching guide 5, and the discharge switching guide 5 assumes the horizontal posture shown in FIG. 2 (B). When the solenoid 9 is released, the rod 9a advances due to the urging force of the compression coil spring 10,
The discharge switching guide 5 has an inclined posture shown in FIG.

At the one end of the discharge switching guide 5, the tip of the copy image paper guided in the inclined posture is turned to the base end side of the copy discharge tray 4 as shown by an arrow F in FIG. Guide claws 5a are formed. Also,
As shown in FIG. 1, a concave portion 4a for receiving the front end of the copy image paper guided by the reverse guide claw 5a is formed at the base end of the copy discharge tray 4.

As shown in FIG. 3, the operation unit 37 of the facsimile apparatus 1 includes a fax button 38 for inputting an operation start command of a facsimile function and a copy button 39 for inputting an operation start command of a copying machine function. It is provided. The solenoid 9 is driven in response to the start of the operation of the facsimile function, and the solenoid 9 is released during the operation of the copying machine function.

Next, the operation of the paper discharge device 2 will be described with reference to FIG. 4 depending on whether the facsimile function of the facsimile apparatus 1 is used or the copying machine function is used. (1) At the time of the facsimile function operation At this time, the solenoid 9 is driven and the discharge switching guide 5
Is in the horizontal posture shown in FIG.

The image data received from the facsimile machine of the other station by the facsimile function is converted into an optical signal by the LED print head 29, which is exposed on the surface of the photoconductor 25. The exposed image is developed by the developing device 30,
The image is transferred by the transfer / separation device 31 to the paper supplied from the paper feed port 33 through the paper feed conveyance path 34. The transferred reception image paper P1 is separated from the photoconductor 46 and is sent to the fixing device 35 via the paper discharge conveyance path 36. The received image paper P1 fixed and discharged from the fixing device 35 is directly collected on the receiving paper discharge tray 3 without being redirected by the discharge switching guide 5 as shown in FIG. Normally, as described above, original images are transmitted from other stations in ascending order of page numbers. Therefore, at this time, the receiving image output tray 3 has the image surface facing upward and the receiving image sheets are in the order of young page numbers. P1 is collected in sequence.

(2) When the copy machine function is operating When the copy button 39 is pressed to start the use of the copy machine function after the reception is completed, in this case, the solenoid 9 is kept in the drive release state, so that the discharge switching guide 5 It switches to the inclined posture shown in FIG. Paper feeder 11 of the facsimile machine 1
In this case, since it has an upper paper feeding function, at this time, a bundle of originals is set on the paper feeding tray 12 with the image side facing up. Therefore, in the case of a stack of originals stacked in the order of normal page numbers, the originals are fed in ascending order of page numbers.

The image of the original P fed on the original table 19 in this manner is irradiated on the glass plate 21 by the light source 23 of the exposure device, and its optical image is exposed on the surface of the photoconductor 25 by the self-hook lens 24. To be done. The exposed image is the developing device
The image is developed in 30, and the image is transferred by the transfer / separation device 31 to the paper supplied from the paper feed port 33 through the paper feed conveyance path 34. The transferred copy image paper is separated from the photoconductor 25 and is sent to the fixing device 35 through the paper discharge transfer path 36. The copy image paper P2 fixed and discharged from the fixing device 35 is discharged to the copy discharge tray 4 below by the guide of the discharge switching guide 5 in the inclined posture.

At this time, especially by the reversing guide claw 5a of the discharge switching guide 5, the front end of the copy image paper P2 is shown in FIG.
As shown in (B), the recess 4 at the base end of the copy discharge tray 4
Since it is directed to a, the trailing edge of the copy image paper falls to the leading edge side of the copy discharge tray 4. That is, the ejected copy image sheets P2 are reversed on the front and back and sequentially stacked on the copy discharge tray 4. At this time, since the original P is fed in the order of young page numbers, the copied images are arranged on the copy discharge tray 4 so that the image surface faces downward and the young page numbers continue from the bottom to the top. The paper sheets P2 will overlap. Therefore, the bundle of copy image papers P2 taken out from the copy discharge tray 4 is overlapped in the order of normal page numbers. At this time, even if copying is performed without removing the received image paper P1 collected in the receiving paper discharge tray 3 in the previous reception, as shown in FIG. 4C, the received image paper P1 and the copied image paper P1 P2 is a dedicated discharge tray 3 or 4 respectively
They will not be mixed because they are collected separately.

When reception is performed again after the copying operation is completed, a new received image paper is received on the previously received received image paper P1 in the receiving paper discharge tray 3 as shown in FIG. 4D. P1 will overlap. However, when the driving of the solenoid 9 is released in the reset state, the discharge switching guide 5 is always in the inclined posture as shown in FIG. 4B, so that the operation causes the received image paper P1 to move toward the front end side of the receiving discharge tray 3. Since it is pressed, a positional deviation occurs between the received image paper P1 ejected in the next reception, and this makes it possible to distinguish it from the previously received image paper P1.

In the above embodiment, when the copy image paper P2 is discharged to the copy discharge tray 4, the discharge switching guide 5 is used.
Although the case where the front and back of the copy image paper P2 is inverted by the reverse guide claw 5a of FIG. 5 is shown, if the order of the page numbers of the collected copy image paper P2 is not particular, the reverse function is not provided as shown in FIG. Only the discharge path may be switched by the discharge switching guide 45.

[0024]

The present invention has the above-described structure, and in a paper discharge device of a multifunction machine having a facsimile function and a copying machine function, a receiving paper discharge tray for receiving received image paper discharged when the facsimile function is used. And a paper discharge tray for copying that receives the copy image paper discharged when the copying machine function is used, the received image paper and the copy image paper can be collected separately and the image paper can be managed correctly. it can.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway side view showing a facsimile device incorporating a paper discharge device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view and a partial vertical sectional view of the paper discharge device.

FIG. 3 is a partial plan view showing an operation unit of the facsimile apparatus.

FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory view of the paper discharge device.

FIG. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Multifunction machine, 2 ... Paper ejection device, 3 ... Receiving paper ejection tray, 4
... Paper output tray

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a paper discharge device of a multi-function peripheral having a facsimile function and a copying machine function, a receiving paper discharge tray for receiving received image paper discharged when the facsimile function is used, and a discharge tray when the copying machine function is used. And a paper discharge tray for copying which receives a copy image paper.