JPH05897B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] Technical field The present invention relates to a facsimile device.

BACKGROUND ART In conventional facsimile devices, the document conveyance mechanism and the recording paper conveyance mechanism are installed side by side in the width direction or front and back direction in the housing of the facsimile device. For example, if the recording paper transport mechanism is placed at the rear of the housing, the received recording paper will be ejected to the rear, making it inconvenient to handle. It was hot.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a document transport mechanism, a recording paper holding section, and a photoelectric conversion section disposed in the front, center, and rear parts of a housing of a facsimile apparatus, and the recording paper transport mechanism is connected to the document transport mechanism. vertically relative to
Further, the recording paper is arranged in the front part so that the recording paper is ejected from the same side as the original ejection side, and an opening is arranged in the center part, and a lid is provided to freely open and close the opening. In addition, a lid body with a recording head attached thereto is provided so that the recording paper can be exchanged and mounted through the opening, thereby making the housing compact in the width direction and reducing the layout floor area in the width direction. By arranging the paper transport mechanism and roll paper holder, which are frequently operated, at the front of the housing, the document and recording paper can be taken out from the same side at the front of the housing, and the recording roll paper can be taken out from the same side at the front of the housing. Replacement can also be easily performed at the roll paper holding section close to the front of the housing, thus providing a facsimile apparatus that is compact and has a component layout with excellent operability.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In FIGS. 1 and 2, 1 is a housing of a facsimile device, and 2 is a frame between a pair of fixed side plates (not shown) disposed on both sides of the housing 1. This is a reinforcing member that connects both side plates. The reinforcing member 2 is integrally molded from resin. Reference numeral 3 denotes a document conveyance mechanism disposed at the front of the housing 1 of the facsimile apparatus, which discharges the inserted document 4 from a discharge port 6 through a document conveyance path 5 formed in a straight line at the top of the housing 1. The document transport mechanism 3 is configured as follows. 7,
8 is a paper feed roller, and 9 is a separation roller. The paper feed rollers 7, 8 and the separation roller 9 each have their rotating shafts supported by the side plates, and are driven by a pulse motor (not shown) attached to one side plate. A brake piece 10 comes into pressure contact with the separation roller 9, and when a plurality of sheets of originals 4 are inserted, it functions to stop the upper layer of originals by friction and send out the originals one by one starting from the lowest layer. 11 is a leaf spring that presses the document 4 against the paper feed rollers 7 and 8; 12 is a lid on the sending side to which the leaf spring 11 is attached; the lid body is rotatably supported on support shafts 13 fixed to the both side plates. ing. Reference numeral 14 denotes a document guide fixed to the lid 12 on the sending side, and reference numeral 15 denotes a position on the upstream side of the separation roller 9 for handling the document 4.
The first detecting means detects the presence or absence of the object, and is formed of a reflective sensor. 16 is a second detection means for detecting the document 4 immediately before the document reading section 17;
2, and a phototransistor 16b disposed opposite to the diode with the document conveyance path 5 in between. In the conveyance mechanism 3, when the first detection means 15 detects the document 4, the paper feed rollers 7, 8 and the separation roller 9 rotate, and the document 4, which is fed out one by one from the separation roller 9, is transferred to the paper feed roller 7. , 8. Thereafter, when the transmission ends and the second detection means 16 detects the rear end of the final document 4, the paper feed rollers 7 and 8 and the separation roller 9 are stopped after a delay time from the detection time.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a holding portion for the recording roll paper 19 disposed in the center of the housing 1, and the intermediate portion of the reinforcing member 2 is molded with resin into a box shape.

Reference numeral 20 denotes an optical system for reading the original 4, which is configured as follows. 21 is a light source that illuminates the original 4 in the reading unit 17 through the reading glass 22;
A reflecting mirror 23 converts the direction of the optical axis of the reflected light and sends the reflected light through slits 24 and 25 to a photoelectric conversion section 26, which will be described later, at the rear of the housing 1.

The photoelectric conversion section 26 is configured as follows. 27 is a condensing lens, 28 is a holding part for the condensing lens, and this reinforcing member 2 is attached to the rear end of the reinforcing member 2.
It is integrally molded with resin. 29 is a photoelectric conversion element such as an image sensor, and 30 is a reading board to which the photoelectric conversion element 29 is attached, and is attached to the holding part 28 with a mounting screw (not shown) so that its position and angle can be adjusted.

31 is an electric circuit board, and 32 is a power supply unit.

Reference numeral 33 denotes a recording paper conveyance mechanism that feeds and conveys the recording roll paper 19, and is arranged vertically parallel to the document conveyance mechanism 3 so as to discharge the recording paper 19' from the same side as the discharge side of the original 4. It's getting old. Specifically, the recording paper transport mechanism 33 includes a platen roller 3 that presses the recording paper 19' against the thermal head 34.
At step 5, the continuous recording paper 19' is fed out along the paper guide section 36 of the reinforcing member 2, and further guided by the guides 37, 38.
The paper is sent to an automatic cutter 40 through a conveyance path 39 formed by
Send from 1. The platen roller 35 is rotatably supported by the side plates, and is driven by a pulse motor (not shown) via a one-way clutch (not shown).

Reference numeral 42 designates a receiving side lid body on which a thermal head 34 is attached at a location avoiding the optical axis 43 of the optical system so as not to interfere with the optical axis 43, and is rotatably supported on shafts 44 fixed to the both side plates. and roll paper support part 1
8 and the upper opening 45 of the recording paper conveyance mechanism 33 are covered so as to be openable and closable. By opening and closing the lid 42, the recording roll paper 19 on the support section 18 can be replaced and mounted. In addition, the lid body 42 is arranged on the upstream side of the document transport path 5, and its upper surface is used as a document guide. Further, the lid 42 is locked by a locking mechanism (not shown) so that the thermal head 34 and the platen roller 35 are maintained in pressure contact when the lid 42 is closed.

Next, the operation of the apparatus will be explained using a copying operation as an example. In the device, when the original 4 is inserted into the insertion slot along the upper surface of the receiving side lid 42 which also serves as a document guide, the first detection means 15 detects the front end of the original 4 and generates a detection signal, This signal activates the pulse motor, and the separation roller 9 and paper feed rollers 7 and 8 start rotating. When a plurality of original documents 4 are inserted, they are transferred under pressure by separation rollers 9 and brake pieces 10, and are sent out one by one starting from the lowest layer. After that, the original 4 and paper feed roller 7
When the front end of the original 4 is detected by the second detection means 16 after being transferred under pressure by the leaf spring 11, a detection signal is generated, and when the timer is activated and the front end of the original 4 reaches the reading section 17 after a delay time, Stop once. After that, the paper feed rollers 7 and 8 of the document feed mechanism 3 and the platen roller 35 of the recording paper feed mechanism 33
Each of them is rotated synchronously by a pulse motor, and reading scanning and recording scanning are performed in parallel.

In the case where only one original is inserted here, when the rear end of the original 4 is detected by the second detection means 16, a timer is activated from the time of detection for a predetermined period of time, specifically, when the rear end of the original 4 is detected by the reading section 17. The time it takes to reach
The reading scan continues, and then the document ejection operation begins. After the recording is completed, the recording paper transport mechanism 33 transports the recording paper 19' until the recording end point of the recording paper 19' reaches the cutting point by the automatic cutter 40, and after cutting the recording paper 19' to a predetermined length by the automatic cutter 40. All operations are completed.

Furthermore, when there are a plurality of inserted originals, the recording paper transport mechanism 33 records the image of the preceding page without having to feed the recording paper 19' from the recording section to the cutting point every time the recording of the preceding page is completed. recorded paper 1
The image of the subsequent page is continuously printed on the recording paper 9', and the continuously recorded preceding page and subsequent page are cut and separated when they pass through the cutting point, and then after the recording of the last page is finished, the recording paper 19 is ' is fed from the recording section to the cutting point and cut.

Industrial Applicability This invention is compact and has excellent operability, that is, it minimizes the occurrence of troubles such as paper jams, and in the event that troubles such as paper jams occur, it can be easily handled. Used in facsimile machines that can remove paper.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the present invention viewed from the side, and FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the same embodiment viewed from the side with the lid open. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Housing, 3...Document transport mechanism, 4...Document, 18...Roll paper holding section, 19'...Recording paper, 26...Photoelectric conversion unit, 33...Recording paper transport mechanism.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A document conveyance mechanism, a recording paper holding section, and a photoelectric conversion section are arranged in the front, center, and rear parts of the housing of the facsimile device, and the recording paper conveyance mechanism is arranged vertically with respect to the document conveyance mechanism. Further, an opening is disposed at the front portion so that the recording paper is ejected from the same side as the document ejection side, and an opening is disposed at the center portion, and a lid is provided so that the opening can be freely opened and closed. A facsimile apparatus, further comprising: a lid to which a recording head is attached, and the recording paper is exchanged and mounted through the opening.