JPH06107348A - Image recording device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce cost and utilize a manual insert hole with high utilizability without having the trouble to manually insert a recording paper by placing an image recording device body on the recording paper housing part of a recording paper feed base having a recording paper delivery part, and feeding the recording paper delivered from the recording paper feed part through the manual insert hole. CONSTITUTION:A recording paper feed base 21 on which an image recording device body 1 can be placed has a recording paper housing part 21a having a paper feed tray 22 under the image recording device body 1, and a delivery roller 23 for delivering recording papers on the paper feed tray 22 one by one and a receiving carrying roller 24 in the part situated on the outside of the side surface on which the manual insert hole 16 of the image recording device body 1 is opened. When the image recording device body 1 is placed on the recording paper feed base 21, the recording paper delivered from the recording paper delivery part 21b of the recording paper feed base 21 is fed into the manual insert hole 16 of the image recording device body 1. Thus, the produced number of image recording devices having manual insert holes is increased, and the cost can be reduced.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image recording device such as a copying machine or a printer, and more particularly to an image recording device having a manual paper feed port.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an image recording apparatus such as that described above, when a recording sheet is inserted into a manual feed port, a sensor detects the recording sheet, and a recording operation such as a copying operation is started based on the detected information, and the inserted recording is performed. The paper is loaded into the machine, the image is recorded on the recording paper, and then the paper is ejected from the discharge port.The manual insertion port is used for recording images on special size paper or special paper that is difficult to set in a paper cassette or paper tray. Although it is convenient to throw away because it can be used, there is a problem that it is low in utilization due to the troublesomeness of manually feeding one piece of recording paper, and thus the demand for an image recording apparatus having a manual feed port does not increase. In addition, there was a problem that the production volume would be low and the cost would be high.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the number of image recording apparatuses having a manual feed port can be increased to reduce the cost, and the manual feed port can be recorded. An object of the present invention is to provide an image recording apparatus that can be used with a high degree of use without the trouble of manually feeding paper.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, an image recording apparatus main body having a manual feed port for recording paper, a recording paper storage unit provided with a paper feed tray, and one recording paper on the paper feed tray are sent. And a recording paper feeding table having a paper feeding section, the feeding table placing the main body on the recording paper storage section, and feeding the recording paper fed from the recording paper feeding section of the feeding table. The image recording apparatus is characterized in that it is used for feeding it into the main body from the manual insertion port, and the configuration achieves the above object.

[0005]

That is, in the image recording apparatus of the present invention,
The image recording device itself is used as an image recording device having a manual feed port, and when the image recording device body is placed on the recording paper feed base, the recording paper is fed from the recording paper feed base through the manual feed port of the image recording device main body. Since it is used as an image recording device having an automatic paper feeding means for feeding, the number of image recording devices having a manual insertion port can be increased and the cost can be reduced through both uses, and at least the image recording device main body alone can use the manual insertion port. In the combination of the main body of the image recording apparatus and the recording paper feeding stand, the manual feed port is used with high utilization.

[0006]

The present invention will be described below with reference to the illustrated examples.

1 and 2 are schematic cross-sectional views showing an example of the image recording apparatus of the present invention. In the figures, 1 is the image recording apparatus main body, 2 is a document mounting table, and 3 is on the document mounting table 2. A scanning exposure device that scans and exposes a document and causes reflected light to enter the photosensitive drum 4 that rotates in the direction of the arrow, 5 is a cleaning device that removes residual toner from the surface of the photosensitive drum 4, and 6 is the cleaned photosensitive drum 4. A charger that uniformly charges the surface of the photoconductor drum, and a photosensitive drum 4 that is uniformly charged.
A developing device that develops an electrostatic latent image formed by image light incident on the surface of the sheet by the scanning exposure device 3 into a toner image, 8 is a transfer device that transfers the toner image to recording paper, and 9 is the recording paper that is exposed. A separator for separating the surface of the body drum 4, a conveyor for feeding the separated recording paper to the heat roller fixing device 11, and a discharge roller 12 for discharging the recording paper having the toner image fixed thereon.

The image recording apparatus main body 1 in the illustrated example has two series of recording paper supply system paths. One of them is an automatic feeding system path for feeding one recording sheet of the sheet feeding cassette 20 inserted in the main body 1 to the transfer section via the sending roller 13, the receiving and conveying roller 14, and the register roller 15, and Is a manual feed system path for feeding the recording paper inserted into the manual feed port 16 to the transfer portion via the feed roller 17 and the register roller 15.

Reference numerals 18 and 19 respectively denote sensors for detecting the leading edge of the recording paper, and the detection information thereof is also used for detecting jams in the recording paper. That is, the rotation of the receiving and conveying roller 14 and the sending roller 17 is stopped so that the pressure roller contacts the register roller 15, and the rotation of the sending roller 17 is started according to the detection information of the sensor 19. The above-described configuration of the image recording apparatus main body 1 is conventionally known.

Reference numeral 21 denotes a recording paper feed table on which the image recording apparatus main body 1 can be placed, as shown in the drawing, and a lower portion of the image recording apparatus main body 1 is a recording paper storage portion provided with a paper feed tray 22. 21a, which is located on the outside of the side surface of the image recording apparatus main body 1 where the manual feed port 16 is open. In the first example, the recording paper feeding unit 21 further including a relay roller 25
It is b. 26 is a rear partition plate whose position can be adjusted to receive the rear edge of the recording paper placed on the paper tray 22.
22 The recording paper is placed on the left side of the drawing or the front side of the drawing.

In the example shown in FIG. 2, a manual insertion device 27 for vertically inserting and inserting recording paper is attached to the side of the image recording device main body 1 where the manual insertion port 16 is open.
When the sensor 19 detects the leading edge of the recording paper inserted from the sensor 28, the feed roller 17 of the image recording apparatus main body 1 and the feed roller 29 of the manual feed device 27 start rotating. And
The inserted recording paper is sent from the manual feed port 16 of the image recording apparatus main body 1 to the register roller 15 by the feeding roller 17. Further, the manual feeding device 27 is also provided with a receiving port 30 for receiving the recording paper from the recording paper feeding table 21 and guiding it to the manual feeding port 16.

Correctly set the image recording apparatus main body 1 to the recording paper feeding table.
When placed on 21, the recording paper sent out from the recording paper feeding section 21b of the recording paper feeding table 21 is fed to the manual feed port 16 of the image recording apparatus main body 1 in both examples of FIGS. Become. When the image recording apparatus main body 1 is placed on the recording paper feeding table 21, both are connected by a signal power transmission / reception cable (not shown). As a result, the sending roller 23 and the receiving / conveying roller 24 of the recording paper feeding table 21 or the relay roller 25 are driven by being controlled by the control device like the sending roller 13 and the receiving / conveying roller 14 of the image recording apparatus main body 1. And as a result,
The image recording apparatus is the same as having two automatic supply system paths. In this case, the feeding roller 17 of the manual feed port 16 rotates in synchronization with the receiving / conveying roller 24 and the relay roller 25 of the recording paper feeding table 21.

In the example shown in FIG. 1, since manual paper feeding cannot be performed, the top plate portion 21c of the recording paper feeding section 21b of the recording paper feeding table 21 is provided.
So that it can be opened and rotated in the direction of the arrow, a sensor for detecting the opening is provided, and the detection information of the sensor provides a state similar to that when the above-mentioned cable is not connected, and the top plate By allowing the recording paper to be inserted into the manual feed slot 16 from the position where the portion 21c is opened, the manual paper feeding can be performed even in the state where the image recording apparatus main body 1 and the recording paper feeding base 21 are combined.

The present invention is not limited to the illustrated example, and the image recording apparatus main body may perform image exposure with a laser beam scanner to form a color image, or the recording paper feeding table may use a paper feed cassette.

[0015]

According to the present invention, the number of image recording apparatuses having a manual insertion port can be increased and the cost can be reduced, and at least the image recording apparatus main body can use the manual insertion port to record the image with the image recording apparatus main body. The combination with the paper feeding stand has a remarkable effect that the manual feed port is used with high utilization.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall schematic sectional view showing an example of an image recording apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an overall schematic sectional view showing an example of an image recording apparatus of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Image Recording Device Main Body 3 Scanning Exposure Device 4 Photosensitive Drum 5 Cleaning Device 6 Charging Device 7 Developing Device 8 Transfer Device 9 Separator 11 Fixing Device 13,23 Sending Roller 14,24 Receiving Conveying Roller 15 Register Roller 16 Manual Feed Port 17, 29 Feeding rollers 18, 19 Sensor 20 Paper feed cassette 21 Recording paper feed table 21a Recording paper storage 21b Recording paper sending out 22 Paper feed tray 26 Rear partition 27 Manual insertion device 28 Insertion port

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A recording paper having an image recording apparatus main body having a recording paper manual feed port, a recording paper storage section having a paper feed tray, and a recording paper feed section for feeding one recording paper on the paper feed tray. It is composed of a combination with a feeding stand, and the feeding stand puts the main body on the recording paper storage section and puts the recording paper fed from the recording paper feeding section of the feeding stand into the main body from the manual feed port. An image recording device characterized by being used for sending.