JPH06211440A - Copier provided with automatic document carrying device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable the carriage of a manually fed document and a continuous paper document to an automatic document carrying device which reverses the cut-sheet documents upside down and automatically supplies/discharges them, downsize the automatic document carrying device and facilitate the jam processing of the document. CONSTITUTION:A copier is provided with an automatic document carrying device consisting of a first document feeding passage which is located in the vicinity of an image reading part 111 on a copier and reverses the cut-sheet document carried out of the image reading part 111 upside down and re-feeds it to the image reading part 111, a second document feeding passage which is located to the lower part of the first document feeding passage and feed the continuous paper document D2 or a manually fed document to the image reading part 111, a first guide member 338 to guide the reversed document from the image reading part 111 to the inlet of the first document feeding passage, and a second guide member 372 to guide the continuous paper document D2 or the manually fed document from the second document feeding passage to the image reading part.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement of a recording device such as an electrophotographic copying machine or an automatic document feeder attached to an image reading device, and more particularly to a single-sided or double-sided recording mounted on a document placing portion. Documents are separated one by one and fed to the image reading section, and the read originals are ejected to the paper ejection tray in ADF mode, R-ADF mode, or the read originals are returned to the original placing section again and repeated. The present invention relates to an automatic document feeder having a single-sided document circulation transport mode (RDH mode), a double-sided document reversal circulation transport mode (R-RDH mode), a computer output continuous paper feeding mode, a manual document feeding mode, etc. It is a thing.

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION As a device capable of efficiently feeding an image-recorded document to a recording device such as an electrophotographic copying machine or a recorded image reading device, even in an unmanned state, an automated document conveying device ( ADF) has already been provided.

Further, as a copying machine capable of copying each image of an original (double-sided original) having recorded images on the front and back sides and one side or both sides of the recording paper, and an image reading device capable of reading and recording the images, the ADF is provided with front and back sides of the original. An automatic document feeder (R-ADF) equipped with a reversing function has been put into practical use.

Further, the originals stacked on the original placing portion are separated one by one and automatically fed on the platen glass of the copying machine, and the originals after the exposure processing on the platen glass are again placed on the original placing portion. A circulating automatic document feeder (RDH) that can be returned and repeatedly processed has also been proposed.
This circulation-type automatic document feeder (RDH) makes copies one by one in one circulation and circulates the originals by the number of copies.

Further, recently, the present applicant has also provided a circulating automatic document feeder (R-RDH) in which a document front / back surface reversing mechanism is added to the RDH (Japanese Patent Application No. 63-20228).

These circulating automatic document feeders (RDH,
R-RDH (hereinafter referred to as RDH device) enables high-speed continuous copying and quick page alignment of copied recording paper, and is connected to a finisher device for stapling and punching the recording paper for recording and final processing. Can be completed unattended.

More recently, such an RDH device has been provided with a manual document feeder and a computer output fanfold paper (hereinafter referred to as continuous paper document or CFF document).
An automatic document feeder equipped with a sheet feeding device has also appeared.

[0008]

The above-mentioned RDH device has a CF.
F When equipped with a document feeder, a manual document feeder, etc.,
The structure becomes complicated, the device becomes large and the weight increases, and
When the DH device is lifted to open the platen glass surface, the operation is not easy. Therefore, labor is required for the jam processing for taking out the jammed original from the original conveying path and the opening / closing operation of the RDH device.

[0009]

A copying machine equipped with an automatic document feeder of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is located near an image reading section on a copying machine main body and is carried out from the image reading section. A first original feeding path for reversing a cut sheet original and retransmitting it to the image reading section; and a second original located below the first original feeding path for feeding the original to the image reading section. Document feed passage, a first guide member for guiding the inverted document from the image reading unit to the first document feed passage entrance, and a document from the second document feed passage to the image reading unit. And a second guide member for guiding the.

A copying machine provided with the automatic document feeder of the present invention is characterized in that the first guide member is formed of a flexible film or a switchable member.

Further, in the copying machine provided with the automatic document feeder of the present invention, the second guide member is a pressing plate which can be brought into contact with and separated from the document feeding roller provided in the second document feeding passage. It is characterized by being.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a copying machine equipped with the automatic document feeder of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a copying machine equipped with an automatic document feeder. 100 is a copying machine main body, 200 is a paper feed unit (PFU device), and 300 is a circulation type automatic document feeder (RDH device). ), 400 is a copying paper post-processing device (finisher (sorter with stapler device, etc.) hereafter referred to as FNS device).

The copying machine main body 100 includes a scanning exposure section 110, an image forming section 120, a sheet feeding section 130, a conveying section 140, a fixing section 150, a sheet discharge switching section 160, a plurality of sheet feeding cassettes 170, and copy sheets for double-sided copying. It is composed of a re-feeding device (ADU device) 180.

In the figure, the alternate long and short dash line indicates the conveyance path of the copy paper P. After the copy paper P stored in the paper feed cassette 170 or the paper feed unit (PFU) 200 at the bottom of the copying machine main body 100 is image-formed by the image forming unit 120, the transport unit 140, the fixing unit 150, and the paper discharge unit. The main route accommodated in the FNS device 400 via the switching unit 160 and the copy paper P branched from the paper discharge switching unit 160 are temporarily stocked in the ADU device 180, and then re-fed to the copying machine main body 100. The circulation route to the paper feeding unit 130.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the automatic document feeder 300 mounted on the upper portion of the copying machine main body 100. The automatic document feeder 300 to which the present invention can be applied includes a cut sheet document D (single-sided document or double-sided document) composed of a plurality of sheets as a document placing section.
A circulation type RDH device, an R-RDH device, and an ADF device, which convey from above 310 to the exposure part of the platen glass 111 of the copying machine main body 100 and convey again onto the document placing part 310,
It has various functions such as an R-ADF device, a manual document feeder, and a CFF document feeder.

The automatic document feeder 300 includes a document placing section 310,
Feeding unit 320, intermediate conveying unit 330, conveying unit 340, paper discharge reversing unit 350
It consists of

When the cut sheet original D is placed on the original placing portion 310, the presence or absence of the original is detected by the original set detection sensor (zero original detection sensor) S1, and the control panel of the copying machine main body 100 is in the ADF mode. Is displayed. Further, when the cut sheet document D is set at a predetermined position, the document size (B5 to A3) is determined by the document size sensor S2.
And is input to the control unit of the copying machine main body 100.

A movable pressing plate 317 is swingable around a swing shaft 317A on the leading end side of the document feeding portion 310 on the downstream side of the document feeding. A drive plate 319 is screwed to the swing shaft 317A so that it can swing integrally. Further, an elastically deformable member (for example, a torsion spring) 317 is attached to the swing shaft 317A.
B is wound, and the drive plate 319 can be pressed at both ends thereof and the movable pressing plate 317 can be pressed at the center thereof.

The actuator portion provided on the drive plate 319 includes a pressing home position sensor S fixed to a fixed bottom plate.
The optical path of 3 is turned on and off, and the home position of the drive plate 319 is detected.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an essential part of the document placing section 310. A wide feeding belt 311 which is capable of stacking and supporting the cut sheet document D and supporting the cut sheet document D includes a driving roller 312A and a driven roller.
It is an endless belt that is wound around 3 axes with 312B.

One end of the feeding belt 311 is joined by a seam to form a loop. The other end of the belt 311 forms a tongue-shaped holding piece portion (gripper portion) 311B extending outward from the seam portion. The feeding belt 311 is formed of a cloth belt coated with resin, a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film, or the like. The inner surface of the sandwiching piece 311B of the feeding belt 311 and a part of the outer surface of the belt are roughened so as to have a high friction coefficient, and the other outer surface of the belt is a smooth surface having a low friction coefficient. . 311C is a detection hole formed in a part of the belt 311, and the home position of the feeding belt 311 is detected by the reflective sensor S13 for detecting the home position of the feeding belt, and the feeding belt 311C is detected. Clamping piece part 311B of 311
The stop position of is controlled.

An electromagnetic brake BRK2 connected to a paper discharge motor M3 as a drive source is provided at the end of the rotary shaft of the drive roller 312A.
And an electromagnetic clutch CL4. Also, the feeding belt
A fixed plate 313 is fixedly installed inside the drive 311, between the drive roller 312A and the driven roller 312B. The fixed plate 313 mounts and supports the cut sheet document D on the feeding belt 311 on a flat surface.

Reference numeral 315 is a separating means for separating a bundle of originals stacked on the feeding belt 311 from a bundle of originals that is circulated and conveyed after the reading process and is bottomed in the lowermost layer of the stacked originals. The separating lever 315A of the separating means 315 is spring-biased, and is moved up and down by the solenoids SL3 and SL4, and is driven forward and backward in a direction orthogonal to the sheet feeding and obliquely upward and downward driven.

In 311D, the separating lever 315A is a feeding belt.
A cutout portion provided on the side of the feeding belt 311 for retracting below 311.

The original stack placed on the original placing section 310 is stacked on the feeding belt 311 and a movable pressing plate 317, which will be described later, and the width stopper plate 316 for restricting the original stack in the original width direction on one side. At the same time, the leading edge of the original is brought into contact with an original leading end stopper 318, which will be described later, and aligned and placed. At this time, the separating lever 315A is pressed and lowered by the weight of the document stack, and lightly pushes up the lowermost layer of the document stack. Further, the swingable paper pressing lever 310Z provided on the upstream side of the separating lever 315A in the document conveying direction is for assisting the returning document to be surely inserted under the document stack, and the document surface is supported by its own weight. Lightly press. The paper pressing lever 310Z is also effective for stabilizing the operation of the separating lever 315A when carrying curled paper or a small number of originals.

Drive roller 3 for rotating the feeding belt 311
A partitioning means 315 and a pushing-up means 314 are fixedly provided on one fixed side plate that axially supports 12A and the driven roller 312B.
That is, near the one side end of the feeding belt 311, the pushing-up means 314 is fixed on the upstream side in the feeding direction, and the separating means 315 is fixed on the downstream side in the arrow direction.

A solenoid SL3 is fixed to the lower part of the substrate of the separating means 315, and the solenoid SL3 advances and retracts the separating lever 315A in the direction orthogonal to the document conveyance.
A solenoid (SL4) is fixed to the lower part of the board of the separating lever pushing-up means 314, and the solenoid SL4 holds the lifting lever 314A so that it can move up and down by contacting the lower surface near the tip of the separating lever 315A. There is.

In the initial no-load state in which the original stack is not placed on the feeding belt 311 of the original placing section 310, the separating lever 315A is tilted by the weight of the weight and the leading end thereof is lifted. Has stopped. This separator lever 31
At the ascended position of 5A, the copy number sensor S14 is off.

When a bundle of originals is stacked on the feeding belt 311 of the original placing portion 310 and the leading end of the separating lever 315A is lowered by the weight of the original bundle, the separating lever 315A is lowered to the bottom of the original bundle. Lightly touching the paper. In this descending state of the separating lever 315A, the copy number separating sensor S14 is turned on. At this time, the front end of the paper pressing lever 310Z presses the upper surface of the document stack by its own weight.

As the document stack on the document stacking unit 310 is fed upward and returned to the bottom, the leading end of the separating lever 315A is sandwiched between the last page of the stack of document stacks and the first page of the returned document. As the number of returned originals increases, the originals gradually rise, and when the first page of the returned originals reaches the uppermost portion, it becomes free and jumps up into the upper space. At this time, the copy number sensor S14 is turned off.

The separating lever 315A is a solenoid SL.
By the suction operation of 3, the document is retracted to the outside of the end. When the solenoid SL3 is de-energized for a predetermined time after the separation lever 315A has been moved, the separation lever 315A is moved to the original side, and the leading end of the separation lever 315A is inserted into the cutout portion 311D of the sheet feeding belt 311 and is rotated by its own weight. Contact the lower surface of the document.

When a stack of documents is stacked on the feeding belt 311 and rotated, the notch 311D may collide with a lower layer of the stack of documents to cause conveyance failure. To prevent this, before the cutout portion 311D passes upstream of the document stack in the document transport direction, one end of the document stack is pushed upward so as not to interfere with the feeding belt 311 and at the same time, the document is separated. Make sure that the tip of the lever 315A is returned and that it is inserted above the document. In other words, when the first document after the exposure processing is discharged and returned to the bottom of the document stack on the feeding belt 311 of the document placing section 310, the nip portion 311B of the rotating feeding belt 311 is used. The separating lever 315A is always located above the preceding notch portion 311D, so that the separating lever 315A is surely located.
The separating lever 315A is raised by a predetermined amount so that the above is above the feeding belt 311, and the corresponding portion of the document stack is retracted upward. Therefore, the solenoid SL is turned on by the signal of the document replacement.
4 is operated to raise the push-up lever 314A. When the push-up lever 314A swings, the corresponding separation lever 315A is lifted upward by a predetermined amount and stopped. As a result, one end of the document stack of the separating lever 315A is lifted upward so that the separating belt 315A can pass through the notch portion 311D of the feeding belt 311 and at the same time, the returning document is surely separated.
Guide below 5A.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, on the downstream side of the feeding belt 311 in the document feeding direction, movable pressing plates 317 of movable pressing means are provided on both side plates which are integrated with the fixed bottom plate 310A. A drive plate 319 is screwed to a swing shaft 317A supported by a bearing so that it can swing integrally. An elastically deformable member (for example, a torsion spring) 317B is wound around the swing shaft 317A, and both ends of the elastically deformable member 317B are pressed against the drive plate 319 and the movable pressing plate 317 to bias the spring.
At this time, the movable pressing plate 317 and the drive plate 319 are pushed in the opening direction of the torsion spring 317B, but the lower end portion of the movable pressing plate 317 abuts one end of the drive plate 319 and the opening angle between them is a certain amount or more. It is regulated not to open. The spring pressure of the torsion spring 317B is adjusted to the set pressure.

An actuator portion (light-shielding plate portion) projects from one end of the swing shaft 317A, and the fixed bottom plate 310A.
The optical path of the pressing home position sensor (for example, photo interrupter) S3 fixed to the drive plate 31 is turned on and off.
9 home position is detected. The swing shaft 317A is connected to the drive shaft of the pressing motor M1.

A document end stopper 318 is fixed to the main body of the automatic document feeder near the leading end of the movable pressing plate 317 on the downstream side of document feeding.

Above the movable pressing plate 317, a feeding section 320 is provided.
Is provided. The feeding unit 320 includes a feeding roller 321.
A driving roller 323, a driven roller 322, a feed belt 324 that winds and rotates both rollers, and a double feed preventing reverse roller 325 located below the feed belt 324. The driving force of the driving motor M2 is transmitted to the driving roller 322 via the electromagnetic clutch CL1.

The frame holding the feed-out roller 321 is swingable, and an actuator portion projecting at its tip has a detection optical path of a pressing detection sensor S4 fixed at a predetermined position of a fixed stay member of the automatic document feeder 300. To turn on and off.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a conveyance state of the cut sheet document D discharged from the discharge reversing unit 350 to the feeding belt 311 of the document placing unit 310 and the movable pressing plate 317.

After a lapse of a predetermined time (the front end of the original comes near the holding piece portion 311B) after the front end of the original is detected by the paper discharge sensor S9, the clutch is engaged and the holding piece of the feeding belt 311 starts rotating from the home position. When the front end of the cut sheet document D is clamped by the portion 311B, the cut sheet document D is clamped on the rough surface of the rotating feeding belt 311 and inserted into the lowermost layer of the stacked unprocessed cut sheet documents D. It is carried to the left in the drawing (see FIGS. 4A and 4B). As mentioned above, at this time,
The separator lever 315A is lifted upward by a push-up lever 314A via a solenoid SL4 through a cutout portion 311D of the sheet feeding belt 311 to raise the document stack by a predetermined amount.

At this time, the movable pressing plate 317 is in the lowered position, and the leading edge of the cut sheet document D is the delivery roller.
It is separated from 321. The surface linear velocity of the feeding belt 311 is set to be slightly higher than or equal to the surface linear velocity of the circulation paper ejection roller (deviation correction roller) 355 of the paper ejection reversing unit 350 (for example, roller speed 1000 mm / s. To about 1150 mm / s). Also, the cut sheet document D of the feeding belt 311
Since the surface contacting with is rough, the cut sheet document D is reliably held by the feeding belt 311 and fed.

Further, since the surface of the feeding belt 311 which is in contact with the lowermost layer of the cut sheet document D is a smooth surface, the feeding belt 31
1 smoothly rotates while sliding on the lower surface of the original stack.

The cut sheet original D held by the feeding belt 311 is movable slightly below the upper surface of the feeding belt 311 as the feeding belt 311 is turned downward along the driven roller 312B. Glide on the top surface of the pressure plate 317,
The document stops at the leading edge stopper 318 and the feeding stops. Therefore, if the entire circumference of the feeding belt 311 is set to be equal to or more than the maximum length of the cut sheet document D that is circulated and conveyed in the feeding direction, the document returning operation is good.

Referring again to FIG. 2, an intermediate conveying section 330 is provided on the downstream side of the original conveying with respect to the feeding section 320. The intermediate conveying section 330 includes a first intermediate conveying roller pair 3 which is driven to rotate forward.
31, a curved guide plate 332, and a pair of second intermediate conveying rollers 333 form a conveying path for conveying the cut sheet document D sent from the feeding unit 320 to one end of the platen glass 111.

A reversing means is provided on the left side of the second intermediate conveying roller pair 333 and on the left side of the platen glass 111 in the drawing. Reverse transport roller pair 335 (drive roller 335
A, the driven roller 335B) is always driven to rotate normally by the one-way clutch CL5. A curved guide plate 336 connects the nip positions of the second intermediate conveyance roller pair 333 and the reversal conveyance roller pair 335, and forms a document reversal feed path. A reversal detection sensor is provided in a part of the reversal feed path, and detects passage of a reversal fed document.

On the surface of the platen glass 111, a conveyor belt 341 is rotatably stretched between a driving roller 342, a driven roller 343, four document pressing rollers 344 and a tension roller 345. A clutch and a brake are rotatably supported on the shaft of the drive roller 342.
Is operated by the driving force of the drive motor M2.

The paper output reversing section 350 includes a paper output roller pair 351 (driving roller 351A, driven roller 351B), 352, and switching claws 353, 35.
7. Reverse conveyance roller pair 354 (driving roller 354A, driven roller 354B), circulating paper discharge roller pair 355 and guide plate 356
It is composed of A, 356B, 356C and the like. Paper ejection roller pair
351 and 352, reverse paper ejection roller pair 354, circulation paper ejection roller pair 355
Is driven by the paper discharge motor M3. The paper discharge roller pair 352 and the circulation paper discharge roller pair 355 are normally driven by the paper discharge motor M3, and the reverse conveyance roller pair 354 is always normally and reversely rotated.

The switching claw 353 is a CFF switching solenoid SL1.
Driven by. The switching claw 357 is driven by the switching solenoid SL2.

On the upper part of the copying machine main body 100, a discharge tray section 360 is fixedly provided near the discharge opening of the discharge reversing section 350 of the automatic document feeder 300. The paper output tray unit 360 is
A fixed tray 361 having an inclined surface fixed to the upper surface of the casing of the copying machine main body 100 by a screw or the like, and a movable tray (a resin tray) pivotally supported by a fulcrum shaft 362 provided at one end of the fixed tray 361. ) And 363. In the folded state of the movable tray 363, a reverse discharge path 364 is formed between the inclined upper surface of the fixed tray 361 and the inclined lower surface of the movable tray 363 with a constant space. The cut sheet document D sent from the reverse discharge roller 354 is
The reverse sheet discharge path 364 is lifted up, the sensor S11 detects the trailing edge of the document, and after a predetermined time, it is temporarily stopped, and then the reverse sheet discharge roller pair 354 is reversely driven to be introduced into the automatic document feeder 300. Guides in RADF mode for double-sided originals.
The sheet is discharged to the outside of the machine by the sheet discharge roller pair 352 of the sheet discharge reversing unit 350 through 356C and placed on the upper surface of the movable tray 363.

In addition, the reverse circulation mode (RR
At the time of DH), the switching claw 357 is switched downward, and the cut sheet document D conveyed to the reversal discharge path 364 is
The reverse sheet discharge roller 354, the guide plates 356C and 356B, the circulation sheet discharge roller pair 355, and the sheet are returned to the document placing section 310.

A first discharge port 359A is opened on the discharge downstream side of the discharge roller pair 352 of the discharge reversing section 350. The cut sheet document D discharged from the first discharge port 359A to the outside of the apparatus is placed on the movable tray 363.

Further, a second discharge port 359B is opened on the discharge downstream side of the reverse discharge roller pair 354 of the discharge reverse unit 350. The original discharged from the second discharge port 359B is placed on the fixed tray 361.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing a state in which the movable tray 363 of the paper discharge tray section 360 is swung and expanded. In this state, the upper surface of the fixed tray 361 is extended to the upper surface side of the tray 363 so that a large document such as A2 paper or fanfold paper (CFF document) D2 can be discharged and placed.

FIG. 6, FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 are schematic diagrams showing the document transport path (dashed line) in various modes.

FIG. 6A shows an ADF mode in which a single-sided original is copied and discharged to the discharge tray section 360 outside the machine. The cut sheet original D is fed from the original placing section 310 to the sheet feeding path a. , B, c, d via a transport path e on the platen glass and paper discharge paths f, g, h, and in the case of a general document of A3 size or smaller,
It is placed and housed on the movable tray 363.

FIG. 6B shows an R-ADF mode in which a double-sided original is copied and discharged to the discharge tray section 360 outside the machine, and the cut sheet original D is first fed in the sequential feeding paths a, b, c, and. After exposing the first surface of the original through d and the conveyance path e, the platen glass 111 is moved backward, the front and back are reversed by the reversing loop path i, and the path is passed again through the path d, and the platen glass 111 is conveyed on the right side in the figure Then, the second surface of the original is exposed.
The cut sheet document D that has been subjected to the double-sided exposure processing is the reverse sheet ejection unit.
The sheet is conveyed to 350, passes through the sheet discharge paths j and k, and enters the tunnel-shaped reverse sheet discharge path 364 of the sheet discharge tray section 360.
After that, the paper is fed back and is placed and stored on the movable tray 363 of the paper discharge tray section 360 via the reverse paper discharge paths m and h.

FIG. 7 (C) is a schematic view of the RDH mode showing the circulation of originals during one-sided originals and one-sided copying. The single-sided cut sheet document D passes through the sequential paper ejection paths a, b, c, d and the conveyance path e, and after the exposure processing, the paper ejection path f, g, n of the paper ejection reversing unit 350, and the document placement section. 310 feeding belt 311
Enters the holding piece portion 311B, is conveyed by the feeding belt 311, and is returned to the bottom of the lowermost layer of the document stack.

FIG. 7D is a schematic view of the R-RDH mode showing the double-sided cut sheet document D and the document circulation conveyance at the time of double-sided copying. The path up to the exposure processing of the odd-numbered side of the double-sided original is the same as in the above-mentioned RDH mode, and the sheets whose one side is copied are stacked in the ADU 180. Further, the original again passes through the sheet feeding paths a, b, c, d, and when the trailing edge of the original passes through the roller pair 334 and the sensor S7, the conveyance belt 341 is reversed and passes through the first original feeding path i. After that, the other side of the document is exposed on the conveyance path e, reaches the sheet discharge paths j and k, is switched back, and is returned to the document placing section 310 in the original direction via the reverse sheet discharge paths m and n. In accordance with this operation, a sheet having an image on one side is sent out from the ADU 180, and the image is received on the other side, and a two-sided copy in which the page order is aligned is created. That is, the operation of copying only one side in the first cycle and the operation of copying the other side in the second cycle to make one copy are repeated by the designated number of copies.

FIG. 8 (E) is a schematic diagram showing a process of conveying CFF paper in a mode for copying fanfold paper for computer output (continuous paper original, hereinafter referred to as CFF original) D2. In this mode, the automatic document feeder 300 is opened and the CFF paper is placed on the platen glass 111.
111 After setting the right end as a reference, the automatic document feeder 300 is closed, and the CFF document D2 is conveyed by the conveyor belt 341 (second document feeding path p → conveying path e). S18
(See FIGS. 2 and 8) is a sensor that detects a perforation hole of the CFF document D2, and controls the transport stop position of the CFF document D2. Switching claw 353 that was previously switched
The CFF document D2 that has been discharged to the discharge reversing unit 350 by the above is discharged to the outside of the machine through the discharge paths j and k, and the fixed tray 361 and the movable tray 363 of the discharge tray unit 360 that have been preliminarily expanded.
The paper is conveyed along with and is stacked below the discharge tray.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the drive system (power transmission system) of the automatic document feeder 300, and FIG. 10 is a block diagram of the drive system. The CPU controls all the operations.

Hereinafter, among the document transporting operations in various modes, the manually fed document and CFF document transport modes will be described.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the paper feed section showing a rest state before manual feed of originals, FIG. 12 is a plan view of the paper feed section, and FIG. 13 is a manual feed or CFF original feed state. It is sectional drawing of a paper part.

Above the upper casing 101 of the copying machine main body 100, the RD
A paper feeding device (hereinafter referred to as a manual paper feeding device) 370 is provided below the paper feeding side of the H device 300 to enable automatic paper feeding of continuous CFF documents and manual feeding of sheet-shaped documents.
A pressing plate 372 (second guide member) swingable about a fulcrum shaft 371A is pivotally supported on a substrate 371 of the manual paper feeding device 370. A rotating shaft 373 is axially supported by the bearing 371B on the substrate 371 in a direction orthogonal to the paper feeding direction. A plurality of leaf springs 374 are fixed to the rotating shaft 373, and the leaf springs 374 press a part of the lower surface of the pressing plate 372. One end of a swing lever 375 is fixed to the other part of the rotary shaft 373 to be integrated. The fork-shaped portion at the other end of the swing lever 375 is engaged with the pin SL5B fixed to the plunger SL5A of the manual feed pressing solenoid SL5. 376 is the above plunger SL
The return spring 371C is hooked on 5A, and 371C is a leading end stopper when manually feeding a document.

Below the tip stopper 371C,
The manual feed set detection sensor S8 is fixed, and the pressing plate
372 A signal is generated by detecting the presence or absence of a document manually set on the sheet.

A guide plate 337 is provided in the vicinity of the pair of reverse conveyance rollers 335, and a partition thin plate 338 (first guide member) having elasticity is attached near the entrance of the reverse conveyance path of the guide plate 337. ing. The partition thin plate 338 is made of a film-like polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film or the like, and is flexible due to the advancing pressure of the manual feed original D1 or the CFF original D2 fed from the paper feed path p.

The partition thin plate 338 may be a thin plate which is swingably supported by engaging with a fulcrum shaft. The swinging of the thin plate partitions the paths d and p, and the paths are switched.

On the outside of the RDH device 300 on the substrate 371,
A width regulation fixed guide member 377 for regulating the document width is fixedly provided. Inside the width regulation fixed guide member 377, a width reference guide surface 377A is formed for sliding the side edge of the document in the width direction for positioning in the width direction, and in the vicinity of the guide surface 377, a CFF is provided. A CFF hole detection sensor S18 for detecting the position of the perforation hole of the document D2 is provided. Note that the sensor S18 detects the two perforations of the CFF document D2 at the same time, thereby
The stop position of the F document D2 is ensured with high accuracy.

A width-direction movable guide member 378 is provided on the substrate 371 in a direction orthogonal to the sheet feeding, which is opposed to the width-regulating fixed guide member 377.
It is provided so as to be movable in the width direction along the guide groove portion 371D.

The manual document feeding mode will be described prior to the CFF paper feeding mode.

When manually feeding an original, the original D1 is placed on the upper casing 101 and the substrate 371 of the manual feeding device 370 shown in FIGS. The guide member 377 and the width direction movable guide member 378 are sandwiched and positioned.

Next, the manually fed document D1 is transferred to the RDH device 300.
The insertion operation of the manually fed document is completed by inserting the sheet through the sheet feeding opening 301, sliding the upper surface of the pressing plate 372 that is stopped in the descending state, pushing the plate, butting it against the leading end stopper 371C and stopping.

After that, the copy button on the main body 100 of the copying machine is turned on, so that the manual pressing solenoid SL5 is pressed.
Is energized, the plunger SL5A is attracted and retracted, and the pin SL5B is driven into the plunger SL5A.
375 having a fork-shaped groove that engages with
Are swung counterclockwise with the rotating shaft 373. By the swing of the swing lever 375 and the rotary shaft 373, the leaf spring 374 fixed to the rotary shaft 373 is also swung counterclockwise, and the tip portion thereof pushes the pressing plate 372 upward. This allows pressing plate 3
72 is swung upward around the fulcrum shaft 371A, and comes into pressure contact with the drive roller 335A of the reversing conveyance roller pair 335 to stop (see FIG. 13).

On the other hand, the timer starts counting after the copy button is turned on, and after a lapse of a predetermined time, the conveyance clutch CL3, the drive motor M2 and the paper discharge motor M3 are turned on by the timer off signal, and the manually fed original D1 is fed by the reverse conveyance roller. The drive roller 335A of the pair 335 is stopped on the pressure contact portion of the pressing plate 372, the conveying belt 341 and the pressing surface of the platen glass 111, and after processing a predetermined number of sheets, it passes through the paper discharge roller pair 351 and, if it is a cut sheet original, the paper discharge roller pair. It is nipped by 352 and the first outlet 3
The sheet is discharged from the sheet 59A, passes through the sheet discharge path h shown in FIG. 6A, and is placed on the movable tray 363 outside the machine. In the case of the CFF original D2 or the manual original D1, the reverse ejection roller pair
354, the fixed tray 361 that has been discharged through the second discharge port 359B and has passed through the discharge path k shown in FIG.
It is placed on both sides of the movable tray 363.

Next, the process of conveying the CFF original D2 will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 14 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the state in which the RDH device 300 is opened with respect to the copying machine main body 100.

When the CFF document D2 is conveyed, first, R
The DH device 300 is lifted and rocked around a hinge part (not shown) to open the upper part of the copying machine main body 100. In this open state, the upper surface of the platen glass 111 (original placement surface) on the copying machine main body 100 side is opened, and the original end abutting portion of the original end stopper 112 on the right side (sheet discharge side) in the figure is spring-biased. It rises and stops at a predetermined height. 11
Reference numeral 3 denotes a plate-shaped document side stopper fixedly provided on the back side of the platen glass 111. In this state, the pressing plate 372 on the paper feeding side is in the lowered and stopped state, and the platen glass 111
Is retracted below the upper surface of. Also, the paper ejection roller pair 35
In both 1 and the reverse sheet discharging roller pair 354, an upper driving roller and a lower driven roller are separated from each other. That is, the driving roller is provided on the upper side of the RDH device 300, and the driven roller is provided on the lower side of the copying machine main body 100, and the document conveying path j for discharging the paper is provided.
Are separated and open. In addition, a pair of reverse conveyance rollers
The second document feeding path p for feeding the CFF paper between the 335 and the pressing plate 372 is also separated and opened.

In this open state, the first page of the CFF document D2 is placed on the platen glass 111, the leading end of the CFF document D2 is abutted against the document leading end stopper 112, and the document side edge is fixed to the document side stopper 113 and the width regulation fixing. Aligning with the width reference guide surface 377A of the guide member 377, further moving the width direction movable guide plate 378 to bring it into contact with the other side edge of the CFF document D2 to align the width, and the positioning set of the CFF document D2 is performed. Complete. In the set state of the document D2, the CF
The two perforation positions of the F document D2 are at the positions matching the CFF hole detection sensor S18.

The paper discharge tray unit 360 installed in the copying machine main body 100 has a finisher on the paper discharging side of the copying machine main body 100.
When equipped with 400, attach the movable tray 363 to the fulcrum shaft 362.
And swing it open as shown by the one-dot chain line in the figure to open the CFF document D in the outer space of the finisher 400.
2 is lowered so that it can be stored in the storage container installed on the side surface or the floor surface of the finisher 400.

When the setting of the CFF original document D2 is completed as described above, the RDH device 300 is lowered to stop the copying machine main body 100. As a result, the second document feeding path p and the discharge-side document transport path j are formed, and the document leading edge stopper 112 is forcibly lowered and retracted from the document transport path j, and the platen glass.
111 is pressed by the conveyance belt 311 and the preparation for conveyance of the document D2 is completed.

FIG. 15 is a timing chart of the drive system in the CFF document transport mode.

When the copy button on the copying machine main body 100 side is turned on, the manual feed pressing solenoid SL5 is energized to operate, and the swing lever 375 swings counterclockwise as in the case of feeding the manual feed original D1. The pressing plate 372 is moved up via the plate spring 374, and the driving roller 33 of the reverse conveyance roller pair 335 is moved.
Press around 5A with a specified pressure.

At the same time as or slightly after the copying button is turned on, the scanning exposure unit 110 starts scanning exposure on the copying machine main body 100 side.

On the other hand, the timer T is set after the copy button is turned on.
4 starts timing, and after a lapse of a predetermined time, the reversing conveyance roller pair 335 and the conveyance belt 341 start to rotate by the conveyance clutch CL3 and the drive motor M2 by a timer off signal, and C
The feeding of the FF document D2 is started. At the same time, the CFF switching solenoid SL1 is turned on, and the switching claw 353 is flipped up to open the document discharge path j. At the same time when the timer T4 is turned off, the discharge brake BRK2 and the discharge motor M3 are turned on, and the CFF original D2 discharged from the platen glass 111 by the transport belt 341 is sent to the discharge path j, and the discharge roller pair. The sheet is ejected to the outside of the machine through the second ejection port 395B shown in FIG.

In the document conveying process, after a predetermined time has elapsed, the manual pressing solenoid SL5 is turned off and the pressing plate 372 descends to raise and lower the pressing. Thereafter, the CFF document D2 conveys the conveying force of the conveying belt 341 and the roller pair 351. , 354 nip and conveyed at high speed V1.

When the CFF document D2 is conveyed, C
The FF hole detection sensor S18 detects the perforation of the CFF document D2 and counts it. For example, when counting 20, the drive motor M2 is decelerated by the signal and the document conveyance speed is decelerated and switched from the medium speed V1 to the medium speed V2. . At the same time, the paper discharge motor M3 is similarly decelerated from the high speed V1 to the medium speed V2. Here, the high speed V1 is 1200, for example.
mm / s, medium speed V2 is set to 600 mm / s.

When the final perforation 22 for one page of the CFF document D2 is detected by the CFF hole detection sensor S18, the drive motor M2, paper discharge motor M3,
The conveying clutch CL3 is turned off, the conveying brake BRK1 is turned on at the same time, the conveying belt 341 and the reversing conveying roller pair 335 (the pressing plate 372 has already descended, so there is no conveying force), and the continuous CFF document D2 is turned on. Of the CFF document D2 is stopped at a predetermined position on the platen glass 111 (a stop position at the right end of the platen glass 111 where the perforations at the leading end of the document stop). C
After stopping the FF document D2, the scanning exposure of the second page is started.

After the manual feed set detection sensor S8 detects the trailing edge of the last page of the CFF document D2, the drive motor M2 and the paper discharge motor M3 are turned off after a predetermined time is counted by the timer T3. Then, the scanning exposure of the final page is performed.

When the final page scanning exposure is completed, the copying machine main body 100 finishes.
A paper feed motor M2 and a paper discharge motor M3 are generated by a signal from the side.
Are driven to discharge the last page of the CFF document D2.

When the trailing edge of the last page is detected by the reversing ejection sensor S11 of the reversing ejection section 350, the timer T8 starts counting time, and after a lapse of a predetermined time, the timer is raised and the sheet feeding motor M2 and the ejection sheet are ejected. The drive of the motor M3 is stopped, and the discharge of the CFF document D2 is completed.

The CFF document D2 discharged from the RDH device 300 to the outside of the apparatus in this way slides on the fixed tray 361 and the movable tray 363, and falls by its own weight from the end of the movable tray 363 to a predetermined level. It is stored in a storage container prepared at the position.

It should be noted that the use of both the fixed tray 361 and the movable tray 363 for the discharge tray surface means that the finisher 400 is provided on the side of the copying machine main body 100 shown in FIG. It is difficult to directly discharge, drop, and store the CFF document D2 outside the machine, and the movable tray 363
In combination with, extend and double the mounting surface, and finisher 40
This is because the CFF document D2 is diverted to the outside of 0 and dropped to be stored in the storage container installed below. The movable tray 363 also has a role of reversing and conveying the sheet-shaped cut sheet document D as shown in FIGS. 6 (B) and 7 (D).

[0092]

As described above, according to the automatic document feeder of the present invention, in the document feeding unit for feeding the document to the platen glass, the first paper feeding unit feeds the stacked document bundle. The second paper feed section enables manual documents and CFF.
Since the document can be fed, there is an advantage that the automatic document feeder main body can be downsized. Therefore, it is easy to open and close the automatic document feeder. Further, if the movable tray is held in an open state, a large document can be placed.

Particularly, when the RDH device is lifted and the upper surface of the copying machine main body is opened, the paper feed section conveyance path is separated and opened, so that the jam processing of the document can be easily and quickly performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a copying machine equipped with an automatic document feeder according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the automatic document feeder.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a main portion of a document placing portion.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a conveyance state of a return document on a document placing section in a document circulation mode.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a discharge tray unit in a developed state.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a document transport path in an ADF mode and an R-ADF mode.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a document conveyance path in an RDF mode and an R-RDH mode.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing a document conveyance path in CFF mode.

FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram showing a drive system of an automatic document feeder.

FIG. 10 is a drive system block diagram of the automatic document feeder.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of a sheet feeding unit showing a rest state before manually feeding an original.

FIG. 12 is a plan view of the paper feeding unit.

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view of a sheet feeding unit showing a state where a manually fed document or CFF document is conveyed.

FIG. 14 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a state in which the automatic document feeder is opened to the main body of the copying machine.

FIG. 15 is a timing chart of a drive system in a CFF document transport mode.

[Explanation of symbols]

100 Copier main body 101 Upper housing 110 Scanning exposure section 111 Platen glass (image reading section) 112 Document leading edge stopper 120 Image forming section 300 Recycling type automatic document feeder (RDH device) 310 Document placing section 320 Feeding section 330 Intermediate Conveying section 334 Registration roller pair (second intermediate conveying roller pair) 335 Reverse conveying roller pair (335A driving roller, 335B driven roller) 337 Guide plate 338 Partition thin plate (first guide member) 340 Conveying section 341 Conveying belt 350 Discharging sheet Reversing unit 360 Paper ejection tray unit 370 Manual paper feeder 371 Base plate 372 Press plate (second guide member) 373 Rotating shaft 374 Leaf spring 375 Swing lever 377 Width regulation fixed guide member 378 Width direction movable guide members a, b, c, d Sequential sheet feeding path e Conveying path f, g, h, j, k, m, n Paper discharging path i First document feeding path p Second document feeding path S8 Manual feed set detection sensor S11 Reverse Paper ejection sensor S18 FF hole detection sensor D cut sheet document D1 Bypass document D2 CFF document (continuous paper document) SL5 Bypass pressing solenoid

Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁵ Identification code Office reference number FI technical display location H04N 1/12 Z 7251-5C

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A first document feeding path located near an image reading unit on a main body of a copying machine, for reversing a cut sheet document carried out from the image reading unit and retransmitting it to the image reading unit. A second document feeding passage located below the first document feeding passage for feeding a document to the image reading section, and the second document feeding passage from the image reading section to the first document feeding passage entrance. An automatic document feeder comprising a first guide member for guiding a reversed document and a second guide member for guiding a document from the second document feeding path to the image reading section. A copier equipped. 2. The copying machine having an automatic document feeder according to claim 1, wherein the first guide member is formed of a flexible film or a switchable member. 3. The automatic document according to claim 1, wherein the second guide member is a pressing plate which can be brought into contact with and separated from a document feeding roller provided in the second document feeding path. A copier equipped with a carrier.