JPH06219624A - Facsimile terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable a marginal part of a rolled recording paper to be reliably cut by only opening/closing a housing part of a recording paper through a process of driving a cutter means in response to movement detection to the closed state from the opened state of the housing part by means of an opening/closing detecting means, and of controlling, thereafter the transferring means so that the tip of the recording paper may be transferred in the position of a recording head. CONSTITUTION:A thermosensitive paper sheet is used as a rolled recording paper and guided to a discharging port 4 from a recording head 2 composed of a thermal head through a cutter 3. A platen roller 5 coming in pressure-contact with the recording head 2 is driven by a motor and so controlled as to rewind the recording paper sheet 1 by the counterclockwise rotation. A detector 6 detects the presence or absence of the recording paper sheet 1. A lid body 7 is pivotally supported by a shaft 8 so as to be rotated, and a detecting switch 10 for detecting the opening/closing of the lid body 7 is provided thereon. When the opening/closing of a housing part 9 is detected by the detecting switch 10 in the state where the rolled recording paper 1 is filled into the recording paper sheet housing port 9, the cutting of the tip marginal part of the recording paper sheet 1 is performed by the cutter 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a facsimile machine uses a roll of recording paper for reception.

In the recording apparatus having such a structure, when the recording paper is finished and the recording paper is exchanged, the leading end of the recording paper (20) is generally discharged from the discharge port (21) as shown in FIG. Since the recording paper (20) is set in a slightly projected state, the recording paper head (2) is inserted from the front end of the recording paper (20) in the first recording paper after the replacement of the recording paper.
The recording paper up to 2) will be added as a margin, and it will protrude from the file when binding the recording paper.
Each time, it had to be cut according to the size of the file, which was troublesome and troublesome.

As a method for solving this problem, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-51252 discloses a method of mounting a recording paper in a storage unit,
There has been proposed a configuration in which a facsimile machine itself cuts a blank portion by executing a manual cutting operation.

[0005]

However, the structure described in this publication requires a special operation for starting the manual cutting operation after the recording paper is mounted. If this operation is forgotten, the same problem as in the prior art is encountered. Occurs.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and is characterized by detecting the opening / closing of a recording paper storage portion in a facsimile apparatus for recording on roll recording paper. Means, a recording head, a cutter means for cutting the recording paper arranged on the downstream side of the recording head, a means for transferring the recording paper, and a control means for controlling the respective means, and the control means The cutter means is driven in response to detection of the open / closed state of the storage section detected by the open / close detection means, and then the transfer means is controlled to move the leading end of the recording paper to the position of the recording head. Especially.

[0007]

With this structure, unnecessary portions of the recording paper can be cut by simply opening and closing the storage portion.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the structure of the recording section of a facsimile apparatus. (1) is a roll-shaped recording paper, which uses thermal paper.
It is guided from a recording head (2) composed of a thermal head to a discharge port (4) through a cutter (3). (5) is a platen roller pressed against the recording head (2), which is rotationally driven by a drive motor (not shown). The recording paper (1) is fed out by rotating in a counterclockwise direction and is rotated in a clockwise direction. The recording paper (1) is controlled to rewind. Reference numeral (6) is a reflection type detector for detecting the presence or absence of the recording paper (1). Although the detection light is reflected when the recording paper (1) is present, the recording paper (1)
Recording paper (1)
The presence or absence of is detected. Reference numeral (7) is a lid body that is rotatably supported by a shaft (8) and covers the recording paper storage section (9), and (10) is a detection switch that detects opening and closing of the lid body (7).

FIG. 2 shows a circuit configuration of the facsimile machine. (11) is a control circuit for controlling the entire facsimile machine, which is composed of a microprocessor, and which follows a program in a program memory (12) in which a processing program is stored. It controls each part. Control circuit (11)
In this case, the signal processing of the read transmission original data and the processing of the received signal are also performed. Reference numeral (13) is a reading unit that optically reads a transmission original, converts the read black-and-white data into an electric signal and supplies the electric signal to a control circuit, and includes a document transfer mechanism, a lens mechanism, an illumination mechanism, an image sensor, and the like. . (14) is a control circuit (1
Under the control of 1), the recording unit for recording on the recording paper (1) by the recording head (2) has a recording paper transfer mechanism. Reference numeral (15) is a data memory for storing the original data read by the reading unit (13), the signal-processed data, etc., and the control circuit (1) is used for writing and reading data.
It is controlled by 1). Reference numeral (16) is a keyboard composed of a transmission key, a reception key, a copy key, a ten-key pad, etc. The control circuit (11) which takes in the key signal controls according to the program of the program memory (12) according to the key signal. (17) is a display device for displaying data input from the keyboard (16) or data from the control circuit (11), and (18) is a control circuit (11) for the telephone (19) and the facsimile machine on the telephone line (L). ) Is a line switching circuit for switching and connecting, and is composed of a relay circuit and controlled by the control circuit (11). The control circuit (11) is additionally connected to a cutter (3), a detector (6) for detecting the presence / absence of recording paper, and a detection switch (10) for detecting the opening / closing of the lid (7).

Next, the operation of the present invention having such a configuration will be described.

First, when transmitting, the reading unit (1
After setting the transmission original in 3), call the telephone (19).
When the transmission key of the keyboard (16) is operated after making a call to the receiving side with the telephone line and operating the transmission key of the keyboard (16), the control circuit (11) that detects the key signal controls the reading unit (13) to read the original data. Is transmitted to the telephone line (L) by performing processing such as encoding.

On the other hand, when there is an incoming call and reception is performed, the data signal sent from the telephone line (L) is subjected to signal processing such as coding by the control circuit (11) and then the recording section (1).
The recording paper (1) is recorded by being supplied to the recording head (2) of 4). At this time, as shown in FIG. 3, the platen roller (5) is rotationally driven counterclockwise by a drive motor (not shown) under the control of the control circuit (11), and the recorded recording paper (1) is shown in FIG. As shown in (3), it passes through the cutter (3) and is guided to the discharge port (4). Then, when the recording for reception progresses and the recording for one page is completed, the control circuit (11) drives the cutter (3) as shown in FIG. 5 to cut the recording paper (1), and then as shown in FIG. The reverse rotation control of the platen roller (5) is performed, the platen roller (5) is rotationally driven in the clockwise direction, and the leading end of the recording paper (1) at the position of the cutter (3) is moved to the recording head as shown in FIG. Rewind to the position of (2). Therefore, if there is received data for the second page, reception recording is performed in the same manner as described above, but if the processing is completed on one page, the telephone line (L) is disconnected and the reception standby state is restored.

As shown in FIG. 7, the control circuit (1) constantly checks the output of the detector (6) in step (S1), and the output of the detector (6) causes the recording paper (1) to be detected. ) Is detected, the control circuit (11) proceeds to another process, but the control circuit (11) which detects that the output of the detector (6) has disappeared and the recording paper has run out is detected by step (S1). Proceed to S2) and display the recording paper out on the display device (17). Subsequently, the control circuit (11) performs step (S
Proceeding to step 3), it is detected by checking the state of the detection switch (10) whether or not the lid (7) is opened to replace the recording paper. Then, when a person who notices the recording paper out indication on the display device (17) opens the cover (7) of the recording paper storage (9) to replace the recording paper, the detection switch (10)
The control circuit (11), which has detected that the lid (7) has been opened by the signal from, advances to step (S4) and the detector (6).
By checking (1), it is detected whether or not the recording paper (1) is set. When it is detected that the setting of the recording paper (1) is completed, the process proceeds from step (S4) to step (S5) to check the output of the detection switch (10) to see if the lid (7) is closed. By doing. As a result, the control circuit (11), which has detected that the lid (7) has been closed, proceeds to step (S6) to drive the cutter (3) to cut excess recording paper, and then to step (S6). In step S7), the platen roller (5) is controlled to rotate clockwise, and the leading edge of the recording paper (1) at the position of the cutter (3) is rewound to the position of the recording head (2), and then received. It will be in a standby state. That is, when the recording paper (1) is replaced, even if the leading end of the recording paper (1) is set to project from the discharge port (4) as shown in FIG. 1, the state shown in FIG. 3 is automatically set. It

Therefore, in the case of the first reception recording after exchanging the recording paper, a margin is not added unlike the conventional case.

[0016]

According to the present invention, the marginal portion of the roll-shaped recording paper stored in the storage portion can be surely cut by simply opening and closing the storage portion of the recording paper.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front sectional view showing a recording section in an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of this embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a front view for explaining the operation of the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a front view for explaining the operation of the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a front view for explaining the operation of the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a front view for explaining the operation of the present embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of this embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a front sectional view showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Recording Paper 2 Recording Head 3 Cutter 5 Platen Roller 6 Detector 7 Lid 9 Recording Paper Storage 10 Detection Switch

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile apparatus for recording on roll-shaped recording paper, a means for detecting opening / closing of a recording paper storage portion, a recording head, and a cutter means for cutting the recording paper arranged downstream of the recording head. And a means for transferring the recording paper, and a control means for controlling the respective means, wherein the control means is responsive to the opening / closing detection means detecting the transition of the storage section from the open state to the closed state. A facsimile apparatus, characterized in that the transport means is driven so as to transport the leading edge of the recording paper to the position of the recording head.