JPH06268789A - Original reader - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate a handling by reducing bulkiness in plan by means of an original discharging part. CONSTITUTION:An original reader is characterized by providing an original discharging port 8b which can elevate and decline at the front and rear of a picture reading part 4 between the cover of a mainbody keyboard 2 and an original receiver 13, discharging an original 6 fed from the picture reading part 4 from the original discharging port 8b to between the cover 11 and the original receiver 13 and also providing an original receiving surface 16 which slips the lower end of the original 6 discharged from the original discharging port 8b to the side of the original receiver 13 so as to receive it.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document reading device,
More specifically, the present invention mainly relates to a small-sized document reading device such as a portable electronic filing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art This type of document reading apparatus is required to be convenient and inexpensive to handle. Therefore, a simple structure has been proposed and provided.

FIG. 6 shows a conventional portable electronic filing device. This one has a keyboard b on the front half of a flat body a and a cover c for covering the keyboard b.
The cover c is also used as a display unit having the liquid crystal display unit n in order to simplify the configuration and reduce the cost.

Further, a contact type image sensor d is provided on an upper layer portion of the main body a just behind the keyboard b, and a feeding roller which receives a document g between the image sensor d and feeds the document g in close contact with the image sensor d. An image reading section e consisting of f and a mounting section k of an external memory j for storing the data of the read image are provided below the image reading section e so that they are arranged side by side and do not occupy a plane space. In addition, the original is fed into the image reading section e from the original insertion port m located in front of the image reading section e on the keyboard b, and the original sent out from the image reading section e is located at the rear of the main body a immediately behind the original. The main body “a” is made compact by discharging backward from the discharge port i.

The document g discharged to the rear of the main body a
Is discharged onto a document tray h which is detachably attached to the rear part of the main body a so that the document g after reading does not drop and become disturbed.

[0006]

However, as in the prior art, when the document g after reading is received by the document tray h mounted on the rear portion of the main body a, the structure of the main body a is simplified and made compact. Also, when in use, the original tray h
Because it is quite bulky in plan, it requires a lot of space to use, and it is inconvenient to change the use position and orientation, or carry it to different use places. The original tray h can be removed when carrying it to a distant place. However, there is a disadvantage in that it is troublesome and the number of handling members increases.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an original reading device which can solve the above-mentioned problems by improving the original discharge and the structure for receiving the original.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the document reading apparatus of the present invention has an image reading unit for reading an image of a document inserted from the front and sending it to the rear, and this image reading. In a document reading device having a keyboard located in front of the front portion, a cover that covers the upper surface of the keyboard and can be raised and lowered around the hinge portion on the image reading side, and becomes a display portion when standing up, the upper surface of the main body On the rear side of the image reading unit, a document receiver that can be raised and lowered centering on the hinge unit on the image reading unit side is provided, and a document sent from the image reading unit is provided between the cover on the upper surface of the main body and each hinge unit of the document receiver. A document outlet for discharging to the outside is formed so that the document can be discharged between the upright cover and the document receiver, and the lower edge of the document discharged from the document outlet is Are those not characterized by providing a document receiving surface to receive and slipped, the document receiving is preferred that serves also as the upper wall of the body.

[0009]

In the document reading apparatus of the present invention, the cover is erected around the hinge portion on the image reading side so that the display portion provided on the cover is brought into the display state and the upper surface of the keyboard is opened. It becomes possible. Then, insert the original into the image reading section from the front,
The image reading unit receives the original document, sends the image backward while reading the image, and discharges the original document from the original document outlet provided on the upper surface of the main body.

At this time, the document receiver provided at the rear of the image reading unit on the upper surface of the main body is erected around the hinge portion on the image reading side, so that the document receiver is opposite to the cover in which it is erected. Then, the discharged original can be guided upward from both the front and rear sides and received between the two to be stably held vertically in a part of the main body, and the lower end of the discharged original can be held by the original receiving surface. Since the document is slid to the document receiving side and received, it is possible to prevent the document discharged next from being caught by the document previously discharged and held as described above.

After use, the cover and the document receiver can be laid down so that they can be lowered along the upper surface of the main body.

If the document receiver also serves as the upper wall of the main body, it is possible to eliminate the need for specially providing a member for receiving the document.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A document reading apparatus as an embodiment to which the present invention is applied will be described below with reference to FIGS.

This embodiment shows the case of a portable electronic filing apparatus, and as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a flat body 1
The keyboard 2 is provided in the first half of the
The rear half of the main body 1a is formed behind the portion via the document guide surface 3 which is slightly higher than the keyboard 2, and is continued one step higher than this.
An image reading unit 4 is provided in an upper layer portion near the front portion of the.

The image reading section 4 includes a contact type image sensor 5 and an original 6 (FIG. 4, FIG. 4) between the image sensor 5.
FIG. 5) is received, and the original 6 is brought into close contact with the image sensor 5 and is fed to the rear while being used for reading an image. The sensor surface of the image sensor 5 is exposed from above, and the feed roller 7 is placed on the image sensor 5.
Is located. Original insertion port 8 of paper passage 8
The opening a opens at the base of the rear half 1a of the main body from the original guide surface 3 so that the original 6 guided on the original guide surface 3 can be smoothly received.

Below the image reading section 4 of the main body 1, there is provided a memory mounting section 10 into which an external memory 9 is detachably fitted. The external memory 9 stores the image data read from the document by the image reading unit 4 and also allows the stored image data to be output to the main body 1 side.

The keyboard 2 is provided with a cover 11 for covering the upper surface of the keyboard 2. The cover 11 is located on the image reading section 4 side immediately before the image reading section 4 of the main body 1, specifically, on the front end of the latter half 1a of the main body. It is connected to the upper corner by a hinge 12, and can be raised and lowered by turning around the hinge 12.

The cover 11 has a liquid crystal display portion 11a, and the keyboard 2 can be opened in the standing state shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and can be displayed externally on its own liquid crystal display portion 11a, which can be used. It becomes a state. This liquid crystal display unit 11
The display at a is such that the procedure for the electronic filing operation, the read image, or the index or image of the filing data output from the external memory 9 can be displayed.

The keyboard 2 is for selecting and executing various menus, but in some cases, it is also possible to process the display image and re-record it in the external memory.

On the upper surface of the body latter half 1a, the body latter half 1
A document receiver 13 which also serves as an upper wall of a portion behind the image reading unit 4 of a is provided, and the document reading unit 5 side is connected by a hinge 14 to a portion right after the image reading unit 4 of the latter half 1a of the main body. It can be raised and lowered by turning around the hinge 14 part. Of course, the document receiver 13 does not have to serve as the upper surface wall of the latter half 1a of the main body, and may be covered along the upper wall of the latter half 1a of the main body when lying down.

Then, on the upper surface of the latter half 1a of the main body,
A document discharge port 8b is formed in a portion between the document receiver 13 and the hinges 12 and 14 of the cover 11, and the rear end of the sheet passing path 8 is along the surface of the feed roller 7 on the document discharge side. It is designed to communicate with.

As a result, the image-read original 6 delivered from the image reading unit 4 is immediately after the image reading unit 4 from the paper passage 8 through the document discharge port 8b to the upper surface of the main body 1, in the present embodiment, the latter half of the main body. It is discharged upward on the upper surface of 1a.

When the cover 11 and the document receiver 13 are in the upright state as shown in FIG. 4 at the time of discharging the document, the discharged document 6 after image reading is guided upward as shown in FIG. It can be stabilized and held vertically in a part of the top.

Immediately behind the document discharge port 8b on the upper surface of the latter half 1a of the main body, the lower end of the document discharged upward is slid toward the document receiver 13 as shown in FIGS. An inclined document receiving surface 16 for receiving is formed.

As a result, the original 6 to be discharged next
However, it is possible to avoid catching the original document 6 which is ejected first and held as described above, and the plural original documents 6 are continuously subjected to image reading, and the original document 6 after the reading is continuously ejected. Even in such a case, these can be received between the cover 11 and the document receiver 13 without being confused or troubled and can be neatly stabilized on the main body 1.

After use, the cover 11 and the document receiver 13 can be lowered along the upper surface of the main body 1 simply by lying down.

In this embodiment, the document receiver 13 is the latter half 1 of the main body.
Since the upper surface wall of a is also used, it is advantageous that no special member for receiving the discharged document 6 is required.

It is preferable that the cover 11 and the document receiver 13 are stable in the standing state and the lying state.
This can also be met by 14 parts of friction. However, this increases the rotation resistance in the entire range of the rotation stroke for undulating the cover 11 and the document receiver 13. Moreover, it is considered that the main body 1 is often carried in the lying down state, and it is desirable to fix the body 1 in the lying down state.

In this embodiment, the document stopper 13 is provided with a click stopper 18 for elastically holding the document receiver 13 in the upright state and the downside state. Such a stopper mechanism may be provided on the cover 11, and as the stopper mechanism, an appropriate one including various known lock mechanisms may be adopted.

[0030]

According to the document reading apparatus of the present invention, a cover which is erected to open the keyboard of the main body at the time of use is used so that the cover and the image reading portion on the upper surface of the main body can be undulated to the rear. By the provided document receiver, the document after image reading is received between the two and is held vertically and stably on a part of the main body, so that the structure is not complicated and the cost does not increase, It is easy to use because it can receive documents ejected after image reading within the range of its flat space even if it is made smaller, and it is possible to eliminate the fact that it is bulky more than the size of the main unit in use. It is convenient to change the position and direction of use. Then, slide the bottom edge of the document ejected between the cover and the document receiving side toward the document receiving side to retract from the document ejection port so that it does not interfere with the next document to be ejected. There is no limit to the number of sheets.

Further, after use, the cover and the document receiver can be placed along the upper surface of the main body simply by laying the cover down, and the volume can be made low without any trouble, which is convenient for handling when not in use, and particularly when carrying it to a distant place. It is advantageous.

Further, if the document receiver also serves as the upper wall of the main body, a member for receiving the document need not be specially provided, and the structure can be further simplified and the cost can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a state in which a cover of an original reading device as an embodiment to which the present invention is applied is opened.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the apparatus in the state of FIG.

3 is a side view of the device of FIG. 1 with the cover closed.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a discharged state of a document after reading by the apparatus of FIG.

5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the document discharge unit of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a side view of a conventional document reading device in a use state.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 main body 1a main body latter half 2 keyboard 4 image reading section 5 image sensor 6 original 7 feed roller 8 paper feed path 8a original insertion slot 8b original discharge port 11 cover 11a liquid crystal display section 12, 14 hinge 13 original reception 16 original receiving surface

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An image reading section for reading an image of a document inserted from the front side and sending it out to the rear side, a keyboard located on the front side of the image reading section, and an upper surface of the keyboard for covering the image reading side. In a document reading device having a cover that serves as a display unit when standing upright, a document receiving device that can be raised and lowered around the hinge unit on the image reading unit side on the upper side of the main body, behind the image reading unit. A document discharge port for discharging the document sent from the image reading unit to the outside of the main body is provided between the cover on the upper surface of the main body and each hinge part of the document receiver, and the document can be discharged between the cover and the document receiver which are erected. In addition, the document reading device is provided with a document receiving surface for receiving the document discharged from the document discharge port by sliding the lower end of the document toward the document receiving side. 2. The document reading device according to claim 1, wherein the document receiver also serves as an upper wall of the main body.