JPH06286924A - Discharge recording paper receiver device for communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a discharge recording paper receiver device for communication equipment wherein stably driving a motor at low torque can be easily obtained in addition to that saving space of a tray size can be realized in the case of sorting recording paper of different size. CONSTITUTION:In a receiver device 3 for discharge recording paper provided in a recording paper discharge part of communication equipment, the device is constituted so as to provide a drive part for moving a paper discharge tray part 5 of the receiver device 3 to a preset position based on receiving information received by the communication equipment and a receiving end signal.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a discharge recording paper receiving device for communication equipment, and more particularly, to a discharge recording paper receiving device attached to a recording paper discharging portion of communication equipment such as a facsimile. In particular, the present invention relates to a discharge recording paper tray device of a communication device that can realize space saving of the tray size when sorting recording papers of different sizes.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a recording paper discharge device for communication equipment, there is one disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 64-12757, which is attached to a recording paper discharge portion of communication equipment such as a facsimile machine. In the ejection device, the tray of the ejection device is configured to move or swing according to the reception end or reception start signal on the facsimile side so that the moving tray of the paper ejection device receives the reception end signal or the reception start signal of the communication device such as the facsimile. The advantage is that the sheets can be moved and stacked in a staggered manner for sorting and can be provided easily and cheaply.

Further, in the conventional paper ejection device reported in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-225064, a paper delivery device provided at the paper ejection port and a paper delivery device provided near the paper delivery device. A discharge paper tray that stores paper,
A support for supporting the tray for discharged paper and a power transmission unit for transmitting the power of the drive unit to move the tray for discharge paper at right angles to the paper feeding direction are provided. It is composed of a second support, and these supports support two points of the end portion and the bottom portion of the discharge paper tray, and the power transmission portion is provided between the first support body and the second support body. By arranging and arranging in the intermediate position, there is an advantage that there is no moving thing outside the main body of the apparatus and danger to the operator can be eliminated.

[0004]

As described above, in the conventional recording paper ejecting device for communication equipment reported in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 64-12757, the tray is moved by the reception start signal or the reception end signal. I used to sort the recording paper,
In order to sort recording sheets of different sizes, it is necessary to widen the tray width, which is a problem in terms of space saving of the tray size.

In the conventional image recording apparatus reported in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-169470, the distance to move the recording paper remaining in the tray is calculated from the sizes of the recording papers fed last time and this time. The recording paper is sorted by
This means was completely different without utilizing the means of the present invention. Also, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-319171
The conventional paper discharge device reported in Japanese Patent Publication uses a stepping motor, but there is a problem in positioning accuracy and a problem in space saving of the tray.

Next, the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-225.
In the cradle device of the conventional paper ejection device reported in Japanese Patent No. 064, all the load moments generated by the support of the paper ejection tray pedestal 101 are attached to the facsimile main body 102 (tray support as shown in FIG. 8). Because it works near the roller 103),
A large torque has to be applied to drive the motor, and it is difficult to obtain a stable motor drive with a low torque.

Therefore, according to the present invention, when sorting recording papers of different sizes, it is possible to realize a space saving of the size of the tray, and it is also possible to easily obtain a stable motor drive with a low torque. It is an object of the present invention to provide a discharge recording paper receiving stand device.

[0008]

The invention according to claim 1 is
In a receiving device for a discharged recording paper provided in a recording paper discharging unit of a communication device, a discharging tray unit of the receiving device is set to a preset position based on the received information and the reception end signal received by the communication device. It is characterized in that it has a driving unit for moving it.

The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that, in the invention according to claim 1, the direction in which the paper discharge tray portion is moved is orthogonal to the recording paper discharge direction. According to a third aspect of the present invention, in a discharged recording paper receiving device provided in a recording paper discharging unit of a communication device, a discharging tray unit for storing sheets and four supporting units for supporting the discharging tray unit are provided. The tray supporting rollers are arranged at predetermined positions at the four corners, and the sheet discharging tray pedestal that supports the sheet discharging tray portion and the sheet discharging tray cradle in the side of the four tray supporting rollers are arranged. And a drive unit for moving the unit perpendicularly to the discharge direction of the recording paper.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the above-mentioned first aspect of the present invention, grooves are provided in each of the four tray supporting rollers, and a part of the discharge tray portion is fitted in the grooves. It is a feature. According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the above-described first aspect of the invention, the load of the discharge tray unit is entirely received by the support base, and the drive unit has a structure in which a vertical load is not transmitted. To do.

[0011]

According to the first aspect of the invention, based on the received information and the reception end signal received by the communication device such as a facsimile, the discharge tray portion of the discharge recording paper receiving tray device of the communication device is set at a position preset by the drive unit. Can be moved accurately. Therefore, the paper discharge tray unit can be moved accurately based on the reception information and the reception end signal of the communication device such as a facsimile, so that the recording papers can be sorted even if the paper sizes are different. Moreover, when the recording papers of different sizes are sorted, they can be stacked so that the left and right ends are the same example, so that the size of the tray can be saved and the sorting of the recording papers is facilitated. be able to.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the above-mentioned first aspect of the invention, the direction in which the paper discharge tray portion is moved is
Since the recording paper is configured to be orthogonal to the discharge direction of the recording paper, the recording papers of different sizes can be efficiently sorted, and the effect of the invention described in claim 1 can be obtained efficiently. In the invention described in claims 1 and 2, it is preferable that the drive unit for moving the paper discharge tray unit is configured by a stepping motor that can be easily positioned. In this case, since the configuration can be simplified, it is easy to manufacture. And low cost can be realized.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the sheet ejection tray portion for accommodating sheets and four tray supporting rollers for supporting the sheet ejection tray portion are arranged at predetermined positions at the four corners, and the sheet ejection tray portion is provided. And a drive unit that is disposed on the paper discharge tray cradle within the four tray supporting rollers and that moves the paper discharge tray unit perpendicularly to the recording paper discharge direction. Is configured as follows. Therefore, it is possible to support the four tray support rollers that support the discharge tray unit by arranging the four tray support rollers at predetermined positions (each apex of the rectangle) of the four corners of the discharge tray receiver, and the four drive units. The load can be evenly distributed because it can be arranged on the discharge tray cradle (inside the rectangle) inside the tray support roller side. Therefore, since it is possible to prevent an unreasonable moment from acting on the drive unit, it is possible to realize stable motor drive with low torque.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the above-mentioned third aspect of the invention, grooves are provided in each of the four tray supporting rollers, and a part of the discharge tray portion is fitted in the grooves. I am configuring. For this reason, the tray support roller serves not only as a vertical load on the paper discharge tray portion but also as a guide rail, and can be regulated to move forward and backward, so that the tray support roller can take charge of forward and backward positioning. Therefore,
Since the load when moving in the horizontal direction can be significantly reduced, the motor can have a low torque and the entire apparatus can be downsized.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the above-mentioned third aspect of the invention, all the load of the discharge tray portion is received by the support base, and the drive portion is structured to prevent the vertical load from being transmitted. There is. Therefore, the load received by the discharge tray portion is transmitted through all four tray support rollers and is received by the discharge tray cradle, so that a vertical load can be prevented from acting on the drive system, particularly the lead screw. Therefore, the motor can reduce the loss at the time of rotation, and a stable motor drive with low torque can be obtained.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. (Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 shows Embodiment 1 of the present invention (claims 1 and 2).
It is a figure which shows the structure of the discharge recording paper receiving stand apparatus of the communication equipment based on the above. The illustrated example is a case where the present invention is applied to a receiving device for ejected recording paper attached to a recording paper ejection unit of a communication device such as a facsimile. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a C composed of a microcomputer for controlling the entire facsimile apparatus.
Reference numeral 3 denotes a facsimile main body having a built-in PU2 and the like, and reference numeral 3 denotes a paper ejection tray support cradle that supports the paper ejection tray 5 provided on the side of the facsimile main body 1. Next, 4 is a paper ejection tray position sensor for detecting the position of the paper ejection tray 5 provided on a side plate portion of the paper ejection tray support pedestal 3 orthogonal to the facsimile main body 1, and 6 is a paper ejection tray support pedestal 3 4 for supporting the discharge tray 5 provided at predetermined positions at the four corners of
It is one output tray support roller. 7 is a stepping motor for easily positioning the discharge tray 5 provided on the side of the drive portion supporting sheet metal member 8 provided on the discharge tray support cradle inside the four discharge tray supporting rollers 6. 9 and 10 are driving gears and reduction gears connected to the stepping motor 7, and 11 is a lead screw (may be a ball screw or the like) connected to the reduction gear 10 so as to be orthogonal to the reduction gear 10. , 12 are sliders connected to the lead screw 11 so as to be orthogonal to the lead screw 11, and the drive gear 9, the reduction gear 10, the lead screw 11 and the slider 12 are provided in the drive portion supporting sheet metal member 8. There is. Incidentally, 13 is a recording paper.

In this embodiment, the rotation of the stepping motor 8 is driven by the lead screw through the drive gear 9 and the reduction gear 10.
It is transmitted to 11. This lead screw 11 has a slider
12 is attached, and the rotation of the lead screw 11 moves the paper discharge tray 5 in the horizontal direction. At this time,
The paper discharge tray 5 is arranged on the paper discharge tray support cradle 3 via the paper discharge tray support roller 6, and the slider 12 and the paper discharge tray 5 are provided.
Since the sheets are connected, the paper discharge tray 5 moves horizontally.

Next, the operation flow of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
-It will be explained using a chart. In this embodiment, first,
Start receiving and determine the optimum paper size from the received information.
(Process P₁) For each preset paper size and receipt
Based on the two elements for each stacking order, two sheets for each of the same size paper feed
Built-in tray movement position information (Process P₂), This process P
₁, P₂And determine the appropriate amount of tray movement
(Process P₃). Next, the tray movement amount information is
Transmission to the tray drive unit composed of the tapping motor 7 etc.
(Process P_Four), Move the discharge tray 5 (processing
P_Five). Then, the recording paper is ejected (process P₆), End of reception
Send the end signal (Process P₇), Eject tray 5 to the initial position
Move to (Process P₈). It should be noted that every time the communication is received,
Repeat the same.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the discharge tray 5 of the receiving device for the discharged recording paper of the communication device based on the reception information and the reception end signal received by the communication device such as the facsimile.
Is configured to be moved to a preset position by a drive unit including a stepping motor 7 or the like, so that the discharge tray 5 of the discharge recording paper receiving tray device receives the reception information and the reception end signal of a communication device such as a facsimile. Can be moved accurately based on. Therefore, the recording papers 13 can be sorted even if the paper sizes are different, and as shown in FIG. 3, when the recording papers 13 of different sizes are sorted, the left and right ends are stacked in the same row. Therefore, the size of the tray can be reduced and the recording paper 13 can be easily sorted. Specifically, by selecting an appropriate paper feed size from the received information, taking out the paper size information, and moving the paper ejection tray 5 to a position preset for each paper feed size, the maximum paper feed size + discrimination Possible distance (eg B4 + 2 = 256 + 10 = 26
6 mm) space-saving trays can be used for sorting.

Further, in this embodiment, since the direction in which the paper discharge tray 5 is moved is made to be orthogonal to the direction in which the recording paper 13 is discharged, the recording papers 13 of different sizes can be efficiently sorted. (Embodiment 2) FIG. 4 shows Embodiment 2 of the present invention (claims 3 to 5).
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration of a discharged recording paper receiving stand device of a communication device according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of a discharged recording paper receiving stand device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The illustrated example is a case where the present invention is applied to a receiving device for ejected recording paper attached to a recording paper ejection unit of a communication device such as a facsimile. In FIGS. 4 and 5, reference numeral 21 is a facsimile main body having a CPU 22 and the like, which is composed of a microcomputer for controlling the entire facsimile apparatus, and the like, and 23 is for supporting a discharge tray 24 provided on the side of the facsimile main body 1. It is a paper ejection tray support pedestal. Next, 25 are four discharge tray support rollers for supporting the discharge tray 24 attached by the support roller shafts 26 to the discharge tray support pedestals 23 below the discharge tray 24 at the four corners at predetermined positions. Yes, 26 are four output tray support rollers
The stepping motor is a stepping motor that drives the sheet discharge tray 24 provided on the side of the drive unit supporting sheet metal member 28 provided on the sheet discharge tray support base 23 inside the sheet 25 and is easily positioned. And 29
Is a drive gear connected to the stepping motor 27 provided in the drive unit supporting sheet metal member 28, and 30 is the drive gear 29.
Is a reduction gear having a sliding shaft 31 on the side plate side of the drive unit supporting sheet metal member 28 connected to the, 32 penetrates the slider 33, and is connected to the reduction gear 30 at the end opposite to the reduction gear 30 side E
A lead screw having a ring 34. And 35
Is a main body attaching pin for attaching to the facsimile main body 21 provided on the side of the discharge tray support cradle 23,
Is a recording paper.

In this embodiment, the rotation of the stepping motor 27 is transmitted to the lead screw 32 via the drive gear 29 and the reduction gear 30. A slider 33 is attached to the lead screw 32, and the paper discharge tray 24 moves in the horizontal direction as the lead screw 32 rotates. At this time, the slider 33 is shaped so as to sandwich a part of the ribs of the paper discharge tray 24, thereby transmitting a horizontal force to the paper discharge tray 24. The output tray support roller 25
The paper discharge tray 24 is configured as shown in FIG.
The paper discharge tray 24 can move only in the horizontal direction and is restricted in the front-back direction. Further, the lead screw 32, the slider 33 and the paper discharge tray 24 are configured as shown in FIG. 7, and a gap S is provided between the slider 33 and the paper discharge tray 24.
Is present, and the structure is such that vertical force is not applied to the lead screw 32.

As described above, in this embodiment, the sheet discharge tray portion 24 for storing sheets and the sheet discharging tray portion 4 for supporting the sheet discharge tray 24 are provided.
One paper discharge tray support roller 25 is arranged at predetermined positions at four corners, and a paper discharge tray support pedestal 23 that supports the paper discharge tray 24 is provided.
And a drive unit that is arranged on the paper discharge tray support pedestal 23 in the four paper discharge tray support rollers 25 and that moves the paper discharge tray 24 perpendicularly to the paper discharge direction. Therefore, it is possible to support the four discharge tray support rollers 25 that support the discharge tray 24 by arranging the four discharge tray support rollers 25 at predetermined positions (each vertex of the rectangle) of the four corners of the discharge tray support cradle 23. Since the drive unit can be arranged in the discharge tray support pedestal 23 (inside the rectangle) inside the four discharge tray support rollers 25, the load can be evenly distributed. Therefore, since it is possible to prevent an unreasonable moment from acting on the drive unit, it is possible to realize stable motor drive with low torque.

Further, in this embodiment, grooves are provided in each of the four discharge tray supporting rollers 25, and a part of the discharge tray 24 is fitted in the grooves. Therefore, the paper ejection tray support roller 25 not only acts as a guide rail in addition to the vertical load of the paper ejection tray 24, but also can be regulated to move forward and backward.
You can take charge of it. Therefore, the load when moving in the horizontal direction can be significantly reduced, so that the motor can have a low torque and the entire apparatus can be downsized.

Further, in this embodiment, all the load of the paper discharge tray 24 is received by the paper discharge tray support pedestal 23, and the drive unit is constructed so that the vertical load is not transmitted. Therefore, the load received by the discharge tray 24 is transmitted to all four discharge tray support rollers 25, and is received by the discharge tray support pedestal 23, so that a vertical load is not exerted on the drive system, particularly the lead screw 32. You can Therefore, the motor can reduce the loss at the time of rotation, and a stable motor drive with low torque can be obtained.

[0025]

According to the present invention, when sorting recording sheets of different sizes, it is possible to save space in the size of the tray and also to easily obtain a stable motor drive with a low torque. The effect is that you can do it.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a discharged recording paper receiving stand device of a communication device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation flow according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a sorting state of recording paper according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of a discharged recording paper receiving stand device of a communication device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of a receiving recording sheet receiving device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration of a discharge tray and a discharge tray supporting roller according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing configurations of a paper discharge tray, a lead screw, and a slider according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration of a discharged recording paper receiving stand device of a communication device of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 21 Facsimile body 2, 22 CPU 3, 23 Paper ejection tray support pedestal 4 Paper ejection tray position sensor 5, 24 Paper ejection tray 6, 25 Paper ejection tray support roller 7, 27 Stepping motor 8, 28 Drive unit support sheet metal Parts 9, 29 Drive gear 10, 30 Reduction gear 11, 32 Lead screw 12, 33 Slider 13 Recording paper 26 Support roller shaft 31 Sliding shaft 34 E-ring 35 Main unit mounting pin

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A receiving device for a discharged recording paper provided in a recording paper discharging unit of a communication device, wherein a discharge tray unit of the receiving device is set based on received information and a reception end signal received by the communication device. An ejected recording paper tray device for communication equipment, comprising a drive unit for moving the paper to a preset position. 2. The discharged recording paper receiving tray device for a communication device according to claim 1, wherein a direction in which the paper discharging tray is moved is orthogonal to a recording paper discharging direction. 3. A receiving tray for ejected recording paper, which is provided in a recording paper ejection portion of a communication device, and a paper ejection tray portion for accommodating paper sheets, and four tray supporting rollers for supporting the paper ejection tray portion. Are arranged at predetermined positions in the four corners, and are arranged on the paper ejection tray pedestal that supports the paper ejection tray portion and the paper ejection tray pedestals in the four tray supporting rollers, and the paper ejection tray portion is recorded. An ejected recording paper tray device for communication equipment, comprising: a drive unit that moves the paper perpendicularly to the paper ejection direction. 4. A discharged recording paper receiver for a communication device according to claim 3, wherein each of the four tray supporting rollers is provided with a groove, and a part of the discharge tray portion is fitted in the groove. Stand device. 5. The discharged recording paper of a communication device according to claim 3, wherein all the load of the discharge tray part is received by the support base, and the drive part has a structure in which the load in the vertical direction is not transmitted. Cradle device.